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WHAT WILL MY CHILD
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During
this academic
year your child
will study a wide
range of subjects
and topics. He/she
will learn a variety
of new skills
and ideas. He/she
will learn to
read and write
more fluently
and become more
confident with
numbers. All of
this will be much
easier with your
support.
As
a parent or carer,
you have a very
important role
to play in helping
your child learn.
Some parents are
afraid of doing
the wrong thing.
The
most important
things you can
do are:
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Take an interest in
what your child is
learning at school;
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Praise
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Reading |
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The
most important way in
which you can support
your child is with regular
reading times.
Between
the ages of four and
seven, most children
learn to read. But even
when they can read,
you should still try
to hear them read or
read to them as often
as possible. Sharing
stories with a grown-up
will teach them new
words and will encourage
them to become better
readers.
Above all,
enjoy your reading time
together.
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| Primary
school is where foundations
are laid. Make no mistake,
there’ll be worries,
and anxious times, perhaps
some disappointments. But
it’s also going to
be exciting for your child.
Want
to find out more?
There’s
lots of information for
parents available at :
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out in this booklet are
the programmes of study
that we have planned for
your child. The work planned
takes full account of the
National Curriculum although
it should be realised that
the school offers many additional
activities that are necessary
to create a full and balanced
primary education for your
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The
following programme of
study explains the planned
work according to subject
areas. There is a structured
approach to all subjects
taught.
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 2
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Families and Neighbourhoods
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Significant People |
Castles and Buildings |
Chocolate |
Olympics |
Seaside |
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PROGRAMME
OF STUDY FOR YEAR 2 CHILDREN |
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| ENGLISH
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Language
is central to all aspects
of the children's work.
Here at Withymoor we are
implementing the National
Curriculum for English
through the National Literacy
Strategy, this includes
speaking and listening,
reading, writing, and
spelling. Handwriting
is taught each day, as
a separate lesson outside
the Literacy hour. It
is our policy to teach
joined up writing from
Year One onwards.
The children
are taught English in
ability sets made up exclusively
of children in their own
Year group, using the
"Literacy Hour”
approach. The children
are taught to read and
write for a variety of
purposes; contexts include
lists, instructions, labels,
stories, poetry and plays.
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1
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Spring 2
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Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Non-fiction-
Unit 1-
Instructions – 2
weeks
Narrative- unit
1- Stories with
familiar
settings – 4
weeks
Poetry- unit 1
Patterns on a
Page – 2 weeks
Mr Majeika-
Humphrey
Carpenter
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Non-fiction-
unit 1-
Instructions – 2
weeks
Narrative- unit
2 - Traditional
Stories – 4
weeks
Little Red
riding hood
(core) and
alternative
stories
The wolf’s
story- toby
forward
Little red- Lynn
Roberts
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Poetry- unit 2-
Really Looking –
2 weeks
Narrative- unit
3- Stories by
the same author
– 3 weeks
The owl who was
afraid of the
dark- Jill
Tomlinson
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Poetry- unit 3-
Silly Stuff - 2
weeks
Non-Fiction-
unit 2-
Explanations - 3
weeks
Diary of a
killer cat- Anne
Fine
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Narrative- unit
4 Extended
stories/significant
authors
The twits- Roald
Dahl
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Non fiction-
unit 3
Information
Texts (3/4/
weeks)
Non fiction-
unit 4- Non
chronological
reports (3/4
weeks)
Fantastic Mr
Fox- Roald Dahl
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work in a small
group with the teacher
on guided reading
and writing activities
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are
expected to work independently,
for part of the hour
while the teacher
works with other groups
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work as a set with
the teacher learning
reading and writing
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addition to the daily Literacy
Hour, the children have
opportunities to develop
literacy skills through
activities in all curriculum
areas, including discussions,
drama, role play, written
activities, listening to
stories and poems, and TV/Video.
We use a range of texts
for our language work. The
main group reading resource
is the 'All Aboard' scheme.
These are supplemented by
a wide variety of other
texts and exercises. |
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| MATHEMATICS
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We
teach the Mathematics
laid out in the National
Curriculum through the
National Numeracy Strategy,
the aim of which is to
develop confidence and
competence in the use
of the number system,
appreciate the use of
computational skills and
the ability to solve problems.
It also develops an understanding
of the ways in which information
is gathered and may be
presented in graphs, charts,
tables etc.
The Numeracy
Strategy places considerable
emphasis on developing
your child's ability to
work with numbers mentally
and to develop fast recall
of a variety of number
facts.
The children
are taught Mathematics
in ability sets made up
exclusively of children
in their own Year group,
using the "Numeracy
Hour" approach.
The work incorporates
using and applying Mathematics,
Number Work, Algebra,
Measurement, Shape and
Space and Data Handling.
Your
child will have a Numeracy
lesson every day. |
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work
as a set with the
teacher on mental
and oral work |
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work as a set with
the teacher as the
lesson is introduced,
and new concepts are
presented |
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day they will |
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be asked to work independently
while the teacher
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The work,
wherever possible, will
be related to other areas
of the curriculum.
Your child will be taught
the remaining subjects as
a class.
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| SCIENCE
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| Topics as
well as investigating and
understanding science will
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Ourselves
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Growing
Plants |
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Sorting
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Light
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Pushes
and Pulls |
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Sound
and Hearing |
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| HISTORY
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provide experience of ‘Knowledge
of History’, ‘Interpretation
of History’ and ‘Use
of Historical Sources’.
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How
are toys different
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What were homes like
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How
Do We Know About The
Great Fire of London |
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| GEOGRAPHY
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| Topics Include,
‘Local Area’,
‘Where in the world?’,
and ‘Making the local
area safer’. Topics
will be taught with particular
relevance to the following:
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| ‘Early
map work’,
‘weather’,
‘Human
influences’
– ‘Communications,
Settlement
and Economic’,
‘Environmental
factors’ and
‘Knowledge
and understanding of places’ |
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| I.C.T.
(INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY) |
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Dudley
Grid for learning has
provided the school with
up to date computer equipment,
including computers, internet
access, email connection
for all students and teachers
and new learning software.
It includes learning system
software to support pupil
development in English
and Maths; video conferencing
; and the possibility
of access to resources
from home. The computers
at Withymoor are arranged
in a computer suite, where
each class has time tabled
access during the week,
and in clusters around
the school for more flexible
use during normal lesson
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| Schemes
of work are based on the
latest government guidelines,
included are areas such
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Keyboard
and mouse skills
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Early
control technology
using the floor or
Screen Turtle |
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Early
word processing |
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Data
Handling |
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| The teaching
of Information Technology
skills is integrated into
your child's Language, Maths
and Project work whenever
possible |
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| TECHNOLOGY
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| A range of
skills will be taught, working
with a range of materials,
based on the following units:-.
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Moving
Pictures |
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Homes
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Eat
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RE : |
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| The school
now follows the requirements
of the Dudley Agreed Syllabus
drawing upon ideas from
the QCA guidelines. They
will learn about Christianity,
other religions including
Judaism and world festivals.
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| PE
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During
P.E. your child will experience
a variety of physical
activities including gymnastics,
dance, games and athletics.
PE will take place on
5W Mondays
6P Wednesdays
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| MUSIC |
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| The children
in Year Two will be involved
in music making, listening
and singing. |
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| ART |
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| Your child
will have the opportunity
to develop their artistic
skills through a variety
of media e.g. crayon, paint,
modelling, collage, printing.
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topic areas are:- |
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Investigating
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What
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| VISITS |
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| Over the course
of the year it is hoped
that we will be visited
by a touring theatre group,
visit Walsall Art Gallery
in the Spring Term and the
Black Country Museum in
the Summer Term.
Over and above the visits
planned for year groups
we may offer additional
visits across the school.
It is important that
you realise that although
programmes of study have
been planned on a year
group basis, the actual
organisation and delivery
will be geared to the
needs of your child. |
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| STATUTORY
ASSESSMENT (SATs) |
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| At the end
of year 2 all children will
take part in Statutory Assessment
Tests (SATs). Parents will
be informed of the outcomes
of these tests. |
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