Class 1 Newsletter Summer Term 2013

My teacher is Mrs. Woodcock Other adults who work in my class are: Mrs McGarry. alt.Mondays, Mrs Adams (TA and student teacher) Mrs Priestley part time TA PE and Dance will be on a Monday, Tuesday and Friday as usual. In ICT I am learning how to input instructions into programmable toys Beebots. I will be using programmes to work on Literacy and Numeracy skills including how to construct and read tables, graphs and charts In PSCHE I am learning about how some things always stay the same but some things change. Relationships/changes In Food Technology I am cooking food from around the world each week will be a different taste experience! In Geography I am learning about my local environment and comparing it to a totally different location the sea-side. In Music I am working on pitch, performance and singing skills with Mrs. Lockwood In PE I am developing athletic skills,throwing catching,running,joining in team and relay games Special events Pirate Fashion Show Thurs 25th April Circusology Day Friday 26th April Year 1 Phonics workshopdetails to follow Topics this term are: WORLD KITCHEN GREEN FINGERS/GROWING MATERIALS In RE I am learning about special celebrations such as Christenings and weddings which are important to the Christian faith In Numeracy I am learning to add and take away bigger numbers using hundred squares. I will be doubling and halving to 10 and 20.Finding differences between 2 numbers by counting on and drawing my own number lines. Investigating number patterns and symmetry. Comparing and measuring with water and sand. In History I am learning about life today and in the past, looking at similarities and differences in toys, clothes, entertainment, transport In Art I am painting, modelling with clay, printing and weaving with different textiles You can help me by : practising spellings. Learning word sets and sharing books together as much as possible.Visiting a library and looking for symmetrical patterns.

Gomersal St Marys CE (A) Primary School

In Literacy Phonic/sentence work on different letters and sounds will continue everyday. I am learning to write instructions,lists, recipes,notes.Making my writing much more interesting by including words to join sentences such as but and because/using different sentence starters/story language and descriptive vocabulary. I am listening to riddles, rhymes, tongue twisters and poems from different cultures. Learning the difference between fact and fictionmaking fact files and posters on foods from around the world.

Our summer enterprise project is to run a smoothie bar! any recipes or machines welcome. Please come and see my teacher at 3.00 p.m. if you want to talk to her. You will be most welcome.