What did Christopher Columbus discover? Autumn Term 2015 PHSCE: Anti Bullying, It’s Good to be Me, New Beginnings, Hopes and Dreams ICT: using the search engine to find to relevant information. MUSIC – Exploring rhythm. Responding to music by Peter Tchaikovsky Listening to music from around the world. Literacy : Stories from around the world The penguin who wanted to find out – story from the artic. Non fiction books about the places the explorers visited Non fiction texts about hot and cold countries Listening to visitors and asking questions. Report writing as ‘explorers’ Instruction writing Throughout year 1 your child will be working on their letter and number formation. Please encourage this at home too! Mathematics : Tally charts on our favourite foods Venn diagrams Time – times of the day, days of the week. Reading and writing numbers in numerals and words. Collecting and using data *continue to build upon and consolidate reception objectives. TOPIC: History: Significant explorers through time. Science: Materials and their properties Geography : 7 continents and 5 oceans and hot and cold countries DT : Design and make a hot air balloon Art : Aboriginal art – patterns Collage around the world RE: Harvest-how can we help those who do not have a good harvest? Christmas- why the birth of Jesus was such good news? LEARNING GUIDE FOR YEAR 1 PE: Real PE- core pe skills – balance and agility Dance – from around the world TERRIFIC THURSDAY! During Thursday afternoons, children will be taking part in cross curricular cooking, music, ICT, art, fine motor skills, and outdoor learning sessions. It’s always lots of fun! Further information regarding our curriculum can be found on our website

ST. ANN’S C.E. PRIMARY SCHOOL AND NURSERY CENTRE SCHOOL INFORMATION School HOURS 8.55am – 3.10pm HEAD TEACHER Mrs K. Keen CHAIR OF GOVERNING BODY Mrs J Lazarus SCHOOL ADDRESS Lathom Avenue Warrington WA2 8AL SCHOOL TELEPHONE – Please let us know as soon as possible if your child is unable to come to school for any reason. REGULAR EVENTS DURING THE WEEK Monday- Tuesday- Wednesday- PE - Please bring PE bags into school Thursday- Terrific Thursday afternoon. Friday- Celebration assembly 9:15am in school hall YEAR 1 TEAM Class Teacher Mrs Williams Teaching Assistants Miss Hilton. SCHOOL DATES School starts back – Wednesday 2nd September 2015 KS1 will be leading the Harvest Festival in September (more details to follow). KS1/FS Christmas Play (more details to follow). Holidays – for details see school newsletters. THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP YOUR CHILD AT HOME Counting with them in every day contexts e.g. counting number of silver cars down the street. Hearing them read at least 3 times a week and practising their words/and or sounds. Ensure they get to bed on time. Practising their number and letter formations with them at home. Please make sure that your child arrives at school on time am. Remember to ask if you have any queries. CULTURAL PATHWAY Author – Ian Whybrow Composer – Peter Tchaikovsky Artist – Georges-Pierre Seurat TRIP – Tesco’s farm to plate project