Year 1-2H Curriculum Newsletter to Parents Spring 2 2020 Whole School Topic

Geography Year 1-2H Curriculum In Geography this half term, we will continue to use maps and atlases to name and locate the world’s Newsletter to Parents seven continents and five oceans. Last half term we learned to locate the UK and Europe. Now we’ll be Spring 2 2020 looking at the wider world! We will begin to use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to physical Whole school topic: Diversity and human features in the context of Africa with a particular focus on Kenya. We will use our knowledge of the UK to understand the geographical similarities Class topic: AFRICA and differences of human and physical features between Kenya and the UK too. ART We will be learning all about Tingatinga art. Tingatinga is a painting style widely used across Africa; particularly in Kenya and Tanzania. The style of art is named after the Tanzanian painter Edward Tigatinga. We will first find out about the Edward Tingatinga as an artist and say what we do and don’t like about his style of artwork. We will then learn about primary colours and how to mix secondary colours. We will use black and white paints to add tints and tones, whilst practising using thick and thin brushes to create different effects. Miss Davis and Mrs Roe Science PE We will be studying ‘Living We will be acquiring the things and their habitats’ skills needed to play Dodgeball! Dear parents and carers, We will explore and compare We will be able to use the Our whole school topic is DIVERSITY and our class topic the differences between things terms ‘opponent’ and ‘team- is AFRICA and most of our other subject areas will be that are living, dead, and mate’ and learn how to work based around this topic. We hope this leaflet is useful to things that have never been together as a team! alive. We will identify that show you what your children will be learning in school most living things live in and the kinds of activities you could do at home to We will develop our support their learning. Please listen to your child read habitats to which they are fundamental skills in rolling, several times a week at home, making sure Reading Records suited and describe how hitting, running, jumping, catching and are completed and returned to school daily. Practising different habitats provide for kicking skills number bonds to 10, 20 and 100 would also be very the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, beneficial. Also practise the x2, x5, x10 times tables. We will start to develop our and how they depend on game tactics. Please let us know if there is anything else you would like each other. We will be able to know about the curriculum. to identify and name a Some children will get the variety of plants and opportunity to lead their What’s on this half term...? animals in their habitats, team. -The first week back is World Book Week. On Tuesday 3rd including microhabitats. We March 1/2H will have parent reading buddies from 8:45- 9:15am. On Thursday 5th March children will take part in a will describe how animals vocabulary parade! Keep an eye out for the Book Fair obtain their food from plants -As part of our topic, year 1 and 2 will be taking part in and other animals, using the an African Drumming Workshop! idea of a simple food chain, -As we are learning about other cultures, year 1 and 2 and identify and name have an Asian marriage workshop where we will identify different sources of food. similarities and differences between our culture and Asian culture. -Mother’s Day event -Ashbourne Primary Bake Off! -Keep an eye out for our African Food Festival Experience at the end of the half term! Thank you for your kind contributions of £1 -The last week of term will be Culture Week across school. Topic money per week. It’s a great help .

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