This year your teacher in Miss Fowler!

Supporting us in class will be Mrs Fowles in the morning and Mrs Harrison in the afternoon. 

Forest School will take place every Monday come rain or shine!

For Forest School sessions please bring the following:

- Wellies 

- Waterproof coat or puddle suit. 

- A full set of spare clothes (Please send in old clothes as the children will get muddy!) 

- Warmer clothes such as joggers and hoodies for the winter months. 

Forest school sessions run throughout the Autumn term, ending in December. 

PE will take place on Tuesday for street dance and Friday for outdoor games this term. 

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.

Please ensure every item is clearly named.

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.

Within this class reading records will be checked and books changed on a Monday. Please make sure your child has their purple reading folder with them every Monday. 

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 - Childhood then and Now

As writers we will:

• • Combine words to make sentences
  • Leave spaces between words
  • Begin to use capital letters and full stops
  • Use capital letters for names of people and the personal pronoun ‘I’

As mathematicians we will:

• Count objects within 10
• Represent numbers to 10
• Count on and back within 20
• Understand numbers 10-20
• Calculate 1 more and 1 less
• Estimate on number lines
• Understand Less than, greater than, equal to
• Compare numbers
• Order numbers

As Historians we will answer the questions:

• • What is history?
  • How does childhood compare between generations and other cultures in our school community?
  • What were toys like at different times in the past?
  • How can you tell if a toy is old or new?
  • Have the changes in childhood throughout the decades been for the better?
  • What are the strengths and weaknesses of the changes?

As Geographers we will:

• • Know how to track my journeys using a plan. 
  • Know how to add symbols and a key to a plan
  • Know that an aerial photo shows an image taken from above by a camera mounted on an aircraft, balloon, rocket, kite, satellite or similar vehicle.
  • Know how to draw a plan from an aerial perspective to create a route
  • Identify different directions: left right, in front, behind, next to, nearby, far away,
  • Know how to use a compass to locate North and name four points of the compass.
  • Use our senses to create a simple plan of my surroundings
  • Name similarities and differences between the Broomwood Timperley and Pierhead in Liverpool

As year one scientists we will:

• The key parts of the human body (including head, neck, arms, elbows, legs, knees, face, ears, eyes, hair, mouth and teeth).
• The five main senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch.
• The skin is used for touch, the tongue is used for taste, the nose is used for smell, the eyes are used for sight and the ears are used for hearing.

As year two scientists we will:

• What are the stages of a human life cycle?
• What are the life cycles of other animals?
• Are children the same height in every year group in the school?
• What do animals need to survive?
• What happens to my fitness and running time if I exercise?
• What is a balanced diet?
• Who is Maria Sibylla Merian?

As learners of Religious Education we will be learning:

• What does ‘creation’ mean?
• To recognise that ‘creation’ is the beginning of the bigger story in the Bible
• To retell the Christian story of Creation
• What the Harvest festival is all about?
• What the Creation story tells Christians about God and the world.

As learners of PSHCE we will be:

• Learning how and who to ask for help.
• Learning how medicines work and how to use them safely.
• Learning how to stay safe, including at home and when crossing the road.
• Learning about some of the changes that have happened to you since you were a baby
• Learning about how it feels when there is change or loss
• Learning how to keep my body healthy
• Learning how to keep my body clean and stop germs from spreading

As Computer Technicians we will be:

• Learning how to explore and tinker with hardware to find out how it works
• Learning where keys are located on the keyboard.
• Using a basic range of tools within graphic editing software.
• Developing control of the mouse through dragging, clicking and resizing images to create different effects.
• Developing an understanding of different software tools.
• Recognising devices that are connected to the internet.
• Logging in and out and saving work on their own account.

As Musicians we will:

• • Recognise the work of a well-known composer
  • Explain whether we like a piece of music or not
  • Use our voices to sing along to a melody
  • Use body percussion to play along to a piece of music