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O L I V E R H O U S E C U R R I C U L U M N E W S L E T T E R
Hilary Term 2011
Oliver House Curriculum Newsletter
Pre-prep Virtues: Friendship
The true definition of friendship is to want the good and the happiness of others, implying trust and affection. Man is a social being and has a need to communicate; to love and be loved. Friendships are made by convers-ing and doing things together–knowing and under-standing; being interested in their things; being able to sacrifice oneself for another; disinterested generosity. Friendships in pre prep may be born out of casual cir-cumstances–sitting at the same desk or because of friendships between parents. Often the names of best friends change but there still exist characteristics proper to true friendships which can develop. This is why it is good to encourage your child to have lots of friends at this age not just one best friend A child‘s understanding of friendship is growing at this age but needs some guidance and teaching–it is a form of loving and therefore is always evolving. This is a
Pre-prep Virtues: Cheerfulness
process which never reaches per-fection since love is ever expansive . The aim is to always be-come more of a friend rather than just being a friend. Some practical suggestions for reinforcement are -help them keep their word and promises (be reli-able/trustworthy); try to think how I would like to be treated by my friends and do the same e.g. not tell tales or hurt them. Encourage your children to respect the personality and choices of others–letting them choose the game, sharing toys on play dates, giving in on opinions or tastes. Also encourage loyalty, children should not blow hot and cold but stand by friends, re-membering what they like and being interested in their things.
Joyorcheerfulnessmeans be- For a Christian, joy comes from know-ing filled with happiness–a ing we are children of God and there-peaceful serene sense of wellbe- fore everything that happens to us is for ing which starts from the inside. the best; since our Father God is always It comes from an appreciationwatching over us and he doesn‘t lose of the gifts each day brings; battles–we are never alone. Joy here is finding a call/ a message in an anticipation of lasting joy in what is happening. Joy depends Heaven. It is good to enjoy on our desires and ambitions.God‘s gifts. Heaven is for those Without inner joy, all our feel- who have known how to be ings are determined by what is happy on earth. Optimism is a happening to us–way of looking at life. As Badenwhen good things happen we feel glad andPowell said ‗ Leave the world a when things go wrong we feelbit better than you found it.‘ As bad; when the fun stops, our parents, you are constantly help-happiness stops. ing your children to live this virtue, teaching them to look on True joy means sacrificing the the bright side, to try to see the ―what we want now‖ for the positives; give positive praise ―what we want later‖;first, correct after. Ways to rein-
force this are to help them put up with a difficulty and not immedi-ately take it away; things that cost an effort or don‘t work out are often the most valuable since they teach us a lesson and are a refer-ence point.
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Prep School Virtues: Kindness
Aesop, in his fable of ‘The Lion and the Mouse‘ wrote that ― No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.‖ In the story a lion is about to eat a mouse when the mouse convinces him to be kind and let him go, saying that one day he might be able to return the favour. A few weeks later the lion is captured by hunters and tied up. The mouse gnaws through the ropes and frees the lion. Acts of kindness make life better for everyone. It is not a matter of ex-travagant gestures but of small acts of service or consideration for others. We help our children in this first by our example. We have to teach them to be kind by being kind, offering to
help others in the family—both chil-dren and adults—when they need something, even if we are tired or busy with other things. Through the adults around us, children will learn to spot when someone has a need and be ready and willing to help them. Another important element of kindness is that of listening. There are some people children will find more difficult to listen to - elderly relatives or younger siblings, some-one who is a always negative or who talks too much. The virtue of kindness lies in treating those peo-ple with the respect and understand-ing that we would give to others.
Prep School Virtue: Courage (Fortitude)
If you ask children for examples of bravery they will provide many, from soldiers and firefighters to historical figures and leaders. These are all ex-amples of ‗courage under fire‘ but where do they acquire the courage they need for the moments they need it. They do this through the acquisi-tion of the virtue of fortitude. This virtue encourages us to overcome what we feel like in order to do what is needed. This is something that we need all the time—to do our work well, to finish the job that was excit-ing at the beginning but is now just a burden, to spend quality time with our family after a hard day at work.
For children, fortitude can be lived in very specific areas—following a clear timetable at home, finishing our homework well even if we find the topic difficult or the subject less appealing. When they face chal-lenges, encourage them to find and carry out their own solutions—resisting the urge to solve their problems for them. As they get older, children will need to be coura-geous to resist peer pres-sure in its various forms, to prioritise schoolwork and family life over more attractive distractions and
TARGETS FOR KINDNESS To be ready to help others as I would like to be helped. To notice when other people are sad or need help. To listen to people when they need someone to talk to.
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to pick themselves up after defeats and problems. Courage is less about toughness and more about determination—to keep trying, whatever the internal and external obstacles.
TARGETS FOR COURAGE
To do what I should, even if I don‘t feel like it.To do what I know I should, even if other peo-ple try to make me behave differently To be brave when I am hurt or afraid.
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Year 1: Core Subjects
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English:In English we will be introducing multiplication and sim-consolidating our work on story ple division, as well as reinforcing writing; ensuring that stories have our work on addition and subtraction a beginning, middle and ending to one hundred, money, time, and and that both the characters and shape. settings are suitably developed. Science:In science our two topics We will also start introducing di-will be ‗Forces and Movement‘ and rect speech and speech marks into ‗Space‘. During the ‗Forces and our stories. Movement‘ topic we will be looking Maths:This term we will be do-at pushes and pulls, and gravity. We ing rounding, estimation, and will be researching the Solar System learning the two, three, five, and and the importance of the sun to our ten times tables. We will also be planet in our ‗Space‘ topic.
Other Subjects
History: We will be looking at sea-side holidays in the past and compar-ing them to seaside holidays in the present. We will use a variety of written tasks and more creative and practical tasks to learn about how trips to the seaside have changed over the last two centuries. Geography:term we will be This thinking about how to make our lo-cal area safer, using surveys, obser-vations, and a walk through our local area to look at existing features and how we could improve them. We will also be learning map work skills through our trip to Painshill Park on th Friday 20 May. Art: We will be doing a project on Buildings. Through this topic we
will be looking at perspective and scale, both in drawings and paintings and through 3D work. Parts of this project will link with our history work we did on homes in the autumn term. Music: We will be considering the use of dynamics in both classical and modern music. We will also be writ-ing simple compositions using cro-chets and quavers that include a vari-ety of musical elements, as well as exploring duration. We will also be spending a significant amount of time perfecting songs for our sum-mer performances. Religion: This term we will be thinking about Jesus after His ascen-sion into Heaven, and the celebration of Pentecost. We will be considering ways in which we can follow Jesus as we live our lives, in addition to learning about some of the key points of the Mass. PE:In PE we will be swimming each week–the first half of the term for Year 1D, and the second half of
the term for Year 1R. We will also be learning the basic rules and skills involved in a game of rounders. Spanish:Year 1 will carry on practising in writing how to de-scribe things using simple sen-tences on new topics: Transport, Body parts and Wild animals. They will use es/son (is/are) and tiene/ tienen (has/have). They will also practise the use of un/una/unos/ unas; un coche/unos coches (a car/ some cars) or una casa/unas casa (a house/some houses) and learn and practise how to form plurals with nouns ending in consonants (-es): Limón/limones (lemon/lemons), árbol/árboles (tree/trees).
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Year 2: Core Subjects
English:In English we will be fo-cusing on improving our fictional story writing and including the cor-rect punctuation, speech marks and paragraphs. We will also be using acrostic poetry to write about many subjects including our work on the Great Fire of London in History. We will learn how to produce newspaper reports as part of our work on different writing genres. We will continue to learn and prac-tise different areas of grammar in-cluding adverbs and begin to work towards writing cursively. Maths:In Maths we will be revis-ing and extending our work on
Other Subjects
History:In the first half of term we will be looking at the Great Fire of London in History, through paintings, diaries and eyewitness accounts. Geography:Our final Geography topic of the year is ―Going to the sea-side‖ which will look at both the geo-graphical and historical perspectives of how seaside places have evolved over time. Religion:RE will cover aspects of Pentecost, Mary our mother, during May, understanding more about the rosary, pilgrimages and the moments in Mary and Jesus‘ life which we contemplate whilst praying in our heart. We will go into a little more depth on the Mass. ICT:ICT will involve learning about how computers can provide answers to our questions through databases and making our own branching data-base through ―yes‖ and ―no‖ ques-tions. Art/Design Technology:The chil-dren will follow a topic called, ―Can buildings speak?‖ This involves them drawing and looking closely at different types of buildings and ques-tioning why and how they were built. They will use drawing materials and
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Time, looking in more depth at digi-tal time. We will also be practising how to calculate change when spending money and recognizing different angles within shapes. We will continue to work on our times tables and how they relate to both division and fractions and will dedi-cate lots of time to improving our mental maths. Science:Children will be taking part in the award scheme in Science us-ing different activities and experi-ments to investigate a variety of top-ics. The aim is to improve children's scientific thinking and their ability to carry out simple experiments inde-
modelling clay. In DT, the children will design and construct a model which moves representing a nursery rhyme or story in a topic called ―Winding up‖.Drama:In Drama we will be working on dance and movement for our school production as pirates, native Indians and animals. Following this we will use our History studies of the Fire of London to imagine that we are members of the public in 1666 and help to tackle the blaze! Music:In Music we will mostly con-centrate on practising the recorder and through this, come to understand nota-tion of length and pitch. The first part of the term will involve learning the songs for Peter Pan and include kin-aesthetic awareness through inner coordination and pulse. PE:All children in Years 2-6 will be participating in Athletics, Tennis, Rounders and Cricket. Children in Year 2/3 will be learning the basic skills of these sports (catching, bowl-ing, pitching, throwing, running and hitting). Sports day is fast approach-ing and all children are required to take part. During PE lessons children will be to taught to throw the tennis ball, discus and javelin. They will learn
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pendently. The children will be awarded with an achievement certifi-cate at the end of the topic!
the skills required to run a sprint and middle distance run. All children will compete for their Houses in an effort to win the much sought after House Trophy.Spanish:In Spanish this term chil-dren in Year 2 will be learning about pets and farm animals with La Pandilla 1. They will use the animal topic to practise how to write sen-tences and short paragraphs in Span-ish using ‗Tener‘ (to have) and (to be). They are going to develop their use of singular and plurals with words and sentences.
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English:The children will develop their skills in grammar and punctua-tion. They will look at social and cultural issues and at how characters behave and react. In poetry they will discuss structure and look at themes. Their homework will extend to in-clude an on-going project on a topic of their choice.
Maths:The children will continue to work on the 4 operations: during the first half of term we will focus on addition and subtraction and during the second half multiplication and addition. They will work on using
Other Subjects
History:In History Year 3 will begin the term by studying WWII from a child‘s perspective. We will be building our own model Air Raid shelters , discovering ration-ing and learning about the Blitz. Geography:In Geography we will be studying ―the view from our window‖ which will involve inves-tigating our local area. We will consider the plants, land and envi-ronment around our school and also think about what it might be like to live in the local area as an elderly person.Religion:The children will deepen their understanding of the Eucha-rist, what happened at Pentecost and how Jesus founded the Church on earth. They will learn about the sacraments and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. ICT:Introduction to Databases continued: Within this unit the chil-dren will begin to learn to enter numbers and labels into a spread-sheet. From this they will learn how to sort and classify information. The E-mails unit of work begins to cover the basic skills required for children to access and understand
mental strategies to find the totals of amounts of money and finding change from £20. We will continue to work on telling the time and to understand and use units of capacity. The chil-dren will extend their knowledge of fractions, decimals, compass positions and degrees to measure angles.
Science:The class will study the properties of solids and liquids for the first few weeks of term. They will look at freezing and melting and how materials can be separated. They will research using the internet and draw up tables of results. They will con-
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tinue to learn about fair testing. In the second half of term the class will carry out a number of experi-ments as part of the British Science Association Crest investigators scheme.
email formatting. The children will part. During PE lessons children begin to revise basic letter writing will be taught to throw the tennis skills, how to insert email addresses ball, discus and javelin. They will and attachments as well as learning learn the skills required to run a how to gather, exchange and develop sprint and middle distance run. All information when using email. children will compete for their House in an effort to win the much Art/Design Technology:The chil-sought after House Trophy.dren will look at sculpture and make their own in a topic called ―Can weSpanish:Year 3 will be looking at change places‖. In DT they will de-learning how to say where things sign and make their own picture are using prepositions. They will frames. continue practising conversation and learning more about sound and Drama:The first half term will be letters. They will carry on writing spent working on our Production of little paragraphs, practising singu-Peter Pan. Then we will be working in lar and plurals and how to use the small groups to create a short scene correct form of the verbs in sen-built around given props.tences. Music:After the final rehearsals for Peter Pan, Year 3 will be composing this term. This will involve some studies in rhythmic combinations. They will also be learning about time signatures. PE:All children in Years 2-6 will be participating in Athletics, Tennis, Rounders and Cricket. Children in Year 2/3 will be learning the basic skills of these sports (catching, bowl-ing, pitching, throwing, running and hitting. Sports day is fast approaching and all children are required to take
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Year 4 Core Subjects
English:In Grammar Year 4 will be studying different nouns, consolidating the basic conventions of standard English, extend work on active verbs and under-stand how dialogue is set out. The chil-dren will read a variety of non-fiction and fiction texts. They will investigate how characters are presented, understand dra-matic conventions, read a significant num-ber of poems by significant poets and locate information through skimming, scanning and close reading. The children will plan, compose, edit and refine short non-chronological reports and explanatory texts, they will write from another charac-ter's point of view as well as drafting and writing letters for real purposes. Children are also learning their scripts for the Oliver House School Production of Peter Pan.
Maths:Year 4 will be studying Division, Weight, Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Data Handling and 3D Shape. In Division
Other Subjects
History/Geography: The Lake Dis-trict:This unit of work is designed to prepare the children for their sum-mer residential trip to the lakes. We aim to combine history and geogra-phy this term by researching Roman settlements and the impact the Ro-mans had in Cumbria, as well as ex-plore key geographical ideas. The children will begin to enhance their basic map skills through keys and scales, explore natural changes to the landscape, identify changes to the population and types of jobs, as well as the impact of tourism in the local area. Religion:In this unit we will look at the importance of our mothers and fathers in our lives by exploring hon-our and respect. The child will link and discuss way in which they can show respect to God in their daily lives. We will finish the year by looking at the particular and final judgement as well as the goal of all Christians, heaven. ICT:Collecting and Presenting In-formation Continued: Within this unit the children will work with a range of information to consider its characteristics and purposes, for ex-ample, collecting factual data from the internet and a class survey to compare the findings. Within the
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children will learn to divide by numbers 2-10, 100 and 1000. They will be able to halve numbers and link multiplication and division. They will learn to divide three digit numbers with remainders. Children will be introduced to scales marked in 10g, 20g, 50g and 100g, they will record weights to the nearest 100g and will consolidate writing weights given as kilograms in grams and vice versa. Children will learn to find a frac-tion of a shape and revise equivalences among fractions. They will also learn to find a fraction of a set or quantity. They will revise decimal notations for tenths in 2 and 3 digit numbers, they will be introduced to the multiplication of one-place decimals by 2 to 10. They will also be introduced to the concept of percent-ages including finding simple percent-ages of numbers. In Data Handling,chil-dren will be exposed to the language of probability and will use the data handling
Branching Databases unit of work the children will begin to learn how to cate-gorize objects/set criteria into specific groups. They will be required to organ-ize and analyze data in order to produce tree diagrams showing how they have chosen to display a set of data.Art/Design Technology:The topic in art is called ―Journeys‖. The children will look at how signs and symbols are used to represent the features of places both in our own and other cultures. They will look at maps and how artists have used everyday features in their work. The children will produce a 3D piece of work that represents a journey. In DT they will design and produce working torches.Drama:The first half term will be spent working on our Production of Peter Pan. Then we will be working in small groups to create a short scene built around given props.Music:The first part of the term will be focused on the songs for Peter Pan. Af-terwards we will be looking atcreating mood in composition - working individu-ally and in groups to create pieces.PE:All children in Years 2-6 will be participating in Athletics, Tennis, Rounders and Cricket. Children in Year 4-6 will be focusing on applying these skills to game situations and participat-ing in fixtures. Sports day is fast ap-
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processes e.g. the introduction of line or trend graphs, spreadsheets and the mean or average of a set of data.Science:Year 4 children will be participating in the Crest Investigators. These are a series of experiments where children explore the possibility of making glue and investigating dinosaurs. The children will carry out their own research and conduct fair tests, they will also write up their findings.
proaching and all children are required to take part. During PE lessons children will be to taught to throw the tennis ball, discus and javelin. They will learn the skills required to run a sprint and middle distance run. All children will compete for their Houses in an effort to win the much sought after House Trophy.Spanish:This Term, children in Year 4 are going to write about their favourite activities and what are they doing during their free time using the ‗gerundio‘. They will con-tinue developing their knowledge in verbs and other grammatical issues such as how to use prepositions and adjective correctly in sentences. Also, they will carry on writing short phrases from memory. Latin:Children will continue their revision of adjective agreement and verbs. They will be learning about objects that could be bought at a Roman market and life as a Ro-man soldier. This will lead into our Lake District visit.
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Year 5 and 6 Core Subjects
English:Year 5 children will be con-tinuing with their exam preparation work. The focus will be on descriptive writing and producing a balanced story or essay. In comprehension we will be focusing on how non-fiction texts are structured and on explaining author technique.Year 6 Cross curricular project: Pup-pets:This unit of work is designed to encourage group work whilst challeng-ing their ideas about planning, staging, special effects and set design. This unit not only allows them to script their own productions but also to design every-thing from their puppets to set design.
Other Subjects
History/Geography: The Lake District: This unit of work is designed to prepare the children for their summer residential trip to the lakes. We aim to combine history and geography this term by researching Roman settlements and the impact the Romans had in Cumbria, as well as exploring key geo-graphical ideas. The children will begin to enhance their basic map skills through keys and scales, explore natural changes to the landscape, identify changes to the popula-tion and types of jobs, as well as the impact of tourism in the local area. Religion:Following many of the liturgical events of this term the children will be learning about Our Lady, Pentecost , the formation of the church by the Apostles. They will also be reflecting on forgiveness and then the Mass. ICT: Y5:Graphical Modelling Continued: in this unit the children will learn to move, rotate and resize shapes to design plans and solve problems. The topic Analysing data & asking questions builds upon spreadsheet databases which we covered last term. It encourages the children to look closely at data they have collected but also to search specific criteria using ‗search tools‘ within the database programme.ICT Y6:Spreadsheet Modelling Contin-ued: Within this unit the children will learn to enter numbers, labels and simple formu-lae into a spreadsheet and use the data to calculate totals. They will then develop this further to decide what formulae and proc-ess is required to answer specific problems. The Control & Modelling unit explores a variety of devices that use monitoring to control events. We will look at their impor-
Maths:Children will continue to focus on some of the most complex topics this year which will include ratio and pro-portion, angles, operations using frac-tions and angles. Year 5 will continue their 11+ practice.Science:The Lego Robots project is designed to help children consolidate skills they have gained in both science and ICT. They will work in teams to design and program an electronic robot to complete certain functions. They will begin by revising and developing their knowledge of the key functions of the robot before working their way through a series of challenges.
tance and what happens if they are re-moved from our lifestyles. Their final piece of work will be a short project en-couraging them to develop a system that controls events in response to changing conditions. The project will be based around planning a security system for a school.Art/Design Technology:During the first half of the term the children will study urban landscapes and take photographs and make sketches of their local environ-ment. They will use these to produce a large painting/drawing that incorporates the textures and patterns they have re-corded. They will use this knowledge to make comparisons during the field trip to the Lake District where they will sketch and photograph rural landscapes. Drama:Year 5/6 will be finalising the production of Peter Pan. After that they will be working to create short comedy sketches focusing on both vocal and physical techniques. Music:The children will be working on ensemble playing in lessons. During choir rehearsals they will prepare some songs to perform during prizegiving.PE:All children in Years 2-6 will be participating in Athlet-ics, Tennis, Rounders and Cricket. Children in Year 4-6 will be focusing on applying these skills to game situations and participating in fixtures. Sports day is fast approaching and all children are required to take part. During PE les-sons children will be to taught to throw the tennis ball, dis-cus and javelin. They will
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learn the skills required to run a sprint and middle distance run. All children will compete for their Houses in an effort to win the much sought after House Trophy.Spanish:Children will revise and carry on practising more complex verbal forms and conjugations such as present perfect and the use of ‗haber‘. They are going to focus on verb ‗ir‘ and ‗querer‘. They will end this term revising the weather, days of the week, the months and the seasons. More advanced children will practise writing a description of a person, writing without repetition and they will learn more gram-matical structures in sentences and all the main elements; nouns, adjectives, adverbs or complements. Latin:The children will be continuing their work in Minimus 1. They will begin to study the first Latin cases—nominative and accusative. They will also be learning about Roman burial customs in prepara-tion for their Lake District visit.
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RESIDENTIAL TRIP: RYDAL, CUMBRIA
From the 14th-17th June, Years 4-6 will be spend-ing 4 days in the Lake District. They will be carry-ing out some history and geography fieldwork and doing some landscape drawing . They will be stay-ing the village of Rydal, home to William Words-worth and visiting the museum of his birthplace. In the afternoons they will be taking part in wa-tersports—sailing, canoeing, kayaking and wind-surfing.
SCHOOL PRODUCTION: PETER PAN
On 20th May at 7.30pm, the children will be transporting the audience to Neverland in their production of ‗Peter Pan‘. Prepare yourself for pirates, mermaids, Indians and even some ani-mals. Watch Peter and Hook fight to the death and enjoy the many adventures of the lost boys, John, Michael and Wendy and of course— Tinkerbell.
SPORTS DAY
Oliver House Sport's Day is taking place on Tues-day June 21st. Children will participate in a range of athletic activities, sprint, middle distance run-ning, inter-house relay, tennis ball throw, discus and for the senior children; javelin! The day is to en-courage all our children to participate and most im-portantly nurture competiveness; regardless of whether they win or lose. They will also be aiming for their house to win the Sport‘s Day Trophy. Don't forget as parents you need to support your child‘s house in all the events.
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