Dear Parents,

Welcome back to a busy term. We look forward to some summer sunshine so that we can take full advantage of our wonderful position and make good use of the park!

Firstly I will highlight any timetable changes and classroom information, and secondly give an outline curriculum for this term.

Please find attached our new timetable. The main change of which is swimming on a Monday morning. Please note:

P.E. On Mondays children should wear their school uniform and bring their swimming kit to change at the pool. On Tuesdays children should bring P.E. kit to change at school.
On Thursdays children should wear their P.E kit to school.

Snacks: Thank you all for providing healthy snacks. Please ensure that your child has a bottle of water in the classroom refilled daily.

Toys: Toys are not allowed at school. As well as potentially disrupting class time, loss or damage causes distress and can lead to much searching time in a busy day!

V.I.P Talks: These have been so successful and by popular request we will continue this term.

This term please help your child to prepare a talk about a favourite book. This could be stories, poems, fiction or non-fiction. As well as telling us what the story is about and why it is a favourite, your child may like to tell us about the author and illustrator and perhaps suggest other titles by the same author. V.I.P talks were wonderfully prepared last term and prompt cards helped the children enormously in front of an audience.

Schedule: Friday May 9th Alex
May 16th Ellora
May 23rd Ross
June 6th Ben Mills
June 13th Ben Woodley
June 20th Kamie
June 27th Louie

Trips: We will be visiting Upware Field Studies Centre on June 3rd for a Food and Farming day to support our topic and will let you know of any additional trips as they happen!

Curriculum Outline Caribbean Summer Term 2008

International Primary Curriculum (IPC) Topic: Food

In Science, we’ll be finding out about:
Why we need food and what the best foods are.
The food groups and how to identify foods.
How some of our food grows

In Geography, we’ll be finding out about:
Where our food comes from.
Why different foods grow and are eaten in different countries
Typical foods from around the world
Famine and drought around the world

In History, we’ll be finding out about:
The foods that our parents and grandparents ate when they were young
How and why the choice of food in our shops has changed

In Art, we’ll be finding out about:
Artists who use food for their ideas
How to draw and paint fruit and vegetables
How artists are involved in things we see around us, including advertising

In Technology, we’ll be finding out about:
How to plan make and evaluate a healthy pizza.

In ICT we’ll be finding out about:
How we can use ICT to research, organise and present information.

(If time allows we will finish the term with a short topic on the Olympics.)

Literacy:
In Literacy we will be using the National Primary Framework which can be found at www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/literacy

In particular we will be finding out about:

Using dictionaries and how to sort things into alphabetical order.
Authors Julia Donaldson and Eric Carle, identifying their style and the children will write their own stories ‘in the style of’ these authors.
Humorous texts and silly poems, through jokes, riddles and nonsense poems.
Reading extended stories and the children will plan and wrote their own extended story.

Numeracy:
In Numeracy we will continue to use the National Primary Framework which can be found at www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/numeracy and the Heinemann maths scheme which supports this.

In particular we will be learning about:

Simple multiplication and division
Weighing using standard and non standard units
Comparing and ordering 3 digit numbers
Addition and Subtraction to 100
Rotational 2D shape and symmetry
Halves and quarters
Measuring using capacity
Recording data using Carroll and Venn Diagrams.

If you have any further questions don’t hesitate to ask. If you would like to speak to me in detail, I am always available on Wednesday after school or early mornings for an appointment.

I look forward to this being a happy and productive term, everyone has made a super start back and I’m sure this will continue as they move towards becoming a Junior!

Best Wishes

Claire Willis