Dear Parents

Over this half-term Caspian will be thinking about Spring and plants. We will also be following a topic from the International Curriculum called “Let’s Pretend”. This curriculum has been specifically written for young children who are in schools out of their home country and sets out clearly what children should learn in four groups. These are called Independence and Interdependence, Communicating, Exploring and Healthy Living.

The activities which have been planned will cover these strands in the following ways:

Independence and Interdependence

The children will have the opportunity to take on different roles in different contexts when they explore traditional tales – “becoming Cinderella” for example. They will need to co-operate within a small group and express their own ideas when taking part in simple puppet plays.

Communicating

This unit focuses on traditional stories and rhymes and gives the children many opportunities to observe, explore and enjoy the use of print. We will create stories and be creative through music, drama and dance.

Exploring

The children will use research skills to find out about puppets from around the world and then use simple reference material to find these places on world maps.

Healthy Living

The children will have the opportunity to express their feelings when taking part in mime activities.

We will be continuing with our letters and sounds work and for Numeracy we will be thinking about Addition, Subtraction and Time.

I have sent home a copy of our timetable so that you know when PE kit is needed.

As always, I welcome any support or suggestions which you may have. If you have any old hats, shoes or items that you think would be good for dressing up and pretending, please send them in.

Kind regards

Pauline Butcher

Caspian Class Teacher