St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
Half term information sheet for my class
Date: June/July 2014
Class: St David Y1
Teacher: Mrs Jackson
Mrs Bramald
Mrs Hobson
Other adults who work in my
class are:
Mrs Senior
Mrs Sieradzan
Mrs Laherty
St Joseph’s Catholic School
This half term’s topic is:
Plants, Insects and Environments
In my topic in Science I will be
learning about:
Naming and describing plants
and insects that live around
school.
Life cycles of plants, insects and
animals.
Comparing plants and animals
that live in different locations
around school.
SOUND – experimenting with
different sounds and how we
can change sound.
Books my teacher will read or
use with me are:
In Religious education I will be
thinking about:
Miracles of Jesus, how Jesus
cures the sick, Jesus calms the
storm
You can help by
-Listening to your child read.
-Helping your child to complete
homework challenges.
Checking for letters.
-Providing water, a sunhat,
suitable shoes (for PE outside)
and putting sun cream on your
child before they come to
school.
How we can help other people
I will learn about Sikhism.
Read Write Inc books.
Oxford Reading Tree books,
Fiction & non-fiction books
relating to plants and animals
In Mathematics I will concentrate on:
Shape-Naming and describing
properties of shapes. (Vocabularyedges, faces, vertices).
Calculations-Including money
problems using addition and
subtraction and solving word
problems.
Working with Fact families. Finding
halves of numbers.
Measures-Time (analogue and digital
time including half and quarters),
capacity(Litres), length(cm/m), and
weight (kg)
In English I will be learning key skills
using ‘Read Write Inc’, if appropriate,
and be grouped according to my
ability.
This will include:
-Phonics (letter sounds). To help
reading and spelling.
-Reading,(with expression)
-Comprehension skills
Poetry books.
Special days for my class are:
P.E. – Tuesday & Thursday
Reading Book Changed - Thursdays
Library Book Changed – Monday
Read Write Inc Book Changed –
Tuesdays
Other special days or events this half term are:
Tuesday 3rd June Tropical World trip all day
Friday 13th June 9.10am Class Mass at English Martyrs’ Church
Saturday 21st June Summer Fair 11am-2pm
Wednesday 25th June to Tuesday 1st July Travelling Book Fair
Thursday 26th June 9am Parents Forum
Tuesday 1st July Transition Day
Wednesday 2nd July 2.40pm Class Assembly
Tuesday 8th July Maths Open Day – pop into school and learn about how we teach maths
Friday 11th July School Reports Sent Home
Saturday 12th July 6.30pm School Family Mass in English Martyrs’ Church
Monday 14th July Parents Open Day
Wednesday 16th July 9.30am End of Term Mass in Church
Friday 18th July 3.15pm School Closes for the Summer Holidays
I.C.T We are zoologists- Data Collection and Handling- how can we set it out so it can communicate our findings?