Information
Please could any outstanding permission slips and money be
sent into school for the trip to the Bridgewater Hall next week. Thank you.
A reminder about a sticker which was put in your child’s diary
containing a link to the song that the children are learning to participate
when we go to the Bridgewater Hall. The song is called “Turn to Shine” and the
lyrics and music are available on the following link:- www.halle.co.uk/Shine
Maths
This week in Maths we
will be working on Subtraction. Year 1 children will begin to subtract a
1-digit number from a 2-digit number, and subtract by counting back to a
multiple of 10.
Year
2 children will subtract a multiple of 10 from a 2-digit number by
counting back in 10s, and add and
subtract 9, 11, 19 and 21 by adding and subtracting 10 and 20.
It is important that
your child is confidently able to and subtract a multiple of 10 from a given
number to achieve them in this objective and as always your support at home is
valued.
Some
websites to help with this are:-
English
This week we are
looking at a classic traditional tale – Cinderella. The children will listen to
the original story and create a story map to retell the story to each other.
The children will be looking at what a time connective is and highlight them
from an extract of Cinderella. We will be looking at the foundations of what
makes a traditional story: Characters, settings and traditional tale language.
(Once upon a time, in a land far away etc)
We will look at
‘good’ characters and ‘bad’ characters and write a sentence to explain why they
are good/bad.
Our grammar focus
this week is time connectives.
Ask your child which
traditional tales they know. Can they tell you the story?
Have a go at some
fun online literacy games at home.
Topic
The
children will be creating lots more artwork this week as we study Aboriginal
artwork! The children will learn about
Aboriginal people, where they live, what they eat and, because they do not have
a written language like we do, how they communicate.
The children will learn to look
at Aboriginal artwork and study how the dots are used to create different
effects. For example, the dots are not
all the same size – sometimes different effects are created by using a mixture
of large and small dots, some are in straight lines and sometimes they are
arranged in patterns.
Using
templates of Aboriginal artwork the children will be dot painting their own
picture in the style of an Aboriginal artist.
Interesting
fact – did you
know bark paintings are the oldest form of Aboriginal paintings? However, not
many bark paintings exist today. The reason is the natural disintegration of
the bark. Aborigines used perishable materials such as carved logs and tree
stumps and bark to draw and paint. Hence, only few specimens of the earlier
Aboriginal art are remaining.
Come and
See
We are continuing our new topic of “Special People.” We have
looked at our friends and family and who is special to us. We have asked the
children to bring in photographs of people in their family and friends who are
special to them and talk about this in class.
The children will make a large picture in outline of the inside of a
church. In groups draw/paint all the furnishings to put into the church,
include the people at the door.
We will explain that at the next session you will be speaking to people
who help at Mass on Sunday, think of some questions you would like to ask them.
The children will be designing their own questions for people who help
in church.
We hope you have a great week!
The Key Stage 1 team.
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