Year One's new time keepers!

Welcome to our new time keepers!

The children of Year One have had a very special delivery this week. 12 brand new wrist watches! Each week, 12 children across Pine and Mulberry will be selected to become 'time keepers'! Their job will be to tell an adult when it reaches o'clock and half past the hour.

By the end of Year One, the majority of children will be able to tell time to the hour and half past the hour. By wearing a watch, it gives their learning a 'real life' context.

If your child wishes to wear their own watch to school, please encourage them to do so.

                                             

Year 2 Sculpture Workshop

Check out our new Castle that we created today! What is it made of you may ask...

Well, the children would have never guessed that they would be building a castle out of newspaper.... Yes you're reading it right. Newspaper!

Who would have thought that a material, which is usually so flimsy, could be used for such a great purpose!

The children really impressed with their reciprocity skills. They worked in pairs to roll, glue and compress their newspapers to make strong, stable sticks. They then fixed them together using cable ties. Once this was done, they attached them to the large structure, gradually building it up to eventually create a Castle. They even created a door to go inside!

Year 1/2 Spring Curriculum Newsletter

 

 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Year 1/2 - Curriculum Newsletter - Spring

Welcome back! We hope you find this letter informative. Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher if you have any questions relating to the curriculum.

Homework:

Our expectation at Broadford is that every child should do the following every night:

• 15 minutes reading to themselves or an adult and note in the reading record
• 15 minutes practicing spellings
• 15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division)
• If children would like to attempt an additional challenge, we have a new Learning Challenge for children to attempt this Spring Term which will be given out shortly. All of the activities are based around a significant person, poem or painting relating to our topics. Children do not have to attempt every activity but instead select the activities that they are most interested in and compile a project that reflects the extra time and effort that they have put into their challenge.

 

Trips/Visits

• Year 2 will have a Sculpture workshop this term and will have a visit from the fire brigade.
• Year 2 will also be attending the Annual Music Festival at Hilldene Primary School on 28th March.
• Year 1 are attending the ‘Stan and Mabel KS1 Music Concert’, at the Barbican on 20th March.
• Year 1 will be going to the Discover Centre in Stratford, on Tuesday 28th March

Important dates

Parents evening - Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th March- appointment slips to follow.

Pine sharing assembly - Wednesday 8th March 9am.

Cedar sharing assembly - Wednesday 22th March 9am.
 

Curriculum Information

• We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this term. If you would like to make any suggestions of what you or your child would like to learn in relation to the topics taught, please complete the form attached and return it to your child’s class teacher. We welcome any suggestions you may have.

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

Miss Chappel        Miss Hammond           Miss Estall            Miss Rollin

 

Year 1 Leader               Pine Class Teacher           Year 2 Leader             Cedar Class Teacher

 

Spring
Topic	Year 1: Enchanted Forest Year 2: Fantastic Explorers Part 2
Literacy	Year 1 RWI Year 2 RWI/Literacy and Language Spelling, punctuation and grammar (word classes, sentence types, tenses, plurals)
	Please fill in the reading journal after hearing your child read. For a good selection of children's books visit your local library. Useful web links- http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy/
Numeracy	Year 1 Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Place Value Year 2 Subtraction Fractions Fractions Measurement Measurement Statistics
	Please practice the times tables with your children. We complete Rock Stars Maths daily. Children may take home the sheet they are on to practice. It needs to be completed in 5 minutes. The school is really focusing on Mental Maths this term and it would be of great help if your children could learn them. Useful websites: www.mymaths.co.uk www.mathszone.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/numeracy.shtml www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html
ICT	Year 1 Learning computing skills Espresso coding Year 2 Espresso coding. E-Safety Recognising the use of technology beyond School.
Science	Year 1 & 2 Empiribox-  Animals and their habitats
	You could visit the Science Museum. Admission is free. Located at Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD.
History/ Geography	Year 1 Contrasting environments Year 2 Christopher Columbus. Isambard Kingdom Brunel	Year 1 Tudors Year 2 Compass points. Using maps
P.E	Year 1 & 2 Gymnastics
	Please ensure your child has their P.E kit for the correct day Year 1 Tuesday Year 2 Thursday
Music	Music lessons are Tuesday afternoons with a music teacher.
Art/ Design and Technology	Year 1 Drawing and sketching Year 2 Shading using pencil - Stephen Wiltshire. Design and make a boat.
P.H.S.E/R.E	Year 1 & 2 Easter

 

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If you have any suggestions you would like to make in relation to the topics we are covering please fill in the box below and return to the class teacher.

Topic	Suggestion

Child’s name: ___________________________              Date:________________________

 

 

Pine Class visit the local library- READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Pine class visited their local library to find out how it works and to take out some exciting books they want to read during golden time in school. The children found out some exciting facts and asked thoughtful and reflective questions.

The class were excited to hear a story from their librarian and then look at the huge selection of books they have to offer. The class learned about the borrowing process and enjoyed using the machines to take out their own books back to school.

If anyone would like to sign up to this local library the children took home a joining form in their bags. We discovered that Hildene library is linked to 10 others in the area and that children can return their books to any of these no matter where they borrowed from. The borough is also linked to other London boroughs and so children can use their library card in any of these.

We are looking forward to reading our new books during golden time and storytime and are hoping to return in the summer term.

" I asked how many books were in the library and the librarian said that we had access to millions across the borough!!" Zara

"I asked how they got the books in the library. It is because they order them from a stockist and they get to choose any they want and put them in their library" Arnez

"There were too many to choose from, it was difficult! I cant wait to go back and choose another!" Tilly & Kaley.

Year One West Ham Visit

The children in Year One were very excited this morning as West Ham came in to take over! The children had their supporting kits on and were excited for the challenges which lay ahead. Their first task was to complete a series of activities involving ball skills, dribbling, co-ordination, accuracy and precision. The class were coached by experts at West Ham as well as our own in house superstars!

Next, the children completed a Literacy workshop about sentence structure and watched a short football clip of their favourite team in action!

"I won the game we were playing - it was really exciting" Klaidi

"We were looking at how to jump really high by the WH coach!" Jolene

"We learned dribbling skills" Moyin

"We had to unjumble the sentence. I knew the full stop part came at the end and the capital letter is always needed at the start" Harry

KS1 Maths Challenge

Below is the first Maths Challenge for the Spring 2 term:

Year 2 West Ham Takeover

The children arrived at school in their claret and blue, eagerly awaiting the West Ham takeover day. Their first task was to complete a set of challenges which involved many different ball skills. The children worked on their agility, accuracy, strength and coordination. They then competed a Literacy based workshop, which focused on sentence structure. By the end of the workshop all the children had corrected the jumbled sentences written by Hammer Head the mascot. 

All the children thoroughly enjoyed being part of West Ham for the day - even if they did almost get blown away! 

I have to really focus so I can throw the bean bag into the hoop. I want to score 1000 points. Bobby. 

I am so proud to be wearing my West Ham kit today. It has been so much fun. Maisy