This year you are lucky enough to have two different teachers in class.

Mrs Harbidge -  Class teacher on a Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday

Mrs Cheetham - Class teacher on a Thursday and Friday.

Supporting us in class will be Mrs Fowles, Miss Green, Mrs Harrison and Mrs Payne

PE will take place every week.  Oue PE days are Monday and Wednesday.

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. 

If you are unable to provide the PE kit above, then please provide any suitable clothing for your child to do PE in. Please ensure every item is clearly labelled. 

Children now have a reading folder with their reading books and record in. Reading books will be changed on a Monday and so the folder must be in their bags then.

Children will receive a Book Bag Book which matches the sounds they have been learning in their RWI class. This book should be read at least 3 times. Please let them show off their reading skills when reading this. Please do not tell your child that their reading book is too easy because it is a chance for them to build fluency and comprehension.

It is also crucial that you listen to your child read  and ensure that you sign their reading record highlighting what they have read and how they performed. 

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. 

We would also encourage you to assist your child in accessing TT Rockstars and numbats to support their Maths work within school and improve their fluency. 

Autumn 1

Topic: Who did it?

In literacy we will be reading the story Troll Swap by Leigh Hodgkinson 

As readers, we will 

• Listening carefully to stories and talking about what happens. 
• Making predictions about what might happen next. 
• Learning new vocabulary from stories and discussing the meaning of unfamiliar words. 
• Sharing our ideas and opinions about the character, settings and events in a story. 
• Developing our fluency and confidence when reading familiar texts. 

As writers, we will be

• Combining words to make sentences.
• Using punctuation correctly – full stops, capital letters and finger spaces. 
• Writing expanded noun phrases to describe and specify. 
• Using subordination (because) and coordination (and) 

As Mathematicians, we will be

• Counting objects to one hundred using tens. 
• Recognising tens and ones. 
• Using place value charts. 
• Partitioning numbers to one hundred. 
• Writing numbers to one hundred in words. 

As scientists, we will learn

• How living things change, and that animals have offspring that grow into adults. 
• Which offspring come from which parent animal. 
• The stages in some animal life cycles. 
• That animals, including humans, need water, food and air to survive. 
• The importance of exercise and hygiene for humans. 
• The importance of a balanced diet for humans.

As learners of RE, we will be

Exploring the big question: What is the Good News that Christians say Jesus brings?

As learners of PSHE we will be learning to:

• Name basic emotions and recognise them by face and body cues. 
• Explain that people can feel different emotions in the same situation and give simple reasons why. 
• Describe emotions as comfortable and uncomfortable. 
• Explain how feelings can vary in strength.
• Explain what makes them feel calm, relaxed or excited. 
• Explain why rest and enjoyable activities are important for wellbeing. 
• Say how they feel and identify a trusted adult who can help when feelings feel difficult. 
• Identify what might make themselves and others feel worried, annoyed or upset and suggest ways to feel better. 

As a historian we will be exploring 

• Naming different ways that we can find out about the past
• Recognising the difference between the police in the past and the present
•  Explaining how policing is similar and different between the past and the present
• Placing a few police objects or images in order using common phrases to show the passing of time
• Using common words and phrases relating to the passing of time such as before, after, yesterday, past, last year, a long time ago.
• Recognising who Robert Peel was and how he contribution can still be seen today
• Recognising who Henry Faulds was and how he contribution can still be seen today

As artists this term we will be

• Researching fingerprint techniques used by the artist Judith Anne Braun.

• Using paint/charcoal to design, share and create fingerprint designs.

• Using a range of techniques to create a finger palette portrait

• Evaluating our finger palette portrait.

As geographers this term we will be 

• Learning about our local area and the important places within it.

• Identifying the country and continent where we live

• Talking about and describing our local environment

• Recognising and identifying the different parts of an address.

As musicians, we will:

• Clapping the rhythm of our name.

•  Clapping in time to music.

•  Singing the overall shape of a melody.

•  Playing in time to music.

•  Copying and creating rhythms based on word patterns.

•  Playing on the pulse.

As computer technicians we will

• Recognising cause and effect when pressing buttons on a Bee-Bot.

• Discussing and demonstrating how the Bee-Bot works.

•  Recording video, ensuring everyone is in the shot.

•  Giving several clear instructions in sequence.

•  Programming a Bee-Bot to reach a destination.

•  Identifying and correcting mistakes in programming.