The Form II year

In Form II the children will study:-

English - Grammar & punctuation, comprehension, factual & creative writing, poetry & reading (heard daily).

Maths - Addition & subtraction with place value, multiplication tables (2x, 5x, 10x) and division, weighing & measuring, sequencing, patterns, 2D & 3D shapes & tessellations, money & problem solving.

Science - The human body, plant life, forces, materials, electricity.

History - The ancient Egyptians, the ancient Chinese & the ancient Greeks. The children also complete a project each term on a topic that interests them linking to the main subject.

Geography - Simple mapping skills, reading signs / symbols & maps, the geography of China, the oceans & their inhabitants.

The children also begin to encounter more specialist teachers for Art, P.E., Science and I.T. which will prepare them for when they move into the Prep School next year. We use the National curriculum within the school although each class aims to exceed these artificial limits. Form II tchildren sit the Key Stage 1 SATS exams in May. They will also have internal school exams in November and June, and regular, course unit tests for the different subjects.

Homework is set three times a week to be handed in the next day. Reading homework is given every night. Reading is vitally important this year with all the material they will have to read for their SATS and internal examinations. Please encourage the children to read as much as possible outside of their school reading book.

This Term..........

English - Storytelling using the Greek myths as a starting point and creating books for these stories. More comprehension and grammar practice ready for the SATS. Simple rhyming poetry.

Maths - More place value with addition and subtraction, problem solving, 2x 3x 4x 5x 10x tables, practical money work (parents can help by getting children to buy items in shops, sort out the coins and the change), measuring objects and liquids (parents can help by giving children a tape measure to measure household items or weigh out cooking ingredients).

Science – Ourselves & other animals, living things & their habitats, electricity, forces and materials. This will be taught by both practical and class based tasks.

ICT – Using paint programs to create pictures, communicating information using word processing packages, computer programming and using databases.

History - All about Ancient Greece.

Geography - The oceans and its inhabitants.

Scripture - Warriors of the bible and special saints.