Elm Timetable 2013 2014 855925 9251025 10251040 10401055 11001200 1200100 100315 Monday Morning activities RWI Assembly Play Maths Lunch Music amp CIP Tuesday ID: 599240
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Welcome to your new class
ElmSlide2
Timetable 2013 - 2014
8.55-9.25
9.25-10.25
10.25-10.40
10.40-10.55
11.00-12.00
12.00-1.00
1.00-3.15
Monday
Morning activities
RWI
Assembly
Play
Maths
Lunch
Music & CIP
Tuesday
Morning activities
RWI
Assembly
Play
Maths
Lunch
PE & CIP
Wednesday
Morning activities
RWI
Assembly
Play
Maths
Lunch
Dance & library
Thursday
Morning activities
RWI
Assembly
Play
Maths
Lunch
Topic & ICT
Friday
Morning activities
RWI
Assembly
Play
11-11.30 Singing
11.30-12 Circle time
Lunch
Topic & hand writingSlide3
Curriculum Overview
Outline
Year Plan
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Theme
Ourselves
Celebrations
(panto)
The universe
Water
(walk to canal or church)
Seasides
Animals
Plants
Science
The Body/
Senses
Light & Dark
Sound
Floating/sinking
Properties of water
Water in the body
Materials
Needs of animals/ animals in the local environment
Growing plants
Forces
Technology
Movable body
Wind up fishing rods
Making an animal home
(Whipsnade zoo)
Art
Observational drawing
Investigating colours
Christmas decorations
Water colour painting
Observational drawing
Printing
Animals in art
sketching
Clay animals
Impressionists
ICT
Pictograms/ graphs
Modelling
The information around us
Labelling and classifying
Instructions and making things happen
Using a word bank
Geography
Maps (where did we go on holiday?)
Christmas around the world
Weather
Seasons in
Africa and our local area.
Rainfall around the world
Local water ways
Giant Zoo maps
History
Ourselves
Sequencing Royal Baby
History of celebration and Christmas traditions
Neil Armstrong
Victorian
times
P.E.
Games
–
throwing and catching
Games
–
controlling a ball with feet
Dance
Games
–
Hockey skills
Games
–
tennis
Games
–
aiming and defending
Gym
–
travelling, jumping, rolling
Gym
–
Balancing
Gym
–
Curling and stretching
Multiskills
Athletics
Dance: Boogaloo
Music
Exploring sounds
Exploring duration
Exploring Pulse and Rhythm
Exploring Pitch
Exploring instruments
(Carnival of the Animals)
Exploring timbre, tempo and dynamics
R.E.
Special people
Special books
Inter Faith week
Different celebrations
Christianity
EasterSlide4
Class routines
Start time 8:55 – 3:15pm.
If you are unable to collect your child contact the school by 3:00.
All school uniform needs to be named (including PE kit).
A coat is needed at all times as we will go outside in all weathers.
Indoors footwear must be black plimsolls or shoes (no crocs or slippers).
Water bottles to be kept separately from book bags
PE kits need to include:
T-shirt in the house colour of your child
Jogging trousers
Trainers for outdoor PESlide5
Key information
Contributions – please supply a box of tissues each term.
Items
for the
office.
All
admin that needs to go to the
office,
please give
to
the class
teacher
in a named
envelope.
All
hard copies of letters are kept in the entrance
If your
child has any medical/physical condition that we are not aware of please let us know.
Please
name water bottles and bring them in
daily.
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Communication
Please write a note for:
Informing us of appointments or communicating any issues that arise(please also inform the office)
Please speak to the class teacher or write a note to arrange a meeting about your child
It is very important that you let us know of anything that may affect your child in school.
If you should have any situations that arise that could affect the emotion of your child please also inform us. E.g. moving house, illness of close relatives, parent travelling and being away from home. Slide7
Homework
Reading books will be changed every Friday.
Spellings will be given out every Friday from January and the test will be the following Friday. Your child will have a spelling book with the spellings stuck in to take home. They will return their spelling book to be tested the following Friday. The test will take place in the same book so that you can see the results.
Literacy, Maths and theme homework will be alternated each week. It will be given out on a Friday and given in on a Wednesday. There will be one homework book. This will start in January. Slide8
Reading
Your child will have a reading record for us to communicate in about their reading.
Your child will be part of a guided reading session once a week and we will communicate how your child has read and offer ideas on what to focus on next. This will be indicated in the reading record with this sign
Your child will need to practise reading at home every day. Please write how they have read and sign the reading record.
We will reward your child with house points for reading every day at home.
Your child will be listened to individually when they are assessed to move colour bands. We also listen to your child reading during literacy and through our themes.
For further information please see our reading letter which is on our website and in our information pack for parents.
GRSlide9
Literacy
Your child has been assessed by Miss Orr and the groups have been set through ability.
Within the literacy hour all children will continue with their daily phonics. All children will receive the full Read
W
rite
I
nc
program.
To help your child with literacy you can practise handwriting, encourage your child to write about trips that they have been on, read to your child to help them to develop their vocabulary. Slide10
Maths
Your child will now be in an ability set group for Maths.
You can help your child at home by viewing our calculation policy which is on our website.
You can also play games with your child involving Maths, such as snakes and ladders.
You can use money when visiting the shop, weigh items when making cakes and find many practical ways of involving maths in daily life. Slide11
Marking
Your child’s work will be marked using green pen. It will be marked with a smiley face with cheeks, a smiley face or an open mouthed face.
They will also be marked on their presentation. A P with wiggly lines means that they need to improve their presentation. A P with one tick is good presentation and a P with two ticks means excellent presentation.
The children will be given the opportunity to read and reflect on their marked work. Please spend time with them reflecting on their homework.
They will be rewarded for excellent work through house points and stars. Slide12
Class representative
Class representative – Each class has a representative to help the teacher organise parent help during the year and to sort the social side of your class.
If you change your mobile phone number or e-mail address then please let the office know (if you have not given either of these to the office please do so asap).
Our representative is Mrs
GaskillSlide13
Thank you
Thank you for listening.
This power point along with the hand outs will be uploaded onto our Greenway website.
Please ask if you have any further questions.