North Rigton Year One and Two

Teaching Staff

In our class we are taught by Miss Byrnes. When Miss Byrnes is planning, Mrs Mitchell leads the learning in Pears.

Mrs London, Miss Ferguson and Miss Vickers support the children in class.

 

Learning

2023/24

Spring Term

‘We are’ Focus

We are Artists

Primary Provocation: There is no point recycling

English (Class Texts)

‘The Tin Forest’ by Helen Ward

Using this text children will write their own descriptions of settings and characters. We will also explore how to open sentences and how we can vary these. Finally, we will plan and write our own story set in a woodland.

Woodland Writing with an image stimulus

Children will develop their understanding of tenses and use of conjunctions to enhance their writing. Children will also write their own nature poem based upon the five senses.

Maths

Children will be continuing to develop their knowledge and understanding of Multiplication and division. We will also be learning to measure length and height, properties of shape and fractions.

Art

Looking at famous sculpture artists through the ages. Linking to artists Barbara Hepworth and Andy Goldsworthy

Music

Creating a piece of outdoor music using natural materials.

RE

Who made the world?

How should we care for the world and for others, and why does it matter?

Computing

Using the internet/ E-Safety

Children will be introduced to using the internet safely and with a purpose. We will learn to search the internet and make sense of the results. We will learn to use various search engines including child-friendly engines such as Kidrex.

P.E.

Gymnastics- every Monday

Multi skills with a target focus- Every Wednesday

PSHE

How do we keep safe?

What is the same and different about us?

 

Useful Information

To those who need new ones issuing, reading books will be sent home on a Monday afternoon. Please help your child to be a successful reader by practising reading on a daily basis when possible (little but often is good). We also complete guided reading in school which is separate to home/ school reading books; therefore, progress through the reading scheme will be dependent mostly on how much they read out of school, as well as their phonic skills, decoding and comprehension. All children have a reading chart to encourage reading at home – please remember to issue a sticker each time they read at home and remember that there are prizes for every reading chart completed throughout the year. If your child has completed a chart, please post a photograph on Tapestry.

Read, Write Inc. spelling and phonics books have also been sent home and the rules/sounds learned will be posted on Tapestry weekly.

As part of our school policy, children are encouraged to ‘Enjoy Learning Together at Home’ and learning opportunity grids can be found on the website for you to be able to download or print yourselves. These include a list of suggested ways that you may choose to support your child at home. Updates will be made each term and put on the Pears website page for your information.

Thank you so much for your continued support. Please do not hesitate to ask if there is anything you are unsure about.

The Pears Team

 

Useful Documents

Key Words for Year 1 and 2 Children

Green Words List Y1

Red Word List Y2

Spelling Games and Ideas

We are Artists

Theme Web – We are Artists

English Coverage Map

Maths Coverage Map