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In The Orchard, we will continue to promote a love of reading! We share lots of books and stories throughout our curriculum. We also read with the children 1:1 every day. The children engage in Big Read sessions each day, this is where we teach specific reading skills and share a class book.
The children should aim to read at home at least 3 times per week. Children will make more progress the more times they read so this will really help them to improve.
Homework for children in the The Orchard is reading that is set along with any bespoke pieces of worj that is given. You can support us in school by reading at home as much as possible and remembering to sign their reading records. Please read with your child at least 3 times per week. They will have a reading book and a library book. If your child is part of the Read, Write Inc group then they will also have a ditty book to read.
PE class is once a week. Please send in PE kit (black shorts, white t-shirt and Velcro pumps) in a drawstring PE bag, so that it can be stored easily. These will be left in school for the half term then returned to you for washing. Please ensure that every piece of clothing is labelled.
Water is provided in school at snack time and whenever required. Please send a piece of healthy snack in for your child to eat. We also have fruit which the children are able to have at the end of the day.
Phonics is the teaching of sounds in order to learn to read and write.
Children are grouped according to their reading ability for phonics in order to ensure that they are learning exactly what they need and make the best possible progress. We learn sounds along with Fred the Frog and these are built into words for reading and writing. Words become sentences and sentences become stories. A wide world of possibilities is opened up for your child.
In Lower Key Stage 2 English we will be looking at these areas:
Autumn - Inside Out, Myths and Legends, Biographies, Explanation texts, Cinquains
Spring - Suspense and Mystery, Instructions, Persuasion texts, Spoken word poetry
Summer - Fiction from our literary heritage, Reports, Discussion texts, Poetry appreciation
In Upper Key Stage 2 English we will be looking at these areas:
Autumn Term – Recovery Curriculum, Persuasion, Visual Texts and Newspaper Reports
Spring Term – Character Perspectives, Suspense Stories and Instructions
Summer Term – Discussion Texts, Biography/ Autobiography and Playscripts
Key Stage 1:
The children are learning at different levels so your child may be….
….counting to 20 and beyond. All children need to count, read, write and make numbers to 20. We will be ensuring that all children can add and subtract numbers within 10 and beyond. Know 1 more and 1 less to 10 and doubles up to 5. We will also be focussing on number formation or ….
….. Numbers to 100, Addition and Subtraction, Money and Multiplication and Division.
Lower Key Stage 2:
Autumn - Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Data Handling, Multiplication and Division Measure
Spring - Multiplication and division, Fractions, Decimals and percentages
Summer - Decimals, Geometry, Measure
Upper Key Stage 2:
Autumn – Place Value within 1,000,000, Four Operations, Fractions and Position and Direction
Spring – Decimals, Percentage, Algebra, Imperial and Metric Measures, Perimeter, Area and Volume and Ratio and Proportion
Summer – Properties of Shapes, Problem Solving and Statistics
Key Stage 1 Science:
Healthy me: To describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene.
Materials Monster: To identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses.
Lower Key Stage 2 science topics that we will cover this year are:
Upper Key Stage 2:
Autumn Term – Evolution and Inheritance and Light
Spring Term – Classification and The Human Body
Summer Term – Electricity and Dinosaurs
