| Strand and Profile | | Profiles in Class | Ideas for home |
| Mathematics & Problem Solving | Mathematics: | This term we will be focussing on addition to 10 using objects in practical ways | Try to add counting to everyday things, i.e. tidying away toys, dishing up dinner. Try to include addition and subtraction to fun activities. For example, bowling: there were 10 pins, you knocked down 2, how many are left? |
| Functional Numeracy | We will transfer skills learnt in our maths lessons, to other areas of our day and other subjects, such as cooking. We will measure ingredients, use different pieces of equipment etc. This will also allow us to use other skills also. Students will also be able to explore money through shopping trips. | Explore money when shopping.
Use scales or count out spoonfuls when cooking
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| Communication & Literacy | Literacy: | Talk4Writing
Book of the half term: Eric by Shaun Tan
We will read the book as a class and then explore character descriptions through a variety of different activities. We will also learn some new words and create a class dictionary with definitions that are relevant.
This term we will use a variety of methods to make our own poems about the character of Eric.
We will learn signs and a short 5 sentence version to help recall and retell the story
| Do 1:1 reading at home to support segmenting and blending of words. |
| Phonics & Reading Comprehension | We will continue to learn new sounds and recap old sounds, supporting us to segment and blend words, developing our reading skills.
We will have sensory trays to explore and letters and our sound of the week.
| Read a story together – ask your child some questions afterwards. Can they retrieve the information that they need? |
| Functional Literacy | We will use skills learnt from our phonics and reading comprehension sessions to support us in other aspects of our learning. For example, reading recipes, signs around the school or out in the community. | Apply reading skills to everyday tasks – reading labels in the shops etc. |
| Library | Our focus in Library time will be on developing Library skills and independence in using the school library and reading books for pleasure as well as 1:1 reading. | Visit a local library. |
| Expression & Creativity | Music | : Singing and Listening
We will be learning a song to sing along to as well as some of the signs. Pupils will attend signing choir. Pupils will practise a song to perform at the Christmas Carol Service.
| Go for a walk and see what different patterns you can see in the environment. |
| Developing Hobbies | Students will get to experience different creative activities, such as drawing, colouring, painting, dancing, listening to music etc., and will have the opportunity to express their opinions. | Sing your child’s favourite songs. Listen to new songs. Can they remember any of the words? |
| Community Inclusion | Shopping & other trips
Students will be going on to the supermarket to buy snack and cooking ingredients as well as local walks
| Go shopping. Support your child to create a shopping list to follow. |
| Art | We will continue with our work studying William Morris and creating our own Art following the theme | |
| MFL | Spain is our topic for the term. We will be covering traditions, music, food, clothing, famous people and landmarks and will try to learn some Spanish vocabulary in a themed day. | Listen to some Spanish music.
Try some traditional foods.
Watch Dora the Explorer for some Spanish Vocabulary
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| Understanding the World | Life Skills | Cooking
Each week students will be preparing a snack or a meal as independently as possible. They will collect the things they need, follow the correct hygiene procedures before and after preparing the food and also wash up and put away the things that they have used.
| Encourage your child to help make meals at home. Support them to make their own lunch. Try to use functional literacy and numeracy skills to support, i.e. reading recipes, weighing ingredients.
Create an enterprise project. Make crafts to sell to family and friends for Christmas.
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| Independent Living & Art: | We will be planning what we are going to make to sell at the Christmas Craft Fayre. Students will help design, plan and buy any resources that are needed to support them to make their items. | |
| Employment | We will go to The Patch to work on animal and plant care skills, listen to instructions from the adults to complete horticulture related jobs. | Discuss different jobs that family members do. If appropriate, visit family members at their jobs on the weekend or during holidays. Visit different places to explore different employment possibilities, i.e. café, charity shops. |
| Personal Development | Health | Families and Relationships
We will discuss all of the different relationships we have and what makes those relationships strong and positive. Will explore different family dynamics and learn that all families are different. We will make our own family trees and use adjectives to describe family members.
| Discuss apps and games that your child plays online. Watch videos explaining a digital footprint.
Make a family tree using photos of family members. Discuss the relationships. Continue to build relationships with people through different activities.
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| Pfal | Enterprise | This term we will be making our Christmas crafts for the craft fair. We will be doing research and surveys about popular crafts to make and looking at costs of products. | Enjoy making Christmas crafts when decorating for Christmas |
| Physical Development | Physical Development | Games
For the first half term, students will focus on different games and skills that will be needed within those games, i.e. throwing, passing etc. In December we will be focusing on our carol service performance and possibly some Christmas themed yoga
| Go bowling to practise throwing. Play cricket or tennis to practise batting. Play football to practice passing. Take part in a yoga session. |
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