Some recent art in school
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English long term plans
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Maths programmes of study from the National Curriculum
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Yearly class plan
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Reception
Below you can find overviews of topics completed during the reception year. These are subject to change depending on the interests and needs of the children.
Reception yearly overview
Musical fun – update
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Hi Low – Year 5
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John Kanaka – Year 6
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Year 4 – Goblins
Our weekly singing assemblies, led by Ms Seymour, provide an opportunity for the whole school to sing together. Songs learnt, cross a range of different subject areas and some are sung in preparation for productions or special events. Below is one of the harvest songs that we sang so eagerly for our harvest assembly. To lead us into assembly we have the chance to listen to a different piece of music each week. This helps us to gain a better understanding of different styles of music. Some of the music we have listened includes Vivaldi – Autumn, Reach for the Stars – S Club 7 and In the Mood.
Year 5 and 6 currently participate in a weekly cornet lesson learning musical notation, playing and performing with others and musical vocabulary. The school also offer peripatetic guitar lessons. Previously we have offered violin lessons and players have previously performed to the school and their parents, an extract of which can be heard on the children’s page of our website.
Recorded at one of our previous carol concerts on the last day of term, Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.
Phonics
At Arnett Hills we teach phonics and early reading skills using the Letters and Sounds approach. We use this Synthetics Phonics approach from Reception to Year 1. There are 6 phases within Letters and Sounds and most children will complete Phase 6 by the end of Year 2, however this can continue into Year 3 if required.
Synthetic phonics is the breaking down of words into their separate sounds known as phonemes. Phonemes can consist of more than one letter, for example ch, sh, oo and igh. We use Jolly Phonics for the introduction of letter sounds in Reception and these sounds are sent home weekly so that they can be reinforced at home. Word tins are also sent home in Reception and Year 1.
It is vital that the correct pronunciation is used for each phoneme. The video below will help you in supporting your child’s correct pronunciation of each sound. We hold a reading workshop for new parents in Reception at the beginning of the school year to provide ideas of how you can support your child at home. We will also be holding phonic workshops for Year 1 and 2 parents next term.
Following on from the reading meeting at the beginning of term, we hope you find the attached link of phoneme pronunciation useful.
Some of our previous enrichment opportunities that encourage an engaging, broad and balanced curriculum.
Music workshop – STEEL BAND
Music workshop – AFRICAN DRUMMING
History – HATFIELD HOUSE TRIP YEAR 3
Literacy – Writing competition