We’ve reached another holiday after a six week mini-term.
In the Loch
Our topic ‘In the Loch’ is coming to an end. The finale of our topic will be our visit to Urquhart Castle. Our castle in the classroom will remain standing for a few weeks after the February break before it’s transformed into an office for our new topic.
New Topic – Adventureland
After the February break we will be starting a new topic ‘Adventureland’ which will investigate the role of parks in our community and what makes a park a good place for people to visit.
Your child will become a park planner to learn how plants grow, the kinds of play and recreational activities appropriate for a park and how to work with others to solve problems.
Children will also be developing literacy skills as they talk, write and read about their experiences.
The teaching approach I will be using is called Storypath. This approach is built on the key principle that learning, to be meaningful, has to be memorable, and that we can use children’s enthusiasm for story making to teach important content and skills.
Active learning, cooperation, critical thinking, and reflection are essential skills of the process. As the Storypath develops, children will gain a sense of ownership for their learning as they tackle the problems presented. As events unfold, ask your child to share with you what is happening in the Storypath.
You may find that they will want to learn more about particular topics at home by discussing the parks they have visited with you or the kinds of features they would like in a park.
I hope you will discuss these experiences with your child. At the conclusion of the unit, we will dedicate the park; I hope you can visit our classroom for that event. More details will follow after the February break.
Literacy
In your homework folder you will find a booklet of words which you can use when building words with your child. You should use the sounds in your child’s phonic pouch; however I encourage you to get your child to write the word out also.
Numeracy
Continue to play the activities from the Numeracy Home Pack. For revision over the February break:
| Week Beginning 3rd February 2014 | Revise all of the numbers 0 – 10.Ask your child to put these in order.
Can they tell you the number before/after a given number? Can they tell you the number between two numbers? |
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| Week Beginning10th February 2014 | Match the numbers to their written form
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