History and Geography for your child is about:
- Realising a sense of the passing of time
- The recognition of special events and the order of the calendar
- Realising their place in the environment, home, shop, school, town
- An awareness of the World through a termly whole school Topic
- Researching important periods of history in both our own and different countries
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Using our reference library, CD ROM and the Lincolnshire Library Service
Below: Recent article from a local newspaper:
Years 5 and 6 pupils at Bicker Prepatory School dressed up as early Britons
to try to recreate life in the Stone Age.Youngsters dressed as cavemen and women,
made models and painted scenes of Stonehenge and devised a play about cavemen
based on a short story by H G Wells.Parents were invited in to watch the play.
Parents of Year 3 and 4 pupils were also in school to see children perform
Egyptian music and dance. Youngsters donned Egyptian dress and learned how to
write and count in Arabic. Every child made a bookmark with their name
printed in Arabic.
Technology for your child is about:
- selecting appropriate tools, designing, planning and making things
- understanding how things work through observation, investigating and discussion
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learning how to use CD / DVD machines, telephone, digital camera, scientific and electronic measuring equipment
- being aware of new technological developments in the world around them
- evaluating our constructions / models finding the strengths and weaknesses
Information Technology for your child is about:
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learning to use a range of P.C.s and laptops
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learning to touch type
- handling and selecting appropriate software to enhance learning
- programming a video recorder / DVD player
- learning to access information via the internet
- communicating by e-mail
- an awareness of the fast changing world of Information Technology
Physical Education for your child is about:
- developing an awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses
- participating in team games and school athletic events
- learning the rules of football, cricket, rounder's, netball and tag rugby
- participating as a member of a team and learning the importance of fair play
- working to improve individual gymnastic skills through the B.A.G.A scheme
- health and hygiene and the care of their bodies
