We will be working in 2 groups an advanced and a less capable.
Our lower group focus is;
Mechanics of writing

Moving from One to One Counting to Counting from One on Materials.

Moving from Counting from one on Materials to Counting from one by Imaging

2 x weekly handwriting sessions based on Casey the Caterpillar Handwriting Programme for printed letters.

Further develop basic skills for reading during 4 x weekly guided reading sessions.

Over term 1 we will participating in various drama games and activities in order to increase our confidence, co-operate with others, communicate, a

2 x weekly handwriting sessions based on Casey the Caterpillar Handwriting Programme for printed letters.

3 x weekly phonics lesson based on Yolanda Soryl's Phonics Programme

Students will read with their LA 3 times a week to develop strategies for decoding and comprehension.

This term we will be working on addition and subtraction and revising our strategies from Term 1. We will then learn some new stage 5 strategies.

Each week we go to Starfish Swimschool and participate in their swimming programme.
Sit and quarter turn entry

Students will read with their LA 3 times a week to develop strategies for decoding and comprehension.

This term we will be working on addition and subtraction and revising our strategies from Term 1. We will then learn some new stage 5 strategies.

This term we will be building alphabet.

2 x weekly phonics lessons based on Yolanda Soryl's Phonics Programme as well as two must-do activities per week.

We are learning to read a text and find meaning contained within it.

This term we will be learning to feel confident in identifying fractions and working out proportions and ratios of a number.

Teach mode, mean, median

Moving from Advanced Counting to Early Additive Part Whole

Talk to Write

Over the three days we will go out and look for geocaches and hide our own.

At least 3X weekly guided reading sessions.

Children will gain confidence in writing independently. They will have good phonological skills and have a bank of sight words.

We will be reading 4 x weekly to establish book knowledge and reading processes.

Moving from Emergent to one to one counting

To create an environment where children write without fear.

Children will build on their basic reading skills and strategies during 4 x weekly guided reading sessions.

Moving from Counting from one on Materials to Counting from one by Imaging

Over the course of this Learning Programme the students will investigate the properties of 3D shapes, how to sort 3D shapes based on their attribut

Building an understanding of music and it's technical aspects such as beat, rhythm, melody and dynamics (loud, soft etc).

Children have difficulties with pencil grip, control and hand tiredness.

4 x weekly reading sessions to establish book knowledge and one to one matching.

Number

Working with 10, adding on, doubling, making 10, place value,

Skip counting, multiplication, division,

To look at how the bee population is important to the earth.

Understand the bee life cycle.

Weekly guided reading sessions to build on basic strategies for decoding and comprehension of text using Sharp Reading program.

Learn the names of shapes.

Moving from Counting from one on Materials to Counting from one by Imaging

Today Jason shared the "magic bucket" experiment that he was given on the condition he doesn't tell us what is inside.

Weekly guided reading sessions to build on basic strategies for decoding and comprehension of text using Sharp Reading program.

Use statistics to represent information from inquiries both individual and shared .

Both create and read graphs of information.

Number

Working with 10, adding on, doubling, making 10, place value.

Skip counting, multiplication

We are learning to read a text and find meaning contained within it. We will use the ITTM (I Think That Means) strategy.

For this Term 2 PINs option, children were asked to bring a project to the Maker Space to work on and hopefully complete.

The KOS programme

The the focus for the writing program non fiction writing and is using the storytelling method of Chris Smith - explore, brainstorm, map, act, shar

This course was mostly student led. The choice was entirely the students and I just supported.

Moving from Counting from one on Materials to Counting from one by Imaging

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To work with students through guided reading to learn comprehension and retell ability of texts.