Class teacher- Mrs Gainford

Class teaching assistants- Mrs Kelly and Miss Sykes

Welcome to Beethoven's class page. Here we will keep you updated on what is happening both in school and within our class. However, if you have any questions about anything, please feel free to catch up with us at the beginning or end of the school day. Mrs Browning will be teaching the class every Monday, but Mrs Gainford is available throughout the rest of the week.

Book changing and NumBots

Pupils will have the opportunity to change their books twice a week on a Monday and a Thursday. We encourage pupils to read each night and to read the Phonics Read Write Inc books 3 times before they change them to consolidate their knowledge of sounds and build fluency and expression. Once your child has finished the Read Write Inc scheme, they will be assessed on their reading fluency, expression and comprehension and will move on to 'banded books' when they are ready. Your continued support at home with reading and NumBots practise will help your child progress further and develop more confidence with reading and number knowledge. If you have misplaced your child's password, please see Mrs Gainford for a new copy.

PE 

On PE days, if your child has their ears pierced can they remove them if possible or bring tape to cover them for safety reasons. If children are taking their PE kits home to wash on Fridays please can you make sure they are back in school on Mondays. Our PE sessions are on Monday and Wednesday.

Additional Information 

Children are able to access and drink water throughout the day. It is important that children bring in a refillable water bottle daily.  With the weather getting colder, every child must have a jumper and coat in school so we can enjoy the outside, whatever the weather! Please can you make sure these are clearly labelled with your child's name so that they can be returned easily if they are misplaced.

If your child has an inhaler, please could you make sure that it is clearly named and in date.  Their inhaler needs to be in school so that it can be accessed at all times.  If your child requires any other medication please could you make us AND the office staff aware. For any medication, a medical form is required to be filled in. You can get this from the school office.

Autumn Term 2

Topic

Our new topic is all about The Great Fire of London this half term! It is going to have a predominantly History focus around the chronology of the fire, the importance of Samuel Pepys and the cause and consequences that the fire had on London at that time and for the future. We will also be looking at the Geography of the UK, the countries it is made up of and their capital cities. There will also be an art focus around the cityscape of London during the fire. Towards the end of the half term we will be practicing the songs and speaking parts for our Christmas Nativity.

English

Learning to read is a life-long skill and a key thing your child will learn at our school. Everything else depends upon this skill, and so, at Bourton, we put as much energy into ensuring that every single child not only learns to read but learns to love reading!

Phonics is the key to unlocking reading and writing, and that is why we have chosen to use the Read Write Inc (RWI) phonics and writing scheme at our school. Children have daily RWI lessons, which includes an English lesson (made up of reading and writing) and a Phonics session (made up of sounds, words and spelling). Children are assessed termly to identify their progress. Learning to read is a life-long skill and the most important thing your child will learn; we encourage you to embrace your child's journey with phonics, and have included Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3 sounds below:

          

Those who have completed the RWI scheme and have moved to the literacy groups will be using high quality texts to support both their reading and writing. 

As always, there will be regular reading and handwriting practise throughout the term.

Maths

Our Year 1 and 2 children will be split a little bit this term with regards to their Maths learning.

Year 1

In Year 1 we will continue to spend a whole week looking at each number (15-20); how it is represented, what numbers add or subtract to make this number as well as some doubles or halves.

Year 2

In Year 2 we will be starting the term by finishing our unit on addition and subtraction, then moving on to multiplication and division, then money and finally properties of 2D shape.

Important dates:

Monday 3rd November - Children return to school (and will have their first PE lesson of the term)

Thursday 4th December - FOBS Christmas Fair

Thursday 11th December - Christmas Jumper Day

Monday 15th December - KS1 Nativity Dress Rehearsal 1.45pm

Tuesday 16th December - KS1 Nativity Perfomance 1.45pm

Friday 19th December - Break up at 2pm