| Subject | Profiles | Ideas for home |
| Mathematics & Problem Solving
| Numeracy: Time
We will start by looking at days of the week and ordering them, and times of the day, i.e. morning, afternoon, night time. Some pupils will look at trying to use a clock, recognising o’clock, half past and quarter past.
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 be able to use their knowledge of time to support their cooking and other things throughout the day.
| Compare the times of the day – what’s different? Morning and night.
Create a visual timetable of their morning or evening routine.
Encourage them to use the clock or timer when cooking – how long does it need to be in the oven? What time do we need to take it out?
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| Communication & Literacy
| Literacy: Adventure
Our topic is adventure this half term. We will use Colourful Semantics to help us build effective and descriptive sentences as well as Talk4Writing to help immerse us in the story and to help us build expressive skills so we can re-tell stories. We will plan our dream holiday and create a step by step itineray for a day using times to incorporate our maths topic also.
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.
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.
Library
Our focus in Library time will be on developing Library skills and independence in using the school library and reading books for pleasure.
| Plan a day trip for the summer holidays. Go on an adventure.
Watch an adventure film: Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Paddington, Moana, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Do 1:1 reading at home to support segmenting and blending of words.
Read a story together – ask your child some questions afterwards. Can they retrieve the information that they need?
Read a book or watch a programme about magic. Encourage your child to use adjectives to describe what they have read or watched.
Apply reading skills to everyday tasks – reading labels in the shops.
Visit a local library.
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| Expression & Creativity
| Art & Music: Colour, shape and space/Music to describe images and mood
We will choose some music that students think fits the mood of the landscape that they have created. We will also listen to different genres of music and try to create a piece of art that reflects what they are hearing and feeling. We will also relate the music to our Zones of Regulation, identifying how different music pieces make them feel.
Developing Hobbies
Students will get to experience different creative activities, such as drawing, colouring, painting etc., and will have the opportunity to express their opinions.
Music
Students will take part in choir each week learning to sing, sign and perform with their peers. They will also be able to express their opinions about it, helping them to develop their hobbies.
| Go for a walk and explore different plants and flowers.
Visit a local garden centre.
Listen to different pieces of music and talk about how it makes you feel.
Do some colouring to some music.
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| Personal Development | Personal, Social, Relationships & Sex Education: Growing, Changing and & Puberty
We will explore that humans grow from a baby to an adult, and we will also identify the changes that happen as we get older and reach puberty. We will split into male and female groups to discuss some of the specific changes that happen. We will also explore the ways in which we can look after ourselves as our body changes, i.e. personal hygiene. We will also look at relationships and save/public places and people.
Meal Preparation
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.
| Look at family pictures to show that everybody grows up.
Encourage independent personal hygiene routines.
Support your child to make a snack at home.
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| Understanding the World
| MFL: France
France is our topic for the whole summer term. We will be covering traditions, music, food, clothing, famous people and landmarks and will also try to learn some French vocabulary. TITAN: Travel Independence Training Across Norfolk
Students will be going out on trips and will be able to put some of the skills that they have learnt into real life situations. We will look at any roads signs that we come across and see if they can identify them. We will cross roads and see if students can identify when it is safe to cross.
| Try cooking and tasting some French food.
Try learning some French words or phrases to use at home.
Listen to some French music.
Go for a walk. Identify where is a safe place to cross. Point our any road signs – does your child recognise it?
Can they identify where is a safe place to cross the road?
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| Physical Development
| PE: Athletics
This half term we will be looking at different types of athletics, such as javelin, throwing, and running. For those that require it, physio will also be part of our PE lessons.
Developing Hobbies
Students will get to experience a different style of physical education then they will then have the opportunity to express their opinions.
| Take part in some form of physical activity, i.e. Just Dance, stretching, moving around in different ways.
Practice throwing balls at a target.
Have a family race.
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