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India
English
Maths
Hearing stories from other cultures
and writing our own,
Persuasive advert Poster
Writing Postcards
Geography
We will be learning all
about India and
comparing it to the UK.
Looking at the people,
buildings, animals and
cultures.
Music
Taught by
Miss Keen.
Continuing with calculations,
Learning to use tally charts,
pictograms and graphs.
Collecting data and making our own
graphs as well as making patterns.
ICT
DT
We will be learning how
to make algorithms,
using floor robots.
PE
Design and construct an
elephant model, a moving
peacock or tiger.
RE
We will be having PE with We will focus on
an external coach this
‘Why are some people
term. Please make sure
Leaders?’.
you have your kit in school.
Art
PSHE
Science
We will be
making Indian patterns
and animal art work.
We will be looking at our
new value Perseverance.
Also looking at our
community.
Plants
Learning about the
different parts of flowers
and plants.
Trips & Workshops
We are hoping to have a taster session
either at school or at an Indian
restaurant.
If you are available to help out
Let us know.
Special Days
This term will be having Miss Marks
come to talk to us about her time in
India and hopefully we will learn
some Bhangra dancing.
Welcome back Class 2!
I hope you all enjoyed the Christmas break and are ready to get back into the swing of things!
This letter is to inform you about what we are up to in Class 2 this term, if there is anything that
is unclear or you have any other questions or queries – please do not hesitate to contact me at
school or via email: [email protected]
The Classroom
For this term the special topic role play area is set up with a sand pit with 2 Indian elephants
called Mahdi and Humayra, some Indian dressing up clothes and an Indian kitchen. If you
have any elephant, tiger or snake toys we could borrow for this area it would be greatly
appreciated. We have our usual working wall displays for English and Maths to help the
children become confident to learn independently. Also we have 2 class computers in the
children’s zone where they can practise word processing skills, mouse control and enjoy a
range of games. Dotty our cuddly class dog and her new pup, Spotty, who looks after our
classroom when we are not in it, have really missed the children this week.
Homework
Spellings
Spellings for your child this term are attached to this letter, please check the date of the test
above the list. For this term spellings will be linked to phonic families, using the same focus
sounds in words, or spelling rules. Children will have different spellings depending on which
phonic phase they are working on. Spelling tests will always take place on a Friday morning,
spelling books will come home on Friday so you can see which words need to be practised
further. This needs to be returned and handed in by Thursday.
Fun ideas for learning spellings: using a special pencil/pen, play memory games where the
children can earn points towards a reward, use chalks or water and a paintbrush outside on
the floor to write the spellings or make a treasure hunt where the children have to spell a word
correctly before they can have the next clue.
Reading Books
Children can have as many reading books per week as you would like, please feel free to
change your books before or after school. Children will have a colour sticker on the front of
their reading record book so you know which books are the right level for your child.
Remember to record when you have read at home as I award a merit for each time.
Maths
Children will be given a mental maths target to practise, this will be noted in their yellow
communication book. The children earn a bronze, silver and gold star then are given a new
target to work on. These are also kept on the front of their maths books. The targets may be
writing certain numbers correctly, learning number bonds or times tables off by heart.
Occasionally there might be an online activity or game pack sent home (there will be a note
sent home in this case).
Other information
Please ensure all your belongings are named to avoid confusion, anything unclaimed will be
placed in lost property at the end of the day. If you have any Indian themed books/toys/figures
we could use this term please bring them and make sure your name is on them.
Many thanks
Miss Rock