This year you are lucky enough to have two different teachers and two teaching assistants within your class.

Mrs Bramwell -  Class teacher on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Mrs Chappels - Class teacher on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Mrs Seatree - Teaching assistant on a Monday and Wednesday morning.

Miss  Shelton - Teaching assistant on a Thursday and Friday afternoon.

 

PE will take place every Monday and Tuesday, when you will complete Musical Theatre and Yoga. 

For PE sessions please bring the following:

- Black shorts, leggings or jogging bottoms

- White t-shirt or polo shirt

- Black pumps or trainers

It is usually best to leave your child's PE kit in school for the half-term so that it is always available to use.

It is important that your child brings their reading book into school each day as the days on which they will be able to read with an adult may change from time to time. It is also crucial that you listen to your child read each evening and ensure that you sign their reading record highlighting what they have read and how they performed. 

Children's Book Bag Books will be changed when needed by their Read Write Inc teacher and they will be taken to their RWI classes daily.

Homework will be set on a Tuesday through our online learning platform, SeeSaw. A link for which is placed below:

https://app.seesaw.me/#/login

All homework should be completed by the following Monday and will be checked by your teacher on this day. Please make sure that if you are having difficulties with the homework, that you contact your class teacher with plenty of time so that they can assist your child in its completion. In addition, the school also run a homework club which can really help support those children that struggle completing their tasks independently.

Topic - The Seaside

 

As mathematicians, we will learn about fractions, where we will:

- Recognise and find halves, thirds, quarters and three-quarters of shapes, objects and numbers.

- Recognise the equivalence of a half and two quarters.

- Count in fractions up to a whole.

We will also learn about time, where we will:

- Tell time at o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to the hour. 

- Tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes.

- Learn the relationship between minutes in an hour and hours in a day.

 

As writers, we will:

- Read The Last Wolf.

- Use the text as a stimulus to write for a range of purposes, including note-taking, guides, writing rules, descriptions, writing instructions and letter writing. 

- Use subordination (if, that)

- Add er and est to adjectives.

- Use homophones and near homophones.

- Use a range of punctuation correctly, including full stops, commas, question marks, exclamation            marks and apostrophes. 

 

As Scientists, we will:

- Sort minibeasts into categories.

- Explore and find microhabitats.

- Ask scientific questions.

- Explain why a minibeast is suited to its habitat.

- Make observations and use equipment safely.

- Plan and carry out an experiment.

- Learn the seven life processes.

- Find out what botanists do.

 

As Historians, we will:

- Learn about seaside holidays from the past.

- Understand why seaside holidays were important to Victorians and why they are still important today.

- Learn What Victorian children did for entertainment at the seaside.

- Compare how seaside holidays have changed over time.

- Understand how holidays in the past have influenced holidays today.

 

As Geographers, we will:

- know that the United Kingdom is an island surrounded by water.

- recap on the countries of the United Kingdom and their capital cities

- recap on the bodies of water which surround the United Kingdom: Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea and the English Channel.

- use maps of the United Kingdom and atlases to identify and locate the coastline and coastal towns around the United Kingdom.  

- identify the coastal towns closest to our home city of Manchester on a map of the UK.

- identify and name human and physical features we would find at a seaside resort.

- compare Timperley and Southport by looking at photographs, maps, aerial views and conducting independent internet research on Southport and Timperley.

- complete a fieldwork study of the coastal town of Southport identifying geographical features. We will create a landscape and soundscape map using compass direction of Southport beach and promenade.

 

As learner of PSHCE, we will:

- Learn about our emotions and how we can manage them.

- Learn how our behaviour can affect others. 

- Different types of bullying.

- Learn how we work well with and why.

- Learn about different types of physical contact.

- Learn about secrets.

- How to use the internet to find out information. 

 

As Artists, we will:

- Learn about the famous artist Eileen Downes.

- Sort and group materials for different purposes.

- Describe differences and similarities between two artists.

- To cut, fold, overlap and tear materials to create an image.

- To design, make and evaluate a collage inspired by Eileen Downes and the seaside.

 

As Design Technicians, we will

- Investigate our design problem and develop our brief.

- Practise the skills of cutting, joining and decorating fabrics.

- Design our new product (puppet) to meet the criteria in the design brief.

- To create our new product (puppet) using our skills and following the design.

- To evaluate our puppet.