1. Printing: Your printer might not print the same way our printers do, so make sure to try a couple of test prints. If things aren’t aligning quite right, experiment with the Scale to Fit Paper setting. It’s located in the Print dialog – just click Full Page Slides to get to it. And did you notice we made fold marks for you? They are really light, but if you don’t like them showing on your brochure, click View, Slide Master, and delete them before you print. Customizing the Content: If you need more placeholders for titles, subtitles or body text, just make a copy of what you need and drag it into place. PowerPoint’s Smart Guides will help you align it with everything else. By the way, if you need to move or copy the red lines, you can select them by clicking the dotted outlines. PLACE STAMP HERE How Can I help with my child’s learning at home? There are lots of things that you can do as a parent to assist your child with their learning. Here are some things you might like to do at home: Story sacks will not be sent out this half term instead a weekly maths homework challenge will be set on a Friday to be returned the following Monday. Please continue to practise the high frequency words and hear your child read daily St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School Curriculum Newsletter Spring Term I 2016 From smallest to greatest … Sycam ore Mrs. Southworth Sycam ore Mrs. Southworth Useful websites for fun learning activities Don’t forget to visit “Teach your Monster to Read” site. If you have lost your log in details please ask me for your password. topmarks.co.uk has a great Chinese dragon ordering game. Why not have a go from 1-10 or 1-20.. Attendance Please ensure that absences are kept to a minimum this term. Our aim is to achieve at least 97% attendance this year. With your support we can achieve this. Please inform the office of any absences on the first day. Requests for leave during term time will continue to be unauthorised in line with our policy and Government guidelines. If you wish to discuss any issues around attendance do not hesitate in contacting Mrs Gradwell our School Attendance Officer, Mrs Ankers, Mrs Brice or Mrs Southworth. C o nt ac t 01253 852457 admin@st-teresa.blackpool.sch.uk www.stteresasprimary.co.uk St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School St George’s Avenue Thornton – Cleveleys Lancashire FY5 3JW @STTeresaFY5

2. Printing: Your printer might not print the same way our printers do, so make sure to try a couple of test prints. If things aren’t aligning quite right, experiment with the Scale to Fit Paper setting. It’s located in the Print dialog – just click Full Page Slides to get to it. And did you notice we made fold marks for you? They are really light, but if you don’t like them showing on your brochure, click View, Slide Master, and delete them before you print. Customizing the Content: If you need more placeholders for titles, subtitles or body text, just make a copy of what you need and drag it into place. PowerPoint’s Smart Guides will help you align it with everything else. By the way, if you need to move or copy the red lines, you can select them by clicking the dotted outlines. Science and d.t. This term the children will develop their creative skills which will require them to show perseverance and an ability to problem solve, adapting and changing their ideas if they do not work at first. Religious Education Activities During this half term your child will be learning about Chinese New Year. They will :- experience how other cultures celebrate their new year taste a selection of Chinese food using chopsticks!! learn about the zodiac story make up and perform their own lion dance learn about shadow puppetry develop creative skills whilst making a variety of different Chinese crafts such as masks, fans, lanterns and kites Experience a Chinese restaurant role play area to encourage and develop their ability to interact with others, take turns in conversation and use their imagination to re-create scenarios. A note from Mrs. Southworth…… Welcome back to the new term. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and would like to take this opportunity of wishing you all a Happy New Year. Last term we had a lot of jumpers and cardigans going missing, please would you make sure that your child’s clothes are all labelled. Thanks you. English The children will continue to develop their writing through guided sessions where there will be a strong focus on the children sounding out words and applying their phonic knowledge to their work. In addition to this, they will be encouraged to write independently during role play activities. Activities may include taking and writing orders, writing telephone messages, making menus, writing out receipts, etc. English The children will continue to develop their writing through guided sessions where there will be a strong focus on the children sounding out words and applying their phonic knowledge to their work. In addition to this, they will be encouraged to write independently during role play activities. Activities may include taking and writing orders, writing telephone messages, making menus, writing out receipts, etc. Mathematics The children will continue to develop their numeracy skills with a focus this term on developing skills of estimating weighing and comparing weights, addition by counting on subtraction by counting back shape and pattern work Reinforcement of the mathematical language of more and less. Mathematics The children will continue to develop their numeracy skills with a focus this term on developing skills of estimating weighing and comparing weights, addition by counting on subtraction by counting back shape and pattern work Reinforcement of the mathematical language of more and less. Worship Children will continue to celebrate worship sessions within the classroom, some linked to the Sunday scriptures others linked to various themes in the RE lessons. The children are very much involved within the worship sessions with them setting the worship table out, choosing which artefacts to put on the worship table and, now they know a number of songs, they will be able to choose which song they would like to sing. Curriculum Our RE topic this term is “Getting to Know Jesus” With memories of Christmas still fairly fresh, the children will be learning that Jesus has a great love for each one of us and will be encouraged to think of ways in which we can show our love for him Physical Development Mrs Tickle will be teaching Physical Development this half term with a focus on games. The children will also have an additional PE session on a Tuesday afternoon. Please ensure your child’s PE kit is labelled and that hair is tied back.