ARP - Hazel Class

Children attend the ARP from Key Stage One (years 1 and 2). Therefore the ARP curriculum incorporates both topics from across these year groups as well as incorporating skills from EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage), where appropriate.

Welcome to the ARP - Hazel Class

This half term we are blasting off into space! We will start by reading How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers. We will create our own stars and describe them using adjectives. Our next text will be the fantastic Toys in Space by Mini Grey. We will design, name and describe our own aliens like the Hoctopize in the story! We will also listen for rhyme and explore rhyming words through Ten Little Robots by Mike Brownlow

In phonics we will be revisiting and strengthening our understanding of the Phase 2 graphemes. We will be applying our knowledge of these sounds when blending for reading and segmenting for spelling. We will continue to learn to recognise the Phase 2 ‘tricky words’ by sight.

You may also see the children using hand signals for their sounds- this is called cued articulation. This helps them to remember the sound and to think about how they are making it.

This half term in mathematics we will be concentrating on our Number work- counting, reading, ordering and writing the numbers to 10/20 and beyond. We will also recognise the numbers as words like one, two, three. We will find 1 more and 1 less than numbers to 10 then 20. We will recognise and name 2D shapes and use them to create repeating patterns. At home, please encourage your child to practise counting aloud to 20 and beyond. Don’t forget to tell them to go backwards too– and to try starting from different numbers! When they become really confident at this, try counting in twos.

                                                                                                     Mrs Tweddle