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

Summer 1

This half term we will begin by reading Little Red Riding Hood by Mandy Ross. We will have fun hot-seating the characters and using adjectives to describe them. We will follow instructions to make treats for Grandma- and sequence and say our own instructions. We will then explore an alternative version- Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T Smith. We will ask questions to find out about lions and write our own animal fact files. We will also listen for rhyme and explore rhyming couplets through The Spell Shell by Roderick Hunt.

In phonics we will continue working on our Phase 4 sounds. This half term we will focus on adjacent consonants at the ends of the words such as: nt, ft, st, nk, mp and nd.

In maths we will begin multiplication and division by making and adding equal groups. We always use lots of objects, cubes, counters, ten frames and number tracks to help us with our counting and calculating. We will be exploring simple fractions, finding one half and one quarter of objects and then small numbers.

We will have lots of fun this half term playing maths, phonics and reading games too!

At home please keep counting to 50 and beyond to practise saying the number names in order and remember to use Bug Club to support our learning in phonics. Alex T Smith has written and illustrated lots of lovely picture books- perhaps you could read some of these at home?

Mrs Tweddle