TERM 2- 2011

What is happening for this Term???

YEAR 1:

Our school wide concept is- 'Past, Present, Future'

We will be exploring:

• Plants and what people have planted and grown over the years.
• We will also step into the role of scientists and discover what Plants need to live and grow.
• How we can adapt our environment to enhance our school (specifically Room 7)

Big Questions:

• What do plants need to grow?
• Why do we need plants in environment?

YEAR 2:

Our school wide concept is- 'Past, Present, Future'

We will be exploring why:

• Toys/games are important to a range of people of different ages and cultures.
• Some toys/games have changed over time, whilst some are still the same.

Big Questions:

• How have toys/games changed over time?
• Which toys/games are the same/different? Why?

Our Writing Focus will be- Personal Recounts/ Picture Plans/ Cameo Writing/ Recrafting/ Publishing and a particular focus on Transactional Writing: Exposition/ Report.

Our mathematics programme will be- Number: addition and subtraction, number knowledge, basic facts, assessmentt ( Weeks 1-8) Geometry/ Algebra (Weeks 9- 11)

SPECIAL EVENTS:

• -Day ONE- Monday 2nd May


• -Class Photos- Wednesday 11th May (Week 2)


• -Grasshopper Tennis- Year 2 (Weeks 1- 4)


• -3 Way Conferences- Tuesday 17th and Thursday 19th May (Week 3)


• -Jungle Cafe!- Friday 27th May (Week 4)

• Year 1 trip to Botanical Gardens- Tuesday 31st May & Wednesday 1st May (Week 5)


• -'Lines for Louis' Mufti Day- Friday 3rd May (Week 5)


• -Queens Birthday (School Closed) -Monday 6th June (Week 6)


• -Year 2 classes trip to Howick Historical Village- Thursday 9th June (Week 6)


• -Athon Quizz- Friday 24th June (Week 8)

• -Athon Money to be in by Friday 8th July (Week 10)


• -Life Education Caravan- (Weeks 10-11)

• -Athon Money to be in by Friday 8th July (Week 10)

• Last Day of Term- Friday 15th July (Week 11)

If you have any questions or there is anything else you would like to know about the class programme for this term please don't hesitate to ask your child's teacher :-)