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=Autumn Term 2011 = = =

Travels with my Ted
During this term our class teddy will be off traveling the world, visiting China, India, Egypt, America and the North Pole. We will be hearing stories from the countries that our teddy visits, and reading the postcards and emails that he sends back.

If you have any artefacts or postcards that you think may be useful for this topic, please send them in.

Language, Literacy and Communication
We will listen to a variety of stories from Wales and around the world. Children with reading books will read in school every day. When reading books are sent home please use the reading record to write a comment about your child’s reading. See the links page for useful websites to help with reading at home.

Mathematical Development
This term we will develop children’s number recognition and their ability to form numbers. We will also be focusing on shape, and children will learn the names and properties of different 2D and 3D shapes.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World
We will investigate and sort different materials and learn about their properties. As our teddy travels the world we will look at maps and atlases and compare Wales with other countries.

Creative Development
Using art work from around the world as a stimulus, children will create their own 2D and 3D art using different media. We will learn different songs and rhymes and experiment with musical instruments.

**Welsh Language Development **
Children will learn basic welsh including colours, numbers and shapes, as well as using incidental welsh throughout the school day.

**Physical Development**
Children will develop their gross motor skills through using large apparatus during PE lessons and during outdoor play. Their fine motor skills will be developed through activities such as threading, cutting and mark making.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Personal, Social Development, Well Being and Cultural Diversity
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Children will learn about different cultures and customs from around the world and compare them to their own. They will also learn the importance of taking turns and sharing.

<span style="color: #9853ce; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%; text-align: center;">Please look on the links page for activities you can do at home to help this term

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