The Waterfoot Primary School Curriculum Guide

The Location, location ,location theme

song is “Rockin’ all

over the world!”

Headteacher's CompetitionMy competition challenge this time is for you to describe your favourite place and explain why it’s so special. Your chosen place could be in this country or abroad, but what I am looking for is a description that really helps me understand why you like it, and helps me to imagine what it is like to be there. I want you to describe a real place that you have visited yourself.

All entries should be returned to your class teacher by Friday, 19th February at the latest.

Good Luck everyone!

Garden Club will be exploring

the best location for different plants -

those that need a place in our new

greenhouse; those that need the

protection of our new cold frame; and

those hardy plants that can thrive

outdoors in our raised beds.

Help required!

As these Curriculum Guides are new to us, we are still trying to make them as

useful as possible - please let us have any suggestions for inclusion by either talking directly to your class teacher or using the

Suggestions Box on the website.

We hope that the Curriculum section of our website will include your own

suggestions for activities so please let us know.

Our Spring Term theme is …

Location, location, location!

Finally my new blog is now online, and please feel free to havea look at what’s happening. At the moment there is a picture of Bowan

and Daisy’s dog Boyd, but I would definitely like more!

You can visit me by going to our school website and clicking on‘Basil’s Blog’ (you will find it under the Parent’s link).

I would love to hear how you and your pets are getting on! You can write to me at school, just hand the letter in to your class teacher, or email me at

basil@waterfoot.lancs.sch.uk

Merry Christmas !

Happy Christmas everyone!

A copy of this document is

available from the Curriculum section of our

website.

Castles Castles Castles

Here are some ideas to help you become a castle expert!

There are lots of castles in Britain that you can visit but there are two good examples nearby:

-Visit Clitheroe Castle, a medieval castle ruin.

-Imagine what life was like in medieval Britain by visiting Skipton Castle, one of the best preserved castles in the country.

This half term KS1 will be learning about...

WEEKLY HOMEWORK

-Maths homework will replace MyMaths this half term. There are games to play on MyMaths as an optional activity.

-English—Spelling and phonics homework is sent home every Tuesday and you will need to practise the words for the following Monday’s spelling quiz.

-Home reading books and library books.

-Don’t forget that you can have lots of fun reading books on the Bug Club website!

-Make a model of a ca

stle using junk materia

ls.

-Read/ write a

story about drag

ons, knights or princesses.

-Draw or paint a picture of a ca

stle and labe

l its features.

-Research a cas

tle in another country.

-Design a medieval shield

Science:

-Animals– basic structures

and sense

What else are we learning this term?

Maths:

-Addition and subtraction

-Money

-Weight and time

-Place value

Earn extra house points!

English:

-Stories with repetitive patterns

-Poems with a structure

In addition to our weekly homework tasks of ‘Bug Club’, spellings, ‘Times Machine’ and My Maths please complete at least 4 of the following activities before 12th February. Extra housepoints are available for particularly well presented work.

Think you can do better? Design your own Viking board

game and test it with someone!

Create a map of the Vikings route to England.

(Can you make it look ‘old’?)

The Vikings were great farmers. Make you own egg box vegetable

patch.

Find out any 10 facts about Viking times and order them in a timeline according to date.

Play the Viking board game Hnefatafl

http://www.homespunweb.co.uk/vikings/

Find out about 6 Viking Gods/Goddesses. Write a booklet ~ creating a page for each one

or make your own ‘matching’/’snap’ game

Make a model of a Viking house or

shield.

Write a message using

Viking Runes.

Visit the school or local library to look at books

about Viking times.

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Spring Term You need to complete at least 4 of the activities before Tuesday 9th February, although, you can of course do more if you wish! There may be extra housepoints available for particularly well presented work. ‘Fit For Life’ create a leaflet informing people about the importance of leading a healthy life and how to keep physically, and mentally healthy.

Up to 4 House Points

Build a model vehicle powered by an elastic band.

Up to 4 house points

Complete the ‘Great Fire of London’ sheet. Collect from your teacher.

Up to 4 House Points

Research ‘How Boats Float’ and write an explanation, including labelled diagrams.

Up to 4 house points

Write a fire evacuation plan for your home. Draw a plan view of the different floors in your house and label the fire exits.

Up to 4 house points

Create an information poster to educate people on how to avoid spreading or catching a disease.

Up to 4 House Points

Copy out the Rhyme ‘Ring a ring o’ Roses’ in your best handwriting and decorate.

Up to 4 house points

PARENTS

Please encourage your child to read frequently, learn the appropriate tables for 'Times Machine' and complete the following homework to the best of their abilities. Weekly (Tuesday to Friday) Spellings.Weekly (Tuesday to Friday) Maths Homework.  MyMaths used most weeks.

Spring Term