Giraffes

Giraffes will be reading every morning, following the RWI books. There will also be weekly spelling tests on a Friday morning.

We will have regular phonics sessions, working from Set 2 and set 3 sounds. Some pupils will have spelling and grammar sessions in place of phonics.

We are reading the RWI story ‘Sand wizards’ using it to build on our writing kills, focusing on punctuation and grammar.

We are also reading Charlie and the chocolate factory as our class reading book.

Shape, space and measure – Giraffes are focusing on recognising 2d shapes and 3d shapes and their properties. We are also learning about direction and how to read co-ordinates.

Number – We are revising our 2, 5 and 10 times tables and beginning to learn our 3 and 4 times tables. Looking at the four operations and how we can use the inverse to check our answers. Working on estimation and number bonds. Some pupils are also looking at fractions of shapes and amounts.

Teeth and eating and looking at states

Understanding Computers: Learning how to log onto the schools network with their individual logins, to navigate around a computer and understand where to locate different software.

Microsoft Office: Students to learn how to log onto Microsoft Word insert text and use a variety of different functions to edit the information.

Target Games

The first half term is focused on geography and trade. We are looking at the different jobs people have and what is involved. We will be researching what it is like to work in a factory and where the products go afterwards.

Prepare, rehearse and present a collective Christmas Concert, developing awareness of audience, venue and occasion.

Extra Curricular – Meraki Duo Performance

Throughout the lessons, Giraffes children will focus on becoming as independent as possible and developing some of these skills in the areas of drinking, feeding, fastenings, scissor skills, communication and telephone skills. We will focus on fine motor skills to help improve these areas. 

Revisiting phonic sounds