Term : Summer 2009

Class : 2

Theme : My Growing Garden

Language
Speaking and Listening:
listen to others and to stories with sustained concentration;
talk about their personal experiences with confidence;
ask and answer questions relevantly.

Reading:
using stories of fantasy worlds, variety of poems on similar themes;
sharing Big Books, stories, poems and non-fiction books;
recognise letter names and the sounds they make;
read commonly used high frequency words.

Writing
writing school script letters correctly;
write sentences independently and demonstrate some use of capital letters and full-stops;
spell commonly used words;
write imaginative stories which include a beginning, a middle and an end;

Mathematics
Numbers to 100
Addition and Subtraction within 20
Length, Volume & Capacity
2-D and 3-D Shape
Number Patterns

Science Topics
Investigating the many different plants that are around us
Name parts of a plant
Understand the necessary requirements to keep plants alive
Make careful observations
Compare and contrast different plants

Other Topics
ICT
Representing information graphically
Geography
Investigating the school and its grounds—our locality.
R.E.
‘My Special World’
Welsh
The weather; Writing a short booklet.
Design Technology
Making fruit kebabs
Music
Exploring contrasts in musical elements;  Play instruments appropriately; Create short pieces of music.
P.E
Dance and  Games—sending, receiving & travelling.
Art
Mixing colours; observational painting.
Ordering
Time
Money
Observing the growth and change in plants
Investigating and observing mini-beasts
Comparing mini-beasts
Investigating mini-beasts’ habitats

General Guidance
Your co-operation in the following would be most welcomed:-
that your child has access to some tissues if they are suffering from a cold.;
that your child has an appropriate change of clothes for P.E. e.g. shorts, T-shirt, trainers or daps (please make sure footwear is the correct size);
that your child has a coat in school, even if the weather may look fine for the day;
that your child arrives on time for the start of the day (9.00 a.m.) and is collected on time at the end of the day (3.15 pm).
Your support of the above will be very much appreciated.

Parent’s Role
Continue to support and listen to your child read books and other reading material sent from school e.g. flashcards (beginning to learn how to spell these),  letter/sound cards and school books. Share other books
e.g. fiction, non-fiction (information books) and poetry. Send reading material to school in a water-proof bag everyday.

Continue to support your child with handwriting and writing at home e.g. school script handwriting (lower case when writing their name), writing personal accounts, diaries, lists, sentences to match pictures drawn, story writing etc.

Continue to support your child at home with numeracy exercises e.g. counting, number games, number rhymes, sorting , simple addition and subtraction (within 10) etc.