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Week Beginning: 26th June 2023 Term 4 Week 11
Y1&2 Celebration Assembly- Tuesday 8:30 am - 9:15 am
Forest school on Thursday-Please remember to send your child with appropriate clothing, rain boots, a hat, sun cream, mosquito repellent and a spare full change of clothes (including footwear) in case they get muddy or wet. We will leave shortly after the school day begins and return just before lunchtime.
Friday 30th June: School finishes at 11:45 am
Enrichment Week:
If you have any clean cardboard boxes (big or small), bottles, egg boxes, toilet rolls, cartons etc. could you please send them to school for the activity in the Enrichment week?
We will be doing various Science STEM activities during the Enrichment week.
World languages
We will continue to read a story about Felix, a rabbit that goes on a world adventure.
Music
We will be presenting our celebration assembly and do fun music games and drum circle.
Nepali
We will revise some of the topics such as colors, food, animals, etc with fun activities.
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library.
We will be exploring fiction books and discussing the favourite characters from the book.
Week Beginning: 19th June 2023 Term 4 Week 10
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Swimming: Tuesday
No Forest school on Friday
If you have any clean cardboard boxes (big or small), bottles, egg boxes, toilet rolls, cartons etc. could you please send them to school for the activity in the Enrichment week?
Maths
Children will be playing some games that can consider strengthening their understanding and proficiency in mathematics.
English
In English, we will be listening to the transition stories and doing the activities. Children will be recalling their experience in Year 1, writing all about them and a letter for their new teacher.
The spellings for this week will be: Recall the spellings we have learnt.
Phonics: We will be working in small groups to learn new letters and sounds.
IPC
The new IPC topic, for the rest of the term, will be 'If You're Happy and You Know It'. We will be looking at different emotions such as calm, happy, sad and anger and how we can describe our emotions by looking at different objects.
PSHE
In PSHE, children will recognise risk in simple everyday situations and what action to take to minimise harm.
World languages
We will continue to read a story about Felix, a rabbit that goes on a world adventure.
Link to watch the Community Concert : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuMgxxsoXoc
Music
We will be rehearsing in preparation for the Celebration Assembly.
Nepali
We will continue to practice the Nepali alphabet and revise the food and taste in Nepali.
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library.
This week we will be exploring rhyming and poetry books.
Week Beginning: 12th June 2023 Term 4 Week 9
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Swimming: Tuesday
No Forest school on Friday
Community Concert Thursday 15th June from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm in the TBS hall. All students from Year 1 to 6 will be performing songs and dances in Nepali and in English together with students of our community partner, The Shramik School, to deliver an unforgettable Peace & Unity Concert!
Maths
In Maths, we will be learning to recognise, name and sort some common 2D and 3D shapes.
English
In English, we will continue looking at the storybook 'Mr Wuffles!' by David Wiesner.
Linked to the story, we will be looking at the feelings of the character and recording what will the character is thinking and saying. We will also be using the word 'because' while giving reasons.
The spellings for this week will be: Recall the spellings they have learnt.
Phonics: We will be working in small groups to learn new letters and sounds.
IPC
The new IPC topic, for the rest of the term, will be 'If You're Happy and You Know It'. We will be looking at different emotions such as calm, happy, sad and anger and how we can describe our emotions by looking at different objects.
PSHE
In PSHE, children will recognise risk in simple everyday situations and what action to take to minimise harm.
World languages
We will continue to read a story about Felix, a rabbit that goes on a world adventure.
Music
We are also going to practice for the last time our songs and dances in preparation for the community concert
Nepali
We will continue to practise Nepali alphabets and revise the animals in Nepali.
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library.
We will continue to focus on role-playing a variety of traditional stories.
Week Beginning: 5th June 2023 Term 4 Week 8
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Swimming: Tuesday
No Forest school on Friday
Maths
In Maths, we will be learning to describe the position of objects in relation to one another using varied vocabulary such as: 'top', 'middle' and 'bottom'; 'around', 'close', 'near' and 'far'; and 'on top of', 'in front of' and 'above'. When looking at movement, the concepts explored are 'up and down', 'forwards and backwards' and 'inside and outside.'
English
The storybook for the following two weeks will be 'Mr Wuffles!' by David Wiesner. We will be looking at the exclamation mark '!' and using it in our sentences.
Linked to the story, we will be looking at the feelings of the character and recording what will the character is thinking and saying. We will also be using the word 'because' while giving reasons.
The spellings for this week will be: Recall the spellings they have learnt.
Phonics: We will be working in small groups to learn new letters and sounds.
IPC
The IPC topic, will be Hooray...Let's go on Holiday!. We will finish off the topic with an Exit point: A trip to the UK. We will pretend one of the class to be an aeroplane and the other class to the destination with some activities such as : baking, craft and DT activites.
PSHE
In PSHE, children will recognise risk in simple everyday situations and what action to take to minimise harm.
World languages
We will continue to read a story about Felix, a rabbit that goes on a world adventure.
Music
We are going to learn about the great composer Bach and discover some of his music. We are also going to practice our songs and dances for the community concert.
Nepali
We will continue to practise Nepali alphabets and revise the colours in Nepali.
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library.
We will continue understanding traditional stories and we will focus on role-playing a variety of traditional stories.
Week Beginning: 22nd May 2023 Term 4 Week 6
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Forest school: Friday: Please remember to send your child with appropriate clothing, closed shoes, a hat, sun cream, mosquito repellent and a spare full change of clothes (including footwear) in case they get muddy or wet. We will leave shortly after the school day begins and return just before lunchtime.
Maths
In Maths, we will be learning about volume and capacity with a concept of addition to combining knowledge from the chapter on fractions. The first lesson will be about comparing volume and capacity, using terms such as 'more than' and 'less than'.
English
In English, we will plan to organise a non-chronological report. Children will be using a spidergram to plan and explore the topic using nonfiction books and videos.
The spellings for this week will be: Recall the spellings they have learnt.
Phonics: We will be working in small groups to learn new letters and sounds.
IPC
The new IPC topic, for the following four weeks, will be Hooray...Let's go on Holiday!. We will be sorting the data by discussing the information about their holiday for instance the name of the place they visited, the type of building they stayed in, what was the weather like etc
PSHE
In PSHE, children will recognise risk in simple everyday situations and what action to take to minimise harm.
World languages
We will continue to read a story about Felix, a rabbit that goes on a world adventure.
Music
We are going to learn about the great composer Bach and discover some of his music. We are also going to practice our songs and dances for the community concert.
Nepali
We will learn about the people who help us (Guru, Dai, Didi, Damalkarmi, Prahari, Kisan and we will continue to practise Nepali alphabet ख.
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library.
Half Term Break
Week Beginning: 15th May 2023 Term 4 Week 5
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Parents swimming info session : Monday 15th May 12:20 to 12:35 pm in the Primary Library
Yr1-3 Sports Day- Monday 15th May 12:40 to 2:15 pm
Forest school: Friday: Please remember to send your child with appropriate clothing, closed shoes, a hat, sun cream, mosquito repellent and a spare full change of clothes (including footwear) in case they get muddy or wet. We will leave shortly after the school day begins and return just before lunchtime.
Maths
In Maths, we will be learning about volume and capacity with a concept of addition to combining knowledge from the chapter on fractions. The first lesson will be about comparing volume and capacity, using terms such as 'more than' and 'less than'.
English
In English, we will listen to the story 'The Town to the Turtle' by Michelle Cuevas. We will be looking at the turtle's town and discussing different things the turtle included in his town. Children will design their own dream town, label and write what will they have and why.
The spellings for this week will be: once, pull, full, push.
Phonics: We will be working in small groups to learn new letters and sounds.
IPC
We will be using 'Gender equality' as a topic from the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for the IPC lessons. We will be learning about how men and women are treated fairly. We will be discussing and designing gender-neutral clothes. We will check the materials if it is waterproof or not by exploring the practically.
PSHE
In PSHE, we will learn about dental care; how to brush teeth correctly; look at food and drink that support dental health.
World languages
We will continue to read a story about Felix, a rabbit that goes on a world adventure.
Music
We are going to learn about the great composer Mozart and discover some of his music. We are also going to practice our songs and dances for the community concert.
Nepali
We will continue to learn about daily activities we do in our lives. हाम्रा दैनिक जीवनका क्रियाकलापहरु । उठ्नु ,मुख धुनु ,खाना खानु ,दाँत माझ्नु ,स्कुल जानु ,खेल्नु, पढ्नु ,लेख्नु, सुत्नु आदि।
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library.
We will be understanding the traditional stories and we will focus on the story ‘Jack and the Beanstalk.’
Week Beginning: 8th May 2023 Term 4 Week 4
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Yr 1's Assembly is on Friday 12th May at 2:00 pm at the Drama Studio.
Forest school: Friday: Please remember to send your child with appropriate clothing, closed shoes, a hat, sun cream, mosquito repellent and a spare full change of clothes (including footwear) in case they get muddy or wet. We will leave shortly after the school day begins and return just before lunchtime.
Maths
In Maths, we will be learning about money. We will continue working towards recognising British and Nepali coins and notes. We will introduce volume and capacity with a concept of addition to combining knowledge from the chapter on fractions. The first lesson will be about comparing volume and capacity, using terms such as 'more than' and 'less than'.
English
In English, we will listen to the story 'The Town to the Turtle' by Michelle Cuevas. We will be looking at the turtle's town and discussing different things the turtle included in his town. Children will design their own dream town, label and write what will they have and why.
The spellings for this week will be: there, love, one.
Phonics: We will be working in small groups to learn new letters and sounds.
IPC
We will be using 'Gender equality' as a topic from the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for the IPC lessons. We will be learning about how men and women are treated fairly. We will be discussing and designing gender-neutral clothes.
PSHE
In PSHE, we will learn about dental care; how to brush teeth correctly; look at food and drink that support dental health.
World languages
We will continue to read a story about Felix, a rabbit that goes on a world adventure.
Music
We are going to learn about the great composer Mozart and discover some of his music. We are also going to practice our songs and dances for the community concert.
Nepali
We will learn about daily activities we do in our lives. हाम्रा दैनिक जीवनका क्रियाकलापहरु । उठ्नु ,मुख धुनु ,खाना खानु ,दाँत माझ्नु ,स्कुल जानु ,खेल्नु, पढ्नु ,लेख्नु, सुत्नु आदि।
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library.
We will continue to look at different features of nonfiction books that link to our IPC topic.
Week Beginning: 1st May 2023 Term 4 Week 3
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Maths
In Maths, we will be learning about money. We will be working towards recognising British and Nepali coins and notes.
English
In English, we will listen to the story 'All are Welcome' by Alexandra Penfold. We will predict the story, relate the book to our personal experience and think about how it is important to make others feel welcome and included. We will also be looking at the rhyming words linked to the book.
The spellings for this week will be: our, come, some and where.
Phonics: We will be working in small groups to learn new letters and sounds.
IPC
We will be using 'Gender equality' as a topic from the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for the IPC lessons. We will be learning about how men and women are treated fairly. We will be discussing and designing gender-neutral clothes.
PSHE
In PSHE, we will learn about the people who help us to stay physically healthy. We will closely look at dental care and how to brush teeth correctly; as food and drink that support dental health.
World languages
Music
Nepali
We will learn about Lord Buddha and Buddha Jayanti. भगवान बुद्ध तथा बुद्ध जयन्ती बारेमा हामी सिक्नेछौ ।
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library.
We will look at different non-fiction books that link to our IPC topic.
Week Beginning: 24th April 2023 Term 4 Week 2
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Sports Day:
Following up on the email from Ms Gradden, the Sports Day for Year 1-3 has been cancelled.
Maths
In Maths, we will continue to learn about time. The children will estimate the duration of time and compare them using the terms 'quicker', 'slower', 'earlier', and 'later'. We will learn to use a calendar and solve problems related to time.
English
In English, we will carry on doing the activities linked with the story 'In the Forest'. The children will learn to use the prefix 'un' and suffixes íng', 'er', and 'est' while describing different parts of the story. We will finish the story book by writing a book review.
The spellings for this week will be: you, sai, says and are.
Phonics: We will be working in small groups to learn new letters and sounds.
IPC
We will be using 'Gender equality' as a topic from the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for the IPC lessons. We will be learning about how men and women are treated fairly. The children will understand the awareness and make a change in the world by learning a biopic about Malala.
PSHE
In PSHE, we will learn about the people who help us to stay physically healthy.
World languages
We will start to read a story about Felix, a rabbit that goes on a world adventure.
Music
Nepali
We will continue learning about our house मेरो घर and kitchen utensils as well as objects in Nepali. घर, भान्छा कोठा, चम्चा, काँटा, टेबुल, प्लेट, दराज आदि ।
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library.
We will continue to identify authors and illustrators of fiction and non-fiction books.
Week Beginning: 17th April 2023 Term 4 Week 1
Maths
In Maths, children will be exploring analogue clocks and telling time to the hour and a half hour. We will also learn the difference between hours, seconds and minutes.
English
In English, we will recount the holiday news and record the favourite part. The story for the following two weeks will be 'In the Forest ' by Anouck Boilsrobert. We will be looking at the exclamation mark '!' and using it in our sentences.
Linked to the story, we will be looking at the feelings of the character and recording what will the character is thinking and saying. We will also be using the word 'because' while giving reasons.
The spellings for this week will be: no, by, my and you.
IPC
We will be using 'Gender equality' as a topic from the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for the IPC lessons. We will be looking at different scenario cards and discuss them.
PSHE
Children will look at different ways to learn and play; recognising the importance of knowing when to take a break from time online on TV, in PSHE lessons.
World languages
Music
We are going to learn about the great composer Bach and discover some of his music. We are also going to learn a new song using percussion instruments and our voice.
Nepali
We will continue to learn about our house (focus on kitchen utensils and objects in Nepali) and Nepali Mother's day. घर, भान्छा कोठा, चम्चा, काँटा, टेबुल, प्लेट, दराज, आमा,माया आदि ।
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library.
We will be learning to identify authors and illustrators of fiction and non-fiction books.
Week Beginning: 20th March 2023 Term 3 Week 10
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Camp TBS: Thursday 23rd March 2023: Please ensure that your child has everything from the kit list for the sleepover. If your child needs any medication, it must be given directly to Ms Maharjan or Ms Brown on the morning of the trip.
School Finishes at 10 pm on Friday 24th March 2023
Maths
In Maths, we will count in sequences of 10 followed by counting ones; to be able to increase confidence with number lines and base 10 materials in order to count numbers to 100. We will understand the value of the tens and ones digits in a number. We will place numbers in order from smallest to greatest and vice versa.
English
We will listen to the story 'The Day the Crayons Quit' by Drew Daywalt and do various activities. Children will share their understanding of the story by sharing their like and dislike parts of the story, describing the character's feelings and creating a new character.
IPC
The new topic for the rest of the term will be 'What's it made up of'. We will be focussing on a Science skills: posing simple scientific questions and being able to conduct simple investigations. Linked to the story 'The three little pigs' children will predict the materials good to build a house and in small groups build it and check the strongest house.
PSHE
In PSHE, we will know about why sleep is important and different ways to rest and relax.
World languages
We will learn about different buildings around the world and what they are made of.
Music
This week we are going to improvise music using all the instruments of the classroom to represent different pictures or emotions.
Nepali
We will learn about our house and the objects we commonly use in Nepali. घर, झ्याल, ढोका, भित्ता, बैठक कोठा, स्नान कोठा, सुत्नेकोठा, भान्छा कोठा
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library
We will be identifying and understanding how to describe story characters and settings.
Week Beginning: 13th March 2023 Term 3 Week 9
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Maths
In Maths, we will continue to explore fractions. We will focus on quarters with shape and quantity. Children will split an object (shape) into four equal parts; to be able to identify shapes that have been split into four equal parts. We will share and group objects into halves and quarters; to be able to determine half of a number and a quarter of a number.
English
We will listen to the story 'The Day the Crayons Quit' by Drew Daywalt and do various activities. Children will share their understanding of the story by sharing their likes and dislikes part of the story, describing the character's feelings and creating a new character.
IPC
The new topic for the rest of the term will be 'What's it made up of'. We will be focussing on a Science skills: posing simple scientific questions and being able to conduct simple investigations. Children will be conducting some fun science experiments, for instance, volcano eruption, color-changing paper, making slime and rescuing toys.
PSHE
In PSHE, we will learn about how physical activity helps us to stay healthy; and ways to be physically active everyday.
World languages
We will learn about different buildings around the world and what they are made of.
Music
This week we are going to learn a new song and play different percussion instruments.
Nepali
We will continue to learn about names of the days of the week in Nepali. आईतबार , सोमबार, मंगलबाल,बुधबार,विहिबार,शुक्रबार , शनिबार
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on timetable page.
Library
We will continue to understand the time connectives in stories and we will also be identifying story characters and settings.
Week Beginning: 7th March 2023 Term 3 Week 8
Mother Language Day on Tuesday 7th (3:30-4:30pm) - Please come after school to the library to celebrate all the different languages we have in our school.
Camp TBS Parents Information Session: Thursday 8am, Primary Library
Maths
In Maths, we will continue to explore fractions. We will focus on quarters with shape and quantity. Children will split an object (shape) into four equal parts; to be able to identify shapes that have been split into four equal parts. We will share and group objects into halves and quarters; to be able to determine half of a number and a quarter of a number.
English
In English, we will be focusing on instructions by looking at the features of instructions, following the instructions by making a jam sandwich, setting a plan of instruction and writing them.
Phonics- In Phonics, we will learn the phonemes and sounds in small groups.
Kinetic Letters- For Handwriting, we will practice the capital letters.
Please check the Seesaw for some common exception word tasks.
IPC
We will finish the topic 'The Magic Toymaker' by evaluating the hand puppets that we made last week. We will look at what went well, what were the challenges, how did we deal with the challenges we faced and what would we do next time. We will perform a puppet show to each other's class for an Exit point.
PSHE
In PSHE, we will know about how physical activity helps us to stay healthy; and ways to be physically active every day.
World languages
We will learn about different games that children play around the world.
Music
This week during PAWS session we will sing and dance in nepali and in english.
Nepali
We will learn about names of the days of the week in Nepali. आईतबार , सोमबार, मंगलबाल,बुधबार,विहिबार,शुक्रबार , शनिबार
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library
We will be learning about how to make a story plan and we will be understanding the time connectives in stories.
Week Beginning: 27th February 2023 Term 3 Week 7
No Forest School this week as we will be dressing up for the Book Week!
Maths
In Maths, we will explore sharing as a model of division. Children will divide even numbers equally into groups and determine how many objects will be included in each group in order to share equally. We will move on to fractions and focus on halving with shapes and quantity.
English
In English, we will be focusing on instructions by looking at the features of instructions, following the instructions by making a jam sandwich, setting a plan of instruction and writing them.
Phonics- In Phonics, we will learn the phonemes and sounds in small groups.
Kinetic Letters- For Handwriting, we will practice the capital letters.
Please check the Seesaw for the some common exception words task.
IPC
In IPC, we will focus on Design and Technology skills and explore ways of constructing parts of a design. 1M visited the secondary DT room in small groups and made our own wooden toy robot, this week 1B will visit the secondary DT room and construct their own wooden toy robot. We will be using some tools such as a junior hacksaw and hand drill with some support. We will be designing and making our own hand puppets.
PSHE
We will listen to the stories to recognise the ways we are the same as, and different to, other people.
World languages
We will learn about our own culture and celebrate this through art.
Music
We will continue to discover, listen and play instruments from the four different music families. We will learn a new song and play percussion instruments.
Nepali
As the festival of Holi is coming soon, we'll be learning about it. We will also learn the names of colours in Nepali. होली पर्व, रातो, पहेँलो, निलो,हरियो
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on timetable page.
Library
This week we will be celebrating our ‘Book Week’ and we will be doing various book-related activities.
Week Beginning: 20th February 2023 Term 3 Week 6
Maths
We will solve one-step problems involving multiplication by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with some support. We will make arrays by making equal groups and building them up in columns or rows, exploring doubling with numbers up to 20 by understanding that ‘double’ is two groups of a number or an amount.
English
In English, we will be focusing on instruction, following the instruction and features of instructions. Children will be looking at the spellings of some common exception words this week. We will be putting on some activities in Seesaw at the end of the week to practise the common exception words at home. In addition, children develop their understanding of regular nouns and plural.
Phonics- In Phonics, we will learn the phonemes and sounds in small groups.
Kinetic Letters- For Handwriting, we will practice the capital letters.
IPC
In IPC, we will focus on Design and Technology skills and explore ways of constructing parts of a design. For the following two weeks, we will visit the secondary DT room in small groups and make our own wooden toy robot. We will be using some tools with some support. We will be designing and making our own puppets. Watch out in the seesaw for some puppet show videos!
PSHE
We will look at the different roles and responsibilities people have in their community.
World languages
We will learn about our own culture and celebrate this through art.
Music
We will continue to discover, listen and play instruments from the four different music families. We will practice our song about toys from the past.
Nepali
We will learn about food and taste in Nepali. खाना र स्वाद
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library
We will continue learning about nonfiction text features and we will focus on the table of contents and index page.
Week Beginning: 6th February 2023 Term 3 Week 5
Maths
We will identify equal groupings as the first step in multiplying and understand that we can count groups of the same quantity more efficiently, find multiple ways of counting groups of the same quantity and organise objects into equal rows in order to begin counting equal numbers efficiently.
English
In English, we will continue looking at traditional tales. Last week, children made the great story map of the story 'The three little pigs' and wrote the story remembering capital letters, finger space and full stop. We will be looking at the story 'The three little wolves and a big bad pig' this week. We will compare this story with the traditional tale 'The Three little pigs and look at the similarities and differences. Children will change the characters and make their own version of the story.
IPC
We have started a new IPC topic 'The Magic Toymaker', part of it children will be sharing their favourite toys with the whole class. Please let the children bring their favourite toys to school on Tuesday 7th February. We will also be looking at different toys and games that are played around the world. Children will be experiencing games/toys from different countries for instance Nepal, India, England, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Guatemala.
PSHE
We will listen to a story and discuss the different groups we belong to. We will talk about our uniqueness and some similarities too.
World languages
We will learn to count in the different home languages of our class.
Music
We will continue to discover, listen and play instruments from the four different music families and learn a new song : Try your best!
Nepali
We will learn about domestic and farm animals in Nepali. घर पालुवा जनावरहरु
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on timetable page.
Library
We will be learning about the main nonfiction text features and we will learn about table of contents and index.
Week Beginning: 30th January 2023 Term 3 Week 4
Curriculum day on Saturday 4th February
Time : 8:30 am- 2:30 pm
Y1 & 2 - Forest school (activities designed and run by our Y12 students)
Please ensure that the children have their packed lunch for the day. Children will be doing loads of fun and exciting outdoor activities.
Maths
In Maths, we will learn the foundations of equal groupings, repeated addition, arrays and doubling. We will focus on 2s, 5s and 10s. The previous lessons using ten frames and visual linear organisation will prove useful in this multiplication chapter.
English
In English, we will be looking at the Traditional tale 'The three little pigs'. We will participate actively in collaborative conversations, staying on the stories and initiating and responding to comments. We will participate in discussions, presentations, performances and role play the story 'The three little pigs'. Children will be making a story map and writing the story using it.
Phonics- In Phonics, we will learn the phonemes and sounds which are not sure of in small groups.
Kinetic Letters- For Handwriting, we will practice the capital letters.
IPC
We will finish the topic 'Look and Listen' with the exit point on Tuesday.
The new IPC topic will be 'The Magic Toymaker'. We will be exploring ways of constructing parts of a design in this topic. For the entry point on Wednesday, children will be looking at some old and new toys. Please feel free to send some old and new toys with clear labels for the children to explore at school.
PSHE
The focal point for this week in PSHE will be to know about things they can do to help look after their environment.
World languages
We continue to learn about all the different languages we have in our class.
Music
We will continue to discover and play instruments from the different families : woodwind, percussion, strings and brass! we will also practice our song "I've got peace" play our "Rig a Jig" game to practice keeping a steady beat.
Nepali
We will continue Nepali numbers up to 10 (१ देखी १०) with activities.
PE
Please see PE yearly overview on the timetable page.
Library
We will learn about retelling stories and we will focus on the story ‘Too Many Toys.’
Term 3 Week 3
English
In English, we will be listening to the story 'Orion and the Dark'. Orion is scared of more or less everything but there is one thing that he is scared of more than anything else...the DARK! Orion joins on an adventure as he faces his BIGGEST FEAR of all and finds out it’s friendly! The story supports children’s understanding of narrative structure as well as offers plenty of opportunity for writing for a range of purposes and audiences.
Phonics- In Phonics, we will learn the phonemes and sounds which are not sure of in small groups.
Kinetic Letters- For Handwriting, we will practice the capital letters.
Maths
We will be exploring numbers up to 40 in a variety of ways. The beginning of the chapter focuses on counting to 40 in different ways and writing numbers to 40. As the sequence progresses, pupils are comparing numbers and look at number patterns.
IPC
We will continue to explore the topic 'Look and Listen'. We will look at the science skills of using the senses safely to make observations. We will look at the variety of sounds and lights. We will find the man-made and natural resources of sounds and light.
Important dates:
Primary Parents Information session-e-safety.8:00-8:45 26th Jan 2023
Primary Parents Information session -Music and Paws.8:00-8:45 2nd Feb 2023
Co-curriculum day -4th Feb 2023 (Please add the details of your class for that day )
Important notes:
The following rules need to be followed:
All children staying after school should be accompanied by an adult who is supervising them whilst they are playing
The area they can play in is the slide area & the garden at the back
If they need to go to the toilet their adult should go with them but wait outside the toilet whilst they go in
Children with no secondary siblings can stay until 3pm
If children are waiting for a secondary sibling, they can stay until 3:30pm or 4:30pm if they have had a club (they should not be waiting at school from 2:30pm to 4:30pm as this is too long)
There is still an option for siblings to wait in the library supervised by a member of staff until 3:30pm and they should not go out in the play area unless they have an adult accompanying them.
Term 3 Week 1
We would like to wish you a happy holiday and I am sure you will have a wonderful time with your family.
English
In English, we will be recounting holiday news and working on writing stimulus activities. We will be doing carousel activities for Phonics and Handwriting where children will get an opportunity to work with both Yr 1 classes.
Phonics- In Phonics we will consolidate the sounds we have learnt so far.
Kinetic letters- For Handwriting, we will practice the capital letters.
Maths
We will revise the greater number and smaller number and explore numbers to 40 in a variety of ways.
IPC
We will be moving on to our new topic 'Look and Listen'. The Entry Point will take place on Wednesday, 11th January, from 1:30 till 2:30 pm in and outside the Year 1 classrooms. Afterwards, you are invited for coffee and tea at the Yeti Cafe for an informal meeting with Ms Brown.
Term 2 Week 9
Welcome to Week 9's learning!
Please mark the date on your calendar for 14th December at 1:30 pm. We will be performing a spectacular Christmas Show 'Ralph the Reindeer'. Y1s are practising the songs beautifully. We would like to request you ensure your child is wearing red and/ or green clothes for this Christmas Show.
No Forest School this Friday! The school will finish at 11:30 am!
English
In English, we will be listening to the story 'Stickman'. We will focus on sequencing, analyzing characters and figurative language. We will also promote perseverance and feelings too. Children will be writing a letter to Father Christmas at the end of the week. Please be prepared to receive one!
Phonics- In Phonics we will learn the sounds from Chapter 4 a: ea, ey and ie.
Kinetic letters- For Handwriting, we will practice the capital letters
Maths
We will consolidate addition and subtraction within 20. We will do revision through games and interactive activities.
IPC
We will be making some Christmas crafts by using the D&T skill where we will be planning what we are going to make and choose simple and appropriate tools and materials.
PSHE
For the next few weeks, we will look a how people make friends and what makes a good friendship, how to recognise when they or someone else feels lonely and what to do, use simple strategies to resolve arguments between friends positively and how to ask for help if a friendship is making them feel unhappy
Computing
We will continue to compare groups by choosing how can we group different objects by properties. We will begin to compare and describe groups of objects and then record the number of objects in each group.
We hope you are enjoying the winter season and we are looking forward to welcoming you to the performances over the next few weeks before we break up for the Christmas holidays.
As we have moved on from our COVID restrictions, including spreading out entrancing and exiting students, we can now move back to our pre-COVID systems. We will therefore be closing the small gate from 8:05 am daily until the end of term. At the start of Term 3 (10th January 2023), we will no longer use the gate for drop off or pick up.
We have been pleased to be able to welcome parents to the Yeti cafe in the mornings and the coffee shop is open from 8 am to 8:30. To help us keep our Early Years children focussed on their morning learning activities, we request that parents sit in the area in front of the coffee shop, so they are not in view of our Early Years children. For those of you enjoying time on campus after school, we would like to remind everyone that children need to be actively supervised at all times to ensure their safety and ensure that their games do not disturb any secondary lessons or clubs that are going on at that time.
We very much appreciate your support with these issues.
Term 2 Week 8
Welcome to Week 8's learning!
English
In English, we will be continuing the story 'Halibut Jackson' where children will observe the character development, emotional response to issues faced in a story and is a fantastic text to support personal, social and emotional development; exploring the issues a character faces with shyness so intense that he wants to always blend into society unnoticed.
Phonics- In Phonics we will learn the sounds from Chapter 4 a: ew as in newt, ea and ea.
Kinetic letters- For Handwriting, we will practice the capital letters
Maths
We will consolidate subtracting numbers within 20. Children will use their understanding of subtraction fact families. Children will look for patterns with numbers up to 20, focusing on one more and one less than a number, subtract by subtracting from only the ones column and subtract a certain amount of ones from 10 rather than from the ones, as there are not enough ones. We will also do lots of measurements for the IPC activities-baking .
IPC
We will continue to look at some common features of the celebration. We will also look at different types of food used in an event. We will be baking cupcakes with the ingredients: butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, milk, flour, and cocoa powder. Please let Mrs Maharjan know if there are any dietary requirements. We will make Fruit kebabs We will use the D&T skill where we will be planning what we are going to make and choose simple and appropriate tools and materials.
PSHE
For the next few weeks, we will look a how people make friends and what makes a good friendship, how to recognise when they or someone else feels lonely and what to do, use simple strategies to resolve arguments between friends positively and how to ask for help if a friendship is making them feel unhappy
Computing
We will continue to compare groups by choosing how can we group different objects by properties. We will begin to compare and describe groups of objects and then record the number of objects in each group.
We hope you are enjoying the winter season and we are looking forward to welcoming you to the performances over the next few weeks before we break up for the Christmas holidays.
As we have moved on from our COVID restrictions, including spreading out entrancing and exiting students, we can now move back to our pre-COVID systems. We will therefore be closing the small gate from 8:05 am daily until the end of term. At the start of Term 3 (10th January 2023), we will no longer use the gate for drop off or pick up.
We have been pleased to be able to welcome parents to the Yeti cafe in the mornings and the coffee shop is open from 8 am to 8:30. To help us keep our Early Years children focussed on their morning learning activities, we request that parents sit in the area in front of the coffee shop, so they are not in view of our Early Years children. For those of you enjoying time on campus after school, we would like to remind everyone that children need to be actively supervised at all times to ensure their safety and ensure that their games do not disturb any secondary lessons or clubs that are going on at that time.
We very much appreciate your support with these issues.
Term 2 Week 7
Welcome to Week 7's learning!
English
In English, we will be looking at Contemporary Fiction through the story 'Halibut Jackson' where children will observe the character development, emotional response to issues faced in a story and is a fantastic text to support personal, social and emotional development; exploring the issues a character faces with shyness so intense that he wants to always blend into society unnoticed.
Phonics- In Phonics we will learn the sounds from Chapter 4 a: oe, ay and ew as in drew
Handwriting- For Handwriting, we will practice the letters h,b,r,n,m and p.
Maths
We will be learning different ways to subtract numbers within 20. Children will use their understanding of subtraction fact families. Children will look for patterns with numbers up to 20, focusing on one more and one less than a number, subtract by subtracting from only the ones column and subtract a certain amount of ones from 10 rather than from the ones, as there are not enough ones.
IPC
We will continue to look at some common features of the celebration. We will also look at different types of hats worn in an event and design and make our own hats. We will use the D&T skill where we will be planning what we are going to make and choose simple and appropriate tools and materials.
PSHE
For the next few weeks, we will look a how people make friends and what makes a good friendship, how to recognise when they or someone else feels lonely and what to do, use simple strategies to resolve arguments between friends positively and how to ask for help if a friendship is making them feel unhappy
Computing
We will begin to compare groups by choosing how can we group different objects by properties. We will begin to compare and describe groups of objects and then record the number of objects in each group.
Term 2 Week 6
Welcome to Week 6's learning!
Thank you to all the parents for signing up for PTC, if you haven't signed up yet then please book a slot in this spreadsheet.
English
In English, we will be looking at Contemporary Fiction through the story 'I want my hat back' where children will be reflecting on their own experiences.
Phonics- In Phonics we will consolidate the trigraphs: air, ear and ure.
Handwriting- For Handwriting, we will be moving on to Kinetic letters Book 6- Slider Family Letters where will be learning to write the letter k and consolidate the Slider Family Letters.
Maths
We will be learning different ways to add numbers within 20. Children will use their understanding of addition fact families. We will continue to add by counting on from greater number, two numbers by first making 10 and then adding on the remainder and adding the sum of the ones to the 10 by separating the ones and the 10.
IPC
We will continue to look at some common features of the celebration. We will also look at different types of hats worn in an event and design and make our own hats. We will use the D&T skill where we will be planning what we are going to make and choose simple and appropriate tools and materials.
PSHE
For the next few weeks, we will look a how people make friends and what makes a good friendship, how to recognise when they or someone else feels lonely and what to do, use simple strategies to resolve arguments between friends positively and how to ask for help if a friendship is making them feel unhappy
Computing
We will begin to understand that objects can be described in many different ways. We will identify the properties of objects and begin to understand that properties can be used to group objects; for example, objects can be grouped by colour or size. Finally, we will demonstrate their ability to find objects with similar properties and begin to understand the reason that we need to give labels to images on a computer.
Term 2 Week 5
Welcome to Week 5's learning!
I would like to remind you all that the Parent Information Session: Supporting Your Child’s Reading At Home will be taking place on Monday 14th November 8:15 am- 9:00 am in the Secondary Library.
English
In English, we will be learning a poem text and then adapting using adjectives. We will continue to look at Concrete/Shape Poetry, Limericks and create our own sense poem.
Phonics- In Phonics we will consolidate all the digraphs we have learnt so far.
Handwriting- For Handwriting, we will be moving on to Kinetic letters Book 6- Slider Family Letters where will be learning to write the letters v,w,x and z.
Maths
We will be learning different ways to add numbers within 20. Children will use their understanding of addition and subtraction to create fact families. We will learn to add by counting on from greater number, two numbers by first making 10 and then adding on the remainder and adding the sum of the ones to the 10 by separating the ones and the 10.
IPC
Thank you to all the parents who have shared the photos of the Celebrations. We will continue to look at some common features of the celebration. We will plan and design an event. We will also look at different types of hats worn in an event and design and make our own hats.
PSHE
We will recognise that not everyone feels the same at the same time, or feels the same about the same things. We will be listening to stories and watching the role-play.
Computing
We will begin to understand that objects have many different labels that can be used to put them into groups. We will name different objects and begin to experiment with placing them into different groups. We will also label a group of objects, and begin to understand that an object can fit into more than one group depending on the context.
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