Room 11

Welcome to Room 11 Term 2 2012

Topic This term weeek 1-3 we will be focusing on keeping ourselves safe around the home and outside to understand that we can endanger ourselves by doing silly things and taking risks. Week 4 to 10 we will  "Jump Rope for Heart" practising skipping moves and learning about our major organs and their functions with the emphasis on eating healthy and exercicsing regularly to prevent heart disease. 

 Maths This term we will focus on Measurement of Time, length, area, volume and capacity and temperature. Alond side we will continue to learn multiplication and division facts and stratergies. 

Reading   The children will focus on comprehension of the text in their instructional reading groups according to their reading ages.

Writing    This term we will focus on explanation and personal choice writing about Jump Rope for Heart. Children will set indivdual targets in their writing where they think they need to improve. Children will have a weekly spelling list of 10 topic related words and 5 of their own from around the room or from their own writing to learn. We will have a weekly test.

P.E Large Ball skills  Our focus will be on large ball skills for weeks 1-10 and then Skipping activities from week 4-9. We have a syndicate sports session on Tuesday afternoons.