Class 1 Newsletter April 2013

Welcome back we hope you had a good break. Our topic is “We are what we eat!” Following on from the short half term we had we will continue with the same topic. We will be looking at the questionnaires about food the children completed as homework to see how diets may have changed and investigating why this might be. In Geography we will be finding out where our food comes and why different foods are grown and eaten in different countries. .

Literacy Numeracy PE & Outdoor Lessons In our Literacy work over the We will continue looking PE will be on Monday next few weeks we shall be at 1 (or 10) more (or and Wednesday looking at the work of Jill less) in our maths work. afternoons. The children Murphy so we can compare The children will be will be working on their books by the same author. learning to see relay skills in preparation In our non fiction work we multiplication as ‘lots of’ for a competition. will be writing explanations and using the x sign, Suitable footwear and kit and we will look at some before moving on to will be needed. Indoor poetry based on a tiger. division. PE will be dance. Shorts Children will do more and t-shirts are needed work on partitioning for this please. All kit numbers into hundreds, should be bought to tens and units. Year school on Monday and Twos will be looking at remain in school until fractions and angles. Friday. Also children We will continue to work outside once a practice number bonds week so need suitable to ten to ensure as many raincoats and footwear children as possible are when it is raining. secure with this.

Other subjects PSHE/Citizenship Our RE lessons will focus Homework on how the Bible and the Spellings will be sent We will be looking at Torah are special to home each Friday “Relationships” and believers. In History we will children will be tested the considering who is be looking at the work of following week. We will important to us. Florence Nightingale and sometimes be revisiting why she is important. words that have not been We will be working on our learned at home painting skills in Art this throughout the week, to term as we move on to prepare children for painting fruit and having a go at spelling vegetables. We will words in real contexts. investigate where seeds are Maths sheets will also be in different fruit and sent home most weeks vegetables. Additionally we shall be sowing and planting seeds to grow food that we can eat later in the year, in the flower beds around school.