Dear parent/guardian,

 

After a well-earned Christmas break, the children are settling well into the third term and are looking forward to a busy few months ahead. Here is a brief overview of the learning that will be taking place.

 

Literacy

 

Children will continue to follow North Lanarkshire’s Active Literacy programme for spelling and phonics. They will continue to learn new common words and a new phoneme each week and this will be consolidated through work carried out in class and homework.

 

In reading, children will continue to work on the banded book reading scheme and will be developing fluency and comprehension strategies. They will bring home a book each day to practise reading at home. Children should bring these books into school each day, as they are required for tasks in class. In writing the children will be learning how to write simple instructions as well as continuing to develop their skills in writing personal and imaginative stories.

 

Numeracy

 

This term the class will be learning about handling data. Children should be able to read and interpret a range of data displays and be able to present information in different ways. We will then move on to learning about money. The children will use a range of mental and written strategies to calculate costs and change in problem solving. Much of this learning will be carried out using an active approach, using as many real life scenarios as possible.

 

RE

 

In RE we will be working on the theme ‘My Uniqueness’ where we will be discussing what makes each child special. Children should be able to see signs of God’s love for them since he created everyone special and unique. We will then move on to ‘New Birth/Baptism’ where children will learn about Baptism as a beginning of our faith journey. Finally, we will explore the signs, symbols and themes of Lent.

 

Health and Wellbeing

 

In P.E. the class are currently working with students from Motherwell College on a variety of fitness games. In other P.E. sessions our main focus is ball skills. P.E. days are currently Monday and Tuesday, but please note that this is subject to change. Therefore, please ensure your child brings their P.E. kit to school on a Monday and they can take it home at the end of the week.

 

Our focus in health education is ‘Food and Health’. For this, we will be learning more about what it means to be healthy and what foods can help keep us healthy. The children are already rather excited at the prospect of cooking a variety of healthy meals and snacks in class.

 

Social Studies/Science

 

This term we will be learning about ‘The Human Body’, which is complimented by our ‘Food and Health’ topic. Children will learn and understand more about the main functions of the body and how the organs work.

 

Thank you for your continued support and please use your child’s homework sheet to communicate any comments or concerns.

 

Kind Regards

 

Mrs. C. McLauchlan – Class Teacher P2