Curriculum - Leopards - Spring 1, 2012
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In Leopard class this term we will be following the National Strategies for Literacy and Numeracy. |
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Both year groups will be revisiting calculation and properties of number. They will be learning more about fractions and understanding shape.
The children will continue to solve word problems so that they learn to apply their knowledge.
Year 3’s should be well on their way to knowing their 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables. Year 4 should know these and be learning their 6, 7, 8 and 9 times tables. Please help your child to learn their tables. |
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Literacy
Mrs Mason-Jones |
Both year groups will work on spelling, handwriting, grammar and comprehension skills. We will be focusing on raising the children’s writing levels through adding describing words and extending sentences. All children will be expected to write their spellings out and be heard read at home every day as their homework. We will be looking at dialogues and plays as well as grammar and parts of speech. |
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Geography
Mrs Mason-Jones
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We will be thinking about issues that have an impact on our local environment such as speeding, litter and noise pollution. We will design and carry out surveys to record our findings and use ICT to research and record our ideas. |
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Design and Technology
Mrs Hawkes
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Our topic is all about chairs! We will look at chairs around us, in art and in history and find out about how they are made. Using techniques learnt in lessons, children will design and make a model chair for a specific person. |
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Science
Mrs Hawkes and
Mrs Miller
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Year 4-Mrs Hawkes will be teaching the unit Keeping Warm. The children will learn about heat and how it travels, insulators and conductors, make thermometers and carry out investigations.
Year 3-Mrs Miller will be teaching the unit Materials and Their Uses. The children will continue to practice their investigation skills to discover more about materials, how they are made and what they can be used for. |
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RE
Mrs Hawkes |
The Diocese of St Albans has brought out a new syllabus for us to follow, and we will be working on a new unit called Commitment, studying Christian baptism and other life milestones. |
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Information Communication Technology
Mrs Hawkes and Mrs Cutmore |
Year 4 will be learning to use Branching Databases. Using the computers children will create a series of questions with yes/no answers to sort information.
Year 3 will be learning to Manipulate Sound. They listen to and create sounds and pieces of music using computer technology. |
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Physical Education
Mrs Mason-Jones |
We are playing Uni-hoc on Mondays and studying Rock and Roll Dance on Wednesdays. We will be thinking about responding quickly to instructions and good team work in all lessons. |
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In our Music lessons we will be singing a variety of songs to welcome the ‘Spring’. We will be focusing on our performance skills. |
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PSHE
Mrs Hawkes |
We will be discussing and looking at our diets and nutrition. |
Daily Homework is reading and spelling. Weekend homework will be Literacy one week and Numeracy the next. Tasks should be completed to the best of your child’s ability and children should spend no more than half an hour on the task. Work may be sent home during the week if your child needs a little reinforcement, or if they have not completed work in the lesson. P.E. is on Mondays and Wednesday. Now that the weather is colder and the ground is muddier, please can you ensure that your child has PE kit that is warm enough, sturdy trainers and spare socks.
Please remember that if you need to speak to either of us, you can write in the yellow book. If you have any concerns you wish to discuss please make an appointment in the school office, or leave a message for us to call you back.
