Maple Class
Welcome to Maple Class
We hope you have all had a lovely Christmas holiday and are feeling refreshed and ready for a new and exciting term.
Spring Term
At Padbury Church of England School our Christian vision ensures that all children develop a love of learning. Therefore we create opportunities which encourage them to discover, enquire, challenge and grow as individuals. This results in the children becoming equipped to be 'secondary ready' and prepared for life in an ever-changing world.
English
The gateway to learning is developed through reading and experience of a variety of high quality books. From the very beginning of their education we aim to promote a love of reading to inspire, inform and entertain. During the year the children will work with both fiction and non-fiction texts, which will often be linked to the topic. Initially there will be regular work on letter formation and phonics and as the year progresses sentence construction and punctuation.
Phonics
Your child will have regular phonic sessions. By the end of the year the children will have been introduced to the 44 sounds. This term they will be introduced to the diagraphs and trigraphs of phase 3, we will be reinforcing this learning through their reading and writing.
Key words
Please continue to look at them together and use the words to make different sentences, play games with them or find them in books you are sharing. These words need to be recognised by sight and NOT sounded out. There will be no new key word sheets this term so do revisit the ones you already have.
Reading books
Can I please remind parents to sign your child’s reading diary when you have listened to them read; this helps us to change their books on a regular basis. You child does need to have their reading book in school daily as they will be heard by an adult in school.
Speaking and Listening
We have a soft toy who goes home with the children at the weekend. They will come with their ‘diaries’ so that you (writing) and your child (drawing) can record something they have done with the soft toy (e.g. visit to a grandparent, playing with a friend, going shopping/for a walk, helping in the house). The diary will act as an ‘aide memoir’ for your child to talk about their weekend, and for the other children to listen and ask questions. You will only be asked to have them once a term (at the most) so I hope you can accommodate this request
Mathematics
The children will explore number, measurement including time and capacity, data handling, shape, space and problem solving. The practical application of mathematical skills is at the core of our teaching. It would be helpful if you encourage your child to handle money, and to work with weight, measure and capacity at home.
The World -Technology (Computing)
Your child will have regular computing sessions where they will develop their skills and begin to use technology for a number of purposes. There is an interactive whiteboard in the classroom so that technology can be integrated into other subjects.
The World (Science, History, Geography, Art and DT)
This term they will be taught through the following topics:
Spring 1: Underwater Adventures
Spring 2: Adventures
PE
Your child will have PE on a Wednesday and a Thursday. Please make sure that they have their clearly labelled PE kit in school, this can be left until half term as they may need it for dance and other activities.