Language & Literacy – During Term 1

Talking & Listening

· Listen to and follow instructions accurately.

· Speak clearly and audibly with confidence to a range of audiences.

· Sharing as a class and in groups, ideas and experiences.

Reading (At appropriately differentiated levels)

· Participate in guided reading sessions and develop visual, meaning and grammar reading strategies.

· Use punctuation when reading texts.

· Recognising and reading high frequency words quickly in context.

· Reading for meaning – answering questions on the text.

· Develop fluency.

Writing (At appropriately differentiated levels) We will be working on correct letter formation, sizing and spacing, including writing on lines. We will also be carrying out modelled, shared and guided work on:

· Segmenting and blending phonemes to build words.

· Writing simple sentences.

· Writing simple instructions

World Around Us (Topic Work) -  

Our topic is ‘People Who Help Us’

Some of the activities we will be involved in are:

• Participate in activities to explore who helps us at home, in school and the community.
• Learn about the emergency services.
• Investigate how to keep safe and healthy.
• Meet our local helping heroes.
• Consider appropriate clothing for road safety.
• Participate in practical science experiments.
• Express their learning through paint, clay, sand, recycled materials and foliage.

ICT

• Explore: Participate in whole class ICT activities.
• Express: Create a simple picture using the interactive whiteboard and pen.
• Exchange: Find out information using television programmes.
• Evaluate: Know that digital methods can be used to communicate.
• Exhibit: Know that work can be printed. Print their work out for display.