Stewart House

As we start theAutumnTerm, our focus will be to welcome our new Reception pupils to school, and to welcome ourYear 1s andYear 2s back to school.Time is taken to help support the children to become familiar with the routines of Stewart House. Pupils will spend time with their class teachers for their core lessons but will be taught by Prep teachers for PE, Music, Spanish and Swimming

Pupils will be taught Maths, English, Science, Humanities, RS, Spanish,ART, DT, Computing, Music and Games/PE with lessons supported by LearningAssistants every morning

Individual music lessons will be available toYear 1 and 2 pupils who wish to be involved in extra enrichment activities

The pupils are assessed both formally (through end of term assessments) and informally (in daily lessons) and regular discussions take place to ensure pupils are at the right level and making the expected progress for them Regular Departmental and Phase meetings also ensure individuals' needs are discussed in core subjects of English and Maths

As well as supporting pupils in their academic lessons, theTeachers and Learning support staff will ensure the pupils are cared for pastorally Their wellbeing, both physical and mental, is very important to us There is a close relationship with parents to ensure we are caring for the pupils holistically

This term we will be sending a letter from class teachers in week 3 and hold Parent/Teacher meetings after half term Parents will also be invited to spend time with their children to look through books and celebrate theAutumn term achievements

Children are confident to try new activities, and say why they like some activities more than others.They are confident to speak in a familiar group, will talk about their ideas, and will choose the resources they need for their chosen activities. They say when they do or don’t need help.

Children talk about how they and others show feelings, talk about their own and others’behaviour, and its consequences, and know that some behaviour is unacceptable They work as part of a group or class, and understand and follow the rules They adjust their behaviour to different situations, and take changes of routine in their stride

Children play cooperatively, taking turns with others They take account of one another’s ideas about how to organise their activity They show sensitivity to others' needs and feelings, and form positive relationships with adults and other children

English Children listen attentively in a range of situations.They listen to stories, accurately anticipating key events and respond to what they hear with relevant comments, questions or actions.They give their attention to what others say and respond appropriately, while engaged in another activity.

Children follow instructions involving several ideas or actions.They answer ‘how’ and ‘why’questions about their experiences and in response to stories or events.

Children express themselves effectively, showing awareness of listeners’needs. They use past, present and future forms accurately when talking about events that have happened or are to happen in the future They develop their own narratives and explanations by connecting ideas or events

Children read and understand CVC words before moving on to simple sentences They begin to use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately They also begin to read some common irregular words They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read Children use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds

Maths Children count reliably with numbers from 1 to 10, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number They may begin to add small groups of objects together

Children use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems.They recognise, create and describe patterns.They explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.

Understanding the World

Children talk about past and present events in their own lives and in the lives of family members They know that other children don’t always enjoy the same things, and are sensitive to this They know about similarities and differences between themselves and others, and among families, communities and traditions Children know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects, materials and living things They talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes

Children recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools They select and use technology for particular purposes

Expressive Arts

Children sing songs, make music and dance, and experiment with ways of changing them.They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function. Children sing songs, make music and dance, and experiment with ways of changing them.They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.

Music Music is a fundamental part of the EarlyYears Curriculum The children will be encouraged to sing, dance, play percussion instruments and listen to music from different periods in history and different cultures The focus this term is on Nursery Rhymes, finding our voices and body percussion The children will take part in a

MFL: Spanish

Harvest Festival and Christmas production

The focus will be on developing basic oral language, asking and answering questions.The vocabulary covered will include greetings, saying how you feel, giving your name, colours, lower numbers and classroom instructions, taught through songs and using puppets. Children will also learn about Spanish Christmas traditions.

Computing Children recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools They select and use technology for particular purposes By the end of theAutumn term the children will begin to learn how to log into the chrome books

PE Children show good control and co ordination in large and small movements. They move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space.They handle equipment and tools effectively, including pencils for writing. Children know the importance for good health of physical exercise, and a healthy diet, and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe.They manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs successfully, including dressing and going to the toilet independently.

YEAR 1 Curriculum contentAutumn term:

English

This term our topic is ‘Superheroes’ The main focus of the English lessons this term will be on sentence structure and joining clauses using ‘and’and other connectives The children will be developing their writing by sequencing sentences to form short narratives

Punctuation and Grammar

Once a week, the children's English lesson will focus on grammar and punctuation Aspects covered include: Separation of words in a sentence with spaces; Using capital letters and full stops accurately; introducing question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences

Phonics and Spelling

This term we will be focussing on words with the 40+ phonemes already taught. Continuing with common exception words (tricky words), Days of the week, Months of the year and Numbers We will be concentrating on learning letter names and using these to help distinguish between alternative spellings of the same sound

Reading

Children will have opportunities for reading throughout the school day This may be reading to an adult on a 1:1 basis; reading in a group; reading comprehensions; reading from the interactive whiteboard; independent reading and library sessions.

Handwriting is a crucial element of the work inYear 1 We have daily practice with a focus this term on correct posture, holding a pencil comfortably and correctly and understanding how to form letters in an anticlockwise direction with ‘flicks’in preparation for joined up writing when ready

Maths Every day we will spend 10 minutes with the children practising key instant recall facts (maths facts that children are expected to recall instantly) Such as: number bonds to 10, 1 more and 1 less of a given number to 10, add 2 single digit numbers together, counting in 2s and 10s, ordering the days of the week and months of the year

Maths

This term, we will be focussing on place value for the first part of the term and will be reading, writing, comparing, ordering and partitioning numbers to 20. We will also be exploring number bonds using part-whole diagrams The children will be learning positional language such as ordinal numbers, left and right After this, we will be exploring addition and subtraction in greater depth and the children will discuss and explore different methods to solve problems Finally, we will be exploring 2D and 3D shapes The children will be recognising, naming, sorting and looking for patterns with 2D and 3D shapes

Science Our first science topic isAnimals including Humans We will be focussing on the parts of our body and senses. We will be working scientifically to perform simple tests in the context of investigating each of the five senses, for example investigating how our senses rely upon each other and creating simple tests to investigate who in our class has superhero skills (who is super stretchy? Who has super hearing?).

History Historical people - Learn about significant people in history and their importance The children will ‘meet’Florence Nightingale and learn about her role in the Crimean war Link her role to the qualities of superheroes today - nurses/doctors

Geography Looking at Maps and local landmarks - follow a map to find Superheroes around the school

Art/DT We are focussing our art work around superheroes The children will be studying Lichtenstein Pop art to create onomatopoeia artwork, whilst learning about Primary colours. We will be developing our fine motor skills, painting and printing to create superhero pictures

Music Year 1 children will enjoy making music with instruments and their voices, whilst following a 'Superhero' topic They begin to explore the 'musical elements' (dynamics, tempo, pitch, duration, timbre) through singing, movement, playing instruments and listening to music.All children will be involved in the Harvest Festival and Christmas Production.All children will learn to play the Ocarina during class lessons

MFL: Spanish This term they will be studying greetings, feelings, colours and numbers through games

Computing Logging on and off independently - the children will learn the basic skills of using a Chromebook and develop mouse control

PSHE The children will create Golden Rules for Stewart House, as well as individual class agreements and rules.They will also explore feelings and emotions and learn about healthy lifestyles.

RE In RE, we will be exploring special festivals and events in different religions This links with the moral and social debates surrounding SMSC (Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural) and British Values linked to mutual respect

PE Master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and coordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities.

Participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending.

YEAR 2 Curriculum contentAutumn term:

English We will start this term by focusing on the continent ofAfrica The children will use Google Earth to navigate to a range of differentAfrican countries and learn about their ways of life through stories and activities For example, we will begin by reading ‘The Ugly Five’and our work will focus on learning aboutAfrican animals The children will use a range of word classes (nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs) to describe them. The children will be using ‘The PapayaThat Spoke’ as a text forTalk for Writing, innovating the original story to create their own The children will then learn about Nelson Mandela’s inspirational life and the important legacy he left. The children will have the opportunity to discuss what they believe is important to make the world a better place and explain why they think this.

Following Harvest we will be sharing the seasonal story of Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper We will be holding a Pumpkin Soup Cafe Enterprise afternoon on Wednesday 19th October where the children will be selling a range of items (including their delicious pumpkin soup) in aid of our chosen charity Sparkle Malawi which relates to ourAfrica topic

Reading

Children will have opportunities for reading throughout the school day This may be reading to an adult on a 1:1 basis, reading in a group, reading from the interactive whiteboard, independent reading and library sessions In our reading comprehension sessions, we are focussing on high-quality retrieval skills, applied through a range of question styles and texts related to our topics. Later in the year we will move onto the more challenging elements of comprehensioninference and explanation-type questions

Punctuation and Grammar

Wherever possible, punctuation and grammar lessons will be taught within the context of our topic work For example, the children will learn to identify when to use capital letters for proper nouns and titles (but not for common nouns) in our reading comprehension unit called ‘The United Kingdom’

Phonics and Spelling

The children will be taught phonics daily They will practise blending (for reading) and segmenting (for spelling) Children will complete a range of activities to reinforce the phonic sounds being taught Children will practise writing sentences that have been dictated to them. These will include words containing the specific phoneme taught, along with tricky words from Phases 2 to 5, as applicable

Every week, the children will have a new set of spellings, either based on the phonics we are working on or a new spelling rule that we are focusing on For example, -le as in ‘table’.

Handwriting

Children are given opportunities to practise their handwriting, using that week’s spelling words Throughout the term, we will be ensuring children are forming their letters and numbers correctly We will also teach how to join letters correctly

Maths This term, we will focus on place value for the first part of the term and will be reading, writing, comparing, ordering and partitioning numbers up to 100. After this, we will be learning about addition and subtraction and will introduce the column method

Additionally, we will learn about multiplication and division (2, 5 and 10 times tables and related division facts). Finally, we will learn about 2D and 3D shape.

Science Our first science topic is LivingThings and their Habitats The children will focus on different animals and the environments they live in We will be using our classification skills to determine whether an item is ‘living, dead or never alive’ The children will then focus on world habitats, local habitats, microhabitats, working together to stay alive and finishing the topic on food chains

Geography We will practise using atlases and globes to find and locateAfrica and different continents and oceans around the world. The children will then learn all about the British Isles. They will label the different countries, draw their flags and learn about their emblems

Art/DT Art this term will be influenced by ourYear 2 topic onAfrica The children will be creating and designing their ownAfrican jewellery and works of art

Music This term, theYear 2 children will all learn to play the recorder in their weekly Music lessons The children will learn to create their own ways of recording Music on paper, creating sounds and reading musical patterns They will begin to read standard musical notation and play percussion instruments All children will be involved in the Harvest Festival and Christmas production

MFL: Spanish

EveryThursday morning the children will be taught Spanish with Miss Cabrera where they will work on basic conversational and vocabulary skills

Computing The children begin by revisiting how to log on to a Chromebook, access Google Classrooms and Purple Mash. We will also be focusing on online safety, then moving on to coding.

PSHE The children will begin by creating a Class Charter which includes the rules that they believe are important in making Stewart House a happy and safe learning environment.

They will also learn about healthy lifestyles, which will include mental health and wellbeing alongside mindfulness

RE Special places - thinking about personal experiences and special places linked to world faiths - Christinaity, Judaism and Islam

Cultural celebrations for theAutumn season - Harvest, Diwali, Christmas

PE

The children will have swimming every Monday afternoon and PE everyThursday afternoon In PE children will develop their basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and coordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities and team games whilst developing simple tactics

Ffrome Court

As we start the new academic year, our focus will be to welcome pupils back to school and help them settle into the routines of Ffrome Court. Pupils will spend the majority of their time with their tutors for their core lessons but will encounter a wider range of teachers for some of their subject teaching.

Pupils will be taught Maths, English, Science, Humanities, RS, Spanish,Art, DT, Computing, Music, PSHE and Games/PE as well as taking part in our wider activity programme after school every afternoon

Lessons will be supported by LearningAssistants where necessary and children are also able to access 1 to 1 support where we consider it necessary

Individual music lessons and LAMDAlessons will be available to those pupils who wish to be involved in these extra activities

The pupils are constantly assessed both formally (through end of term assessments) and informally (in daily lessons) and regular discussions take place to ensure pupils are at the right level and making the expected progress for them Regular Departmental and Phase Meetings also ensure individuals are discussed in each subject

As well as supporting pupils in their academic lessons, theTeachers and Learning support staff will ensure the pupils are cared for pastorally Their wellbeing, both physical and mental, is very important to us We will also ensure a close relationship with parents to ensure we are caring for the pupils holistically

This term your child will receive a progress report at the end ofTerm and you are invited to look at your child’s books in Week 6 & 7

Please see below for curriculum coverage this term

Year 3

English Use the story of Hansel and Gretel as a text to;

Letter Writing

Plan, write and edit a formal and informal letter.

Poetry

Retell the story through narrative poetry. Use conjunctions, informal language and rhymes.

Recounts

Plan and write a newspaper report based on the story.

Persuasive Writing

Use persuasive writing to compose an advert.

Use the story of The Firework Maker's Daughter as a text to; Instructions

Follow, order and write instructions, identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.

Play Scripts

Compare the differences between written dialogue in a text and in a play. Create a playscript using all key features. Perform a play.

Personal Writing

Explore the personal thoughts and feelings of main characters in diary extracts. To plan, write and edit a diary entry.

Maths Number; place value, addition & subtraction, multiplication and division (formal and mental methods)

Geometry; properties of shape.

Word Problems

Regular times table and division tests.

Science Animals including Humans

The importance of good nutrition for animals including humans Understanding the different food groups in our diet The structure and function of the skeleton and muscle groups

Spanish All about me:

Greetings, classroom instructions, pencil case items, posing and answering questions, giving information about oneself, numbers and months. Mealtimes; food and drink.

Topic Riotous Royals: History Focus

Achronological study of the British Monarchy from William the Conqueror’s reign from 1066 onwards, how King John made himself very unpopular as monarch and why King Henry VIII married so many times, who QueenAnne was, what Queen Victoria achieved during her reign and the role of the British monarchy today

Music Whole Class String Tuition.

All children inYear 3 begin to play a violin, viola or ‘cello this term They learn the basics of string technique, playing as an ensemble and learning about the String family of instruments This is also supported by reading rhythmic notation and playing on percussion instruments All children take part in the Ffrome Court Choir and sing in every weekly music lesson The children take part in theAutumnTerm production

Computing E-safety

TouchTyping - using freetypinggames net Computer artwork including GoogleSlides and paint net Use Purple Mash to create a poster aboutTudor Food andTudor Punishment

PE The children will have a swimming lesson during PE this term.

Wednesday -3M,Thursday 3D, Friday 3E.

Please use the school's burgundy school bag for swimming

Art Create a Norman figure inspired by the BayeuxTapestry Create a crown that is symmetrical in design and decorate it.

DT Moving Monsters

Using split pins to create monsters that can move

RS Hindu Beliefs & Diwali

Finding out about Hindu beliefs, places of worship, festivals and their Holy Book Acloser look at the meaning of Diwali and how it is celebrated

PSHE Health & Wellbeing, Relationships, Living in the Wider World Topics covered will include: Rules, Responsibility & Safety; Beginning & Belonging; Change; Managing Feelings & Emotions; Showing Consideration to others; Working together -Teamwork and Disputes & Differences.

An E-SafetyAssembly on Digital Kindness will also take place

YEAR 4

English Use the story of Gregory Cool to complete the following writing outcomes:

Writing poetry

Story mapping

Write fact files

Writing instructions

Writing a character description

Writing a diary entry

Write a biography

Use the story of One Plastic Bag to complete the following writing outcomes: Take notes

Write a leaflet, booklet and poster

Write a poem

Create an advertising campaign (tweets, radio jingle, tv script)

Reading:

Discussing book themes

Making comparisons within and across books

Read poems, perform and use intonation when reading aloud

Draw inferences of character feelings, thoughts and motives in fiction

Asking questions to improve understanding

Summarising the main ideas in a book and predicting what may happen

Weekly comprehension, Grammar, spellings, guided reading

Maths Place Value including:

Rounding

Partitioning

Negative numbers

Counting on and back

Sequencing

Greater than less than Roman Numerals

4 operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division all formal methods incl word problems

Weekly Preps, Mental maths and times and division facts recall tests

Science Living Things and their Habitats

The EnvironmentAround Us

This topic gives our pupils the opportunity to value those organisms around them We are reflecting on the care that we should show to the environment and the need to look after the resources that it gives us Pupils provided with the opportunity to engage in wider-world issuesEg environmental changes Pupils to explore diversity of viewpoints

Spanish Nuestro mundo:

Consolidation fromYear 3, Spanish speaking countries, seasons, weather, dates, countries, points of a compass Wild animals, plural nouns and higher numbers

Humanities Geography: The WorldAround Us

This unit primarily introduces pupils to the Human and Physical Geography of our World We begin by exploring how our Planet is divided by continents and oceans before giving the pupils the chance to explore the weather and climate of our changing world Pupils will also be able to identify the countries, cities and other important geographical features ofThe United Kingdom

Music This term, the children will focus on reading, creating and performing rhythmic patterns They will learn different musical terms, related to the musical elements (eg, Ostinato, Canon, Rondo form, dynamic and tempo terms) The children will be part of the Ffrome Court choir and will work towards the Christmas production

Computing Vector Drawing

In this unit, learners start to create vector drawings.They learn how to use different drawing tools to help them create images. Learners recognise that images in vector drawings are created using shapes and lines, and each individual element in the drawing is called an object. Learners layer their objects and begin grouping and duplicating them to support the creation of more complex pieces of work.

PE The children will have a swimming lesson this term on a rotational basis during their Wednesday morning PE lesson Please use the school's burgundy school bag for swimming.

When not swimming children will participate in gymnastics in the Sports Hall and focus on basic floor movements including rolls and balances both individually, in pairs and as a group.

Art PopArt

Poster inspired by Roy Lichtenstein

DT 3D Design

Design and make a castle.

RS Judaism:

The Special Jewish relationship with God

Promises including:

Moses and the 10 commandments; the covenant story ofAbraham

Christianity:

The significance of the Nativity story for Christians

Symbols in the Nativity story

Christingles and their meaning

PSHE Living in the Wider World

Within the wider topic of ‘Compassion &Tolerance in Our World’the following areas will be covered:

- Exploring a public role model who has demonstrated attitudes of compassion and tolerance for others (Marcus Rashford and his work for Fareshare).

- Exploring compassionate attitudes to animals (using the RSPCAas a starting point)

- Exploring Diverse Family Set-ups in society

An E-SafetyAssembly on Digital Kindness will also take place