Northill C of E V.A. Lower School

Literacy

Y1 children will be focusing on writing correct letter sizes, using full stops and capital letters correctly, some will also be using commas. We will be doing group reading sessions reading non-scheme books with assistance, discussing in order to assess their level of understanding and their ability to answer in a correct sentence. They will be encouraged to practise using all of the reading strategies.
Spelling is undergoing some changes please discuss them with your child. [they should be able to tell you] Library and Spellings will still be on Fridays.

Numeracy

We have two teaching assistants working alongside the class teacher in order to split the children into year groups to improve differentiation.
Y1 will be solving problems including measures and money, learning vocabulary related to position and direction.  There will also be a focus on number order and addition calculations.
Y2 will be solving problems involving subtraction and addition in the context of numbers, measures and money. They will learn about direction of turn, recognising right angles and clockwise and anticlockwise. They will also be learning about odd and even numbers and there will be a focus on addition calculations.

P.E./Games

The children will have a lesson on Wednesday and Thursday. Please could children bring named indoor and outdoor kit and leave this in school as we do change lessons depending on weather. The children will be practising netball and basketball skills including passing the ball, moving to a space and defending.  They will also be skipping and playing team games.

Music

The children will be using musical instruments to learn about tempo and structure and hopefully will be creating some compositions.

Art/DT

Using our woodland walk for inspiration the children shall be representing items found and seen in a form of their choice using skills already learnt.

RE

The children will be learning about what makes some religious places special.

I.C.T.

Y1 will be learning about the information around us.
Y2 will be learning about finding out information and internet safety.

Science

Y1 Ourselves Senses linking with animals.
Y2 Health and Growth comparing humans with animals.

History

The children will be learning about famous people. Thank you for the amazing quality of the holiday homework.

PSHE

The children will be learning about developing a healthy and safe lifestyle.  They will also be thinking about our value honesty