2. Big ideas Continuing from last year… Active 8 (after lunch) Tasc – higher order thinking skills Various morning tasks… Morning thinking skills tasks, based on all areas of the curriculum – closely linked to creative writing strategies, helping children to think ‘outside the box’ and bring different creative elements to their work.

3. Literacy Visual literacy approach – children will have the opportunity to engage in a text through different ways – video, ebook, books and audio to try to appeal to the learning styles of the children in class 4. this in turn should allow them to get a better idea of the plot. Dramatic literacy – children will gain a good sense of how characters are feeling through hot seating, conscience corridors, sound-scapes, senses walks, role plays and freeze frames. More in-depth plot analysis – leading to longer comprehension activities.

4. Numeracy Visual and practical maths – using stories, real-life problems, videos, hands-on activities. Personalised learning environment – differentiation 5 ways (where appropriate), children peer and teacher assess, teacher time with children who need extra help on a certain concept, self assessment = teacher input the following day. Problem solving/investigative approach – children to find the best way for them to tackle a problem Topic themed (where appropriate)

5. Themes Africa (term 1-2) Ancient Egypt (term 3-4) Archaeological discovery, making a cartouche, using hieroglyphics, clay canopic jars, mod rok mummies, stories from a historical setting, play-scripts. Famous figures (term 5) Influential figures through time – children to chose a famous person and create a PowerPoint project to present to the class. Green Olympics (term 6) with year 3 children will look at the environmental issues and projects put in place surrounding the 2012 Olympics – waste/recycled Olympic parks.

8. Homework Times tables Spellings - (test tuesdays) Literacy – Mon (out) thurs (in) Maths – tues (out) Fri (in) Reading

9. The Small things Shopping addition/subtraction Card games Reading with your child Who what where story builder Times tables Vocab shower Sentence substitution Another word for…

10. Extras There may be times when extra help is required in the classroom/outside the classroom - if parents could spare the time to help out it would be greatly appreciated. Caythorpe 2011-12 Meeting 6 th october