Key Stage One
Newsletter
Spring 2016
Our Island Home
Terms 3&4
Please remember….
 P.E. kit needs to come to school on Monday
morning and can go home on Friday afternoon.
Earring tape is essential!!
 The more you read, the better you are at
everything!!
Please read with your child at home every day!
 For snack on Friday you can be something
delicious (but healthy, of course!) from home.
 Spelling Tests are on a Friday morning.
Please help your child learn their spellings.
 Could you be our Mathlete of the week? Log in to
Mathletics. You have to play to win!
 Remember to use your Purple Mash logins there
are lots of fun activities waiting to be played.
Welcome to the Spring Term!
What shall we be learning? –
Our Island Home – We will be learning about the United Kingdom, the countries that makeup our island and the
capital cities within them. We will be finding out lots about the island we all call home.
Literacy
Non-fiction and fiction
writing – facts about the UK
and related story making.
Developing more complex
sentence structure and
vocabulary
Poetry.
Post cards and letters.
Science
Materials and their uses
and how seasonal changes
affect us.
Collecting data as an ongoing process linked to the
changing seasons and
weather patterns
History
Design Technology
Textiles – weaving
and plaiting.
Numeracy
Ask questions about
people’s lives in the past
and compare to today.
Learn about key events
from the past.
P.E.
Dance: create a sequence
of movements to make up a
dance.
Netball – introducing ball
skills and team tactics and
positioning
Computing
Programming
Digital literacy
E-Safety
Geography
Continuous
learning
Reading.
Guided reading.
Daily phonics.
Handwriting.
Calendar.
Use maps to plan
directions and routes.
Identify different
features of the U.K. e.g.
towns and cities.
Working towards their
targets on learning ladders.
Mental agility.
Problem solving.
Introducing and memorising
2,5 and 10 multiplication
tables
.
Art and Design
Carry out an artist study.
Collage..
Music and Drama
Using role play and
cameo to act out
stories and historical
events in preparation for
writing.
Learning to keep a beat
and exploring sounds.
R.E
Prayers in relation to
Islam and the Easter
story.