This year, your teachers are Mrs Kaur (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) and Miss Conlon (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

We are also lucky enough to have 3 teaching assistants within the class.

Mrs Fowles from Tuesday and Thursday.

Mrs Chaisty on Wednesday. 

Mrs Warren on Friday

PE will take place every Tuesday and Thursday.

During Autumn1 term we are doing Gymnastics on Tuesday and Boxing on Thursday

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.

Within this class the children are given time to complete a quiz on the book they have read and change their book. 

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.

Homework will always be Spellings, TT Rockstar and any topic projects.

Our topic this half term is the Anglo Saxons

As mathematicians, we will:

• represent and understand numbers to 100 and then beyond 100
• recognise hundreds, tens and ones
• understand the value of each digit in a 3-digit number
• find numbers on number lines
• find 1, 10 or 100 more or less than a number
• estimate numbers on a number line
• compare numbers
• order numbers
• count in 50s

• understand multiplication as making equal groups
• use arrays to represent multiplication
• understand sharing and grouping
• multiply and divide by 3
• learn and use the 3 times table
• multiply and divide by 4
• learn and use the 4 times table
• multiply and divide by 8
• learn and use the 8 times table
• make connections between the 2, 4 and 8 times tables

As writers, we will be reading the Seal Surfer by Michael Foreman and learning to: 

• Group related ideas into paragraphs.
• Use prepositions to express time, place and cause.
• Use expanded noun phrases to add description and detail.
• Choose interesting and effective verbs and vocabulary.
• Begin to use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech.
• Plan and write a recount in the form of a letter.
• Write in role as a character from the story.
• Organise our writing clearly and make improvements through editing.

As readers, we will:

• Continue to use our VIPER skills as we read fiction and non-fiction texts

As Scientists, we will:

• Learn that animals, including humans, need the right types and amounts of nutrition to stay healthy
• Understand that humans and some animals cannot make their own food and get nutrition from what they eat
• Explore the different food groups and learn about a balanced diet
• Compare the diets of different animals and identify what they need to stay healthy
• Identify that humans and some animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement
• Name some of the main bones in the human skeleton
• Explore how bones and muscles work together to help our bodies move
• Compare animals with and without skeletons
• Investigate how our muscles work when we move
• Ask scientific questions, make observations, record results and use evidence to explain what we have found

As musicians, we will:

• Learn and perform songs inspired by the Anglo-Saxons
• Recognise and maintain a steady pulse
• Explore different rhythms, pitches, tempos and dynamics
• Sing confidently in unison, in rounds and in two parts
• Create and perform our own rhythmic and melodic patterns
• Listen to and appraise music, identifying its mood, structure and instruments

As Historians, we will:

• Explore Anglo-Saxon homes, food, work and childhood, comparing daily life with our own
• Discover who the Anglo-Saxons were, where they came from and why they settled in Britain
• Use timelines to place key events in order
• Learn about Anglo-Saxon beliefs and how Christianity spread across Britain
• Investigate Alfred the Great’s achievements and decide why he deserves his title
• Explore the mystery of Sutton Hoo, using artefacts to suggest who may have been buried there
• Discover Anglo-Saxon treasures, including finds from the local area
• Ask historical questions, examine evidence and explain our ideas about the past

As digital learners, we will:

• Explore the tools and features in Scratch
• Use coding blocks to control sprites, sounds and backdrops
• Create a Scratch story with movement and conversation
• Use decomposition to understand how an animation works
• Plan and create our own remix of an existing animation
• Use loops to repeat instructions
• Test our code and debug any errors
• Evaluate our animation and suggest improvements
• Understand that we need permission to remix another person’s work

As Geographers, we will:

• Learn the eight compass points and use a compass to follow and give directions
• Use maps and atlases to locate the countries the Anglo-Saxons came from and the sea they crossed to reach Britain
• Locate the UK’s four countries, their capital cities, Manchester and the surrounding seas and oceans
• Explore why the Anglo-Saxons travelled to Britain and settled here
• Investigate how Anglo-Saxon words influenced British place names, including Altrincham
• Compare maps of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms with modern regions to discover how boundaries have changed
• Explore counties, towns and cities and describe their locations using compass directions
• Use atlas indexes and grid references to find places on maps

As Artists, we will:

• Explore Pictish symbol stones and discover their shapes, symbols, patterns and textures
• Use sketchbooks to make observational drawings and record our ideas
• Compare Pictish stones with Henry Moore’s sculptures, exploring materials, forms and surfaces
• Investigate how artists take inspiration from nature and simplify shapes
• Develop clay skills, including rolling slabs, making impressions and creating textures
• Practise carving lines into clay and adding raised details using scoring and slip to join pieces securely
• Design and create our own Pictish-inspired clay symbol stones, combining symbols, textures and patterned borders
• Evaluate our finished artwork, celebrating successful techniques and suggesting improvement

As Theologians, we will:

• Explore the question, ‘What kind of world did Jesus want?’
• Learn what a Gospel is and discover what it tells Christians about Jesus’ life and teachings
• Find out how Jesus called his first disciples and consider how they might have felt about following him
• Discover how vicars and evangelists share Jesus’ teachings today
• Explore how Jesus showed compassion towards people who were excluded
• Investigate how Christian charities, including The Leprosy Mission, follow Jesus’ example
• Explore the parable of the Good Samaritan and what it teaches Christians about loving their neighbour
• Use Bible stories to explain our ideas and reflect on how kindness, fairness and inclusion can help make the world a better place