| Strand and Profile | | Profiles in Class
| Ideas for home |
| Mathematics & Problem Solving
| Mathematics: Addition & Subtraction | The lessons will vary on the ability of the pupils. Some will be working on adding and subtracting calculations with 3 and 2 digit numbers, and others will focus on adding and subtracting 1 from numbers up to 20. | 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 fortnightly 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. | Do 1:1 reading at home to support segmenting and blending of words. |
| Phonics & Reading Comprehension | Some students will continue to learn new sounds and recap old sounds, supporting them to segment and blend words, developing their reading skills. Those students that are free readers and no longer need to do phonics will work on skills to support them to retrieve information from texts, infer and predict what will happen next and to be able to discuss and share their viewpoints of different texts. | Read a story together â 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. | Read a book or watch a programme about magic. Encourage your child to use adjectives to describe what they have read or watched. |
| Library | Our focus in Library time will be on developing Library skills and independence in using the school library and reading books for pleasure. | Apply reading skills to everyday tasks â reading labels in the shops.
Visit a local library.
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| 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 practice a song to perform at the Christmas Carol Service. | Sing your childâs favourite songs. Listen to new songs. Can they remember any of the words? |
| 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 | |
| Community Inclusion: Shopping & other trips | Students will be going on a fortnightly trip to the supermarket to buy snack and cooking ingredients. The class will be split into two groups. | Go shopping. Support your child to create a shopping list to follow. |
| MFL: Spain | 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. |
| Independent Living & Art: Enterprise | 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. | Create an enterprise project. Make crafts to sell to family and friends for Christmas.
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| Employment | Whilst half of the group go shopping, the other half will go to The Patch to work on animal and plant care skills, listen to instructions from the adults to complete garden 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 | Online Safety: Digital Footprint | Students will learn what a digital footprint is and how to create a positive one. We will discuss what information should and shouldnât be shared online, and we will also discuss what happens to our information once it has been inputted into the tech | Disucss apps and games that your child plays online. Watch videos explaining a digital footprint.
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| 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 also touch on feelings when families change, i.e. separation, divorce, bereavement. | Make a family tree using photos of family members. Discuss the relationships. Continue to build relationships with people through different activities |
| 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 practice throwing. Play cricket or tennis to practice batting. Play football to practice passing. Take part in a yoga session. |
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