| Subject | Profiles | Ideas for home |
| Maths
| Our maths topic is length and height this half term. We will explore how to measure and compare lengths and heights. We will use use different pieces of equipment to measure and we will learn how to record it properly. Some students will move on to explore perimeter also. | Create a family chart of each other’s heights. You could use different things to measure, i.e. mark on a wall, use string, tape measure. |
| English
| In English this term our topic is Our World. We will be writing descriptive paragraphs about factual pictures using Colourful Semantics to help structure sentences. We will be making information fact sheets about our world. We will enjoy reading world themed fictional books each week and use Talk for Writing to retell the stories. We will create our own world themed short stories by creating our own characters and settings. | Watch programmes about our world, i.e. planet earth.
Read fact and fictional books about the world.
Explore different places, i.e. the woods, beach etc.
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| Art
| In art we are going to be learning about colour shades and tints. We will explore colour mixing and the colour wheel whilst creating some lovely pieces of art work about our world, tying nicely into our English topic. | Do some art and crafts at home.
Explore mixing colours and creating different shades and tints.
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| Personal Development | We will be exploring diversity in personal development this half term. We will talk about people’s differences and how to respect them. We will cover bullying and stereotypes. We will work together in groups to build respect for each other and work on team skills and respecting each others difference ideas. | Family disucssions about likes and dislikes, talk about how different they are.
Talk about how to respect each other at home.
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| Library | Our focus in Library time will be on developing Library skills and independence in using the school library and reading books for pleasure. | Go for a trip to a public library, note the different areas and identify the different types of books. Borrow books to take home and enjoy. |
| MFL | Our topic this term is oriential/Japan or China. We will explore lots of different asepcts of the cultures: architecture, clothing, food, music. | Have a go at cooking some Japanese or Chinese food, or visit a restaurant.
Listen to some Japanese or Chinese music.
Try to create your own piece of Japanese art by copying.
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| PfAL
(Preparing for Adult Life)
| Our topic in PFAL this half term is going to be e-safety. We will learn about how to stay safe online, including what to do if you see something you don’t like. We will learn about cyber bullying, what it is and what to do if you experience it. We will also looking at gaming and age ratings, and what is appropriate to be viewing. | Discuss e-safety at home, what it looks like and what they can do.
Watch some videos about e-safety.
Play age appropriate games together, discussing the age rating and why.
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| TITAN | TITAN is Travel Independence Training Across Norfolk. The first module we will cover is Pedestrian skills. We will learn where is safe to walk, when is it safe to cross the road and try to learn some elements of the Green Cross Code. We will start to go for walks around the school area to put into practice the pedestrian skills that we have learnt. | Walk around where you live.
Discuss safe walking and safe places to cross the road near where you live.
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| PE | Our focus will net and wall skills this half term. We will practise and build these skills by playing different games, and working individually and as pat of a team. | Play ball games together, throwing at a target on the wall. Practice throwing into a net. |
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