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Acorn Class

Term 2: November 2018

Welcome!

Welcome to an exciting new term in Acorn Class. I hope you have all had an enjoyable break and are ready for a busy term as we prepare for Christmas.

This term our topic is Christmas around the world. We will be focusing on how festive traditions and customs are celebrated in different countries, particularly those associated with Christmas. This term PE will be on a Thursday. The children will be taught by a cricket coach and will be outside, weather permitting. Please make sure that your child has suitable clothing and if your child wears tights, please make sure that you pack a pair of socks so their feet do not get cold.

This term we will start rehearsals for our upcoming Nativity productions. The dress rehearsal will be on Monday 11th December. Details concerning costumes will follow nearer the time. Performances will be on Tuesday 12th December, morning and afternoon and Wednesday 13th December in the morning. Christmas lunch will be on Friday 14th December when we will be wearing our festive jumpers!

We will be having our Christmas parties on Tuesday 19th December.

Kind regards

Miss Kirby

Term 2: Christmas around the World Acorn Class

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Literacy • Fiction: Sharing traditional stories

and poems from around the world. Non-Fiction: Writing instructions to make a celebration cakes.

• Role-play area: Children’s choice • Reading and comprehension

activities • Handwriting • Phonics

Maths Shape and Measure.

• Recognise and name common 2D and 3D shapes, including rectangles, squares, circles and triangles, cuboids, pyramids and spheres.

• Describe position and direction including whole turns.

Number and Place Value • Count to 20 forwards and

backwards beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number.

• Count, read and write numbers to 20 in numerals and words.

• Identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of: equal to, more than, less than, most and leas

Languages

(French) • Greetings

Science • Investigating the

properties of materials – waterproofing

PE • Cricket

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• Christianity: Christingle

Art and DT • Firework paintings • Printing • Christmas cooking

PSHE

• Out and About. The first 2 weeks of term are ’Safety Fortnight’ where we will be looking at fire safety, firework safety, water safety and road safety

Music • Traditional Christmas songs

History • To learn about the history of the

Christmas tree

French • Everyday language, saying please and

thank you