How does your garden grow? Welcome Back! I hope you have all had a restful and enjoyable Easter break. We are now in the final term of the school year and as always it promises to be busy and exciting with lots of new learning opportunities. Our topic for this half term is ‘How does your garden grow?’ which is a Science based topic that will allow the children to explore how plants and trees grow as well as learning about different types of flowers, plants and trees. The children have already enjoyed their stunning start gardening day on Thursday so don’t forget to ask them all about it! They all did some super learning! We have made some changes to our timetable this term and our PE days will now be Mondays and Thursdays. Please make sure full PE kit including outdoor footwear is in school on these days. As always if you have any questions or concerns then please do come and speak to me. Thank you as always for your support Miss Candler Class 1 Teacher Class 1 Summer Term 1 2017 How does your garden grow? Diary Dates: Rushmere trip: TBC Phonics Screening Week: Monday 12th June Please Note: The children have now started using Lexia in school. Please can those children who don’t have a set of earphones in school bring them to school on Monday.

RE: How do we show we care for Music Round and Round Listening and appraising Latin music. Taking part in musical games and activities to explore the interrelated dimensions of music. RE/PSHCE RE: How do we show we care for Others? The children will be looking at how people of different religions Show they care for others. Circle time activities to explore feelings. ICT We are collectors The children will be learning how to Collect and record data. Art and Design Collage Investigating colour Exploring the work of Monet, Mondrian PE Multi skills Tennis Geography Spring weather Science Plants and growing. Structure of plants and trees. Identifying common wild and garden plants and trees. English Focus text ‘The Secret Garden’ Story writing Recount writing Poetry Descriptive writing Writing bean diaries Daily phonics Maths Counting, ordering numbers, reading and writing numbers. Measurement, numbers and place value, simple fractions, addition and subtraction, properties of shapes. Focus on practical investigative problem solving activities. How does your garden grow?