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IPC PROJECT FOR THE FIRST WEEKS: Brainwave - The art of learning

What's the big idea?

Our brain is special because it does lots of amazing things. Once we understand how our brain works and what we can do to make it work even better, then we can improve the way that we learn.

We will be finding out:
- How the brain works
- About the personal goals that help us to become better learners
- How to find out facts to prepare for a special challenge
- How to learn and practise skills for a special challenge
- How to record how well we are learning
- How to use what we have learned to create our own special challenge
- How to wake up our brain
- How to look after our brain
- How to design a classroom for learning
Children will also:
We will know:
- How the circus began.
- How circuses have changed over the years.
We will be developing our understanding of:
- Some of the acts that have evolved in the circus.
- The use of animals in the circus, past and present.
In Maths and English We will be :
Maths:

We will be working on….
- addition and subtraction.
English :

We will be developing the skill of reading through our work to check that it makes sense and editing our work if needed. We will be writing words with prefixes and suffixes.
important dates:
- Monday 3^rdSeptember: INSET day School closed for children
- Tuesday 4^thSeptember: INSET day School closed for children
- Wednesday 5^thSeptember: KS1 and KS2 Children start school 8.45am
- Friday 7^thSeptember: Year 4 Swimming starts
- Monday 10^thSeptember: Clubs start
- Tuesday 11^thSeptember: 5.30pm Y6 meeting for parents re expectations
- Thursday 13^thSeptember: House Captain Hustings
- Friday 14^thSeptember: Brainwave Split Assemblies
- Monday 17^thSeptember: Reception children start all day
- Monday 17^thSeptember: Special Assembly from local builders 1.30pm KS1 : 2.40pm KS2
- Tuesday 18^thSeptember: Year 1 Parents into Class session
- Tuesday 18^thSeptember: Governors – Education Committee meeting
- Thursday 20^thSeptember: Year 2 Parents into Class session
- Tuesday 25^thSeptember: Year 3 Parents into Class session
- Wednesday 26^thSeptember: NSPCC PANTS Workshop 9:10am KS2
- Thursday 27^thSeptember: Year 4 Parents into Class session
- Tuesday 2^ndOctober: Year 5 Parents into Class session
- Wednesday 3^rdOctober: Skipping Workshops
- Thursday 4^thOctober: Year 6 Parents into Class session
- Thursday 4^th October: Skipping Workshops
- Monday 8^thOctober: Whole school writing task this week
- Tuesday 9^thOctober: Reception Parent Workshop
- Tuesday 9^thOctober: Governors – Strategic Committee meeting
- Wednesday 10^thOctober: Individual and Sibling school photographs
- Monday 15^thOctober: Year 2 Diwali Assembly – Parents welcome
- Thursday 18^thOctober: Reception Parents into Class session
- Friday 19^thOctober: Break up for Autumn Half-term – 3.15pm
- Monday 22^ndFriday 26^thOctober: Half-term
- Monday 29^thOctober: INSET day School closed for children
- Tuesday 30^thOctober: Start of Autumn 2 term 8.45am
- Tuesday 6^thNovember: Full Governing Board meeting
- Friday 9^thNovember: Year 6 Remembrance Day Assembly
- Tuesday 13^thNovember: Year 5 & 6 Disability Awareness Workshop
- Friday 16^thNovember: 9amY1 – 6 split assemblyAnti-Bullying week
- Wednesday 21^stNovember: Parents’ Evening – school close 2pm
- Thursday 22^ndNovember: Parents’ Evening from 3.30pm
- Wednesday 28^thNovember: Shakespeare Production
- Thursday 29^thNovember: Shakespeare Production
- Monday 3^rdDecember: Whole school writing task this week
- Wednesday 12^thDecember: Flu Vaccines for Reception - Year 5 children
- Friday 14^thDecember: Last day of swimming for Year 4
- Friday 21^stDecember: Break up for Christmas Holidays – 2.00pm
- Friday 24^thDecember – 4^th January : Christmas Holidays
- Monday 7^thJanuary: INSET day School closed for children
- Tuesday 8th January: Start of the Spring term 8.45am

Home Learning

2 home learning tasks are set every week :

Task	Given out	Due Back
Mathletics	Thursday	Tuesday
Phonics / Spelling	Thursday	Tuesday
Reading Journal	Friday	Following Friday

Remember:

to read to a grown-up every day
practice your phonics

Dates of Project Homelearning:

There will be a short home learning exercise for the first week back. Look out for more exciting information on this after the break!
Weekly home learning tasks in our grammar books will be set. The dates and pages are detailed on the front covers.

Things to remember

P.E is on:

Mondays for Hydra 1
Tuesdays for Hydra 2
Wednesdays for both classes

Remember to have your P.E kits in for both these days (including plimsoles).
Make sure you have leggings or tracksuit bottoms as we will be outside for P.E unless it is raining.
PE kits should be in school at all times.

Can You Help?

Do you have knowledge or resources about our project?

Could you give some time to come in to class to help with reading?

Messages from the Staff

You can speak to any member of the Year 1 Team at the end of the school day once all the childrens are dismissed.

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