Mrs Rose and Mrs Ellingford are your class teachers this year.

Our teaching assistant this year is Mrs Harrison. 

PE will take place on Tuesdays and Fridays 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 Wednesday. 

The children will bring home a book bag book linked to their RWI group and an independent reading book. 

Homework

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 Circle of Life

As Mathematicians we will be able to:

• To understand place value within 20
• Find one more and one less
• Use a numberline to estimate and identify numbers to 20
• Compare and order numbers to 20
• Add numbers to 20 by counting on
• Finding and making number bonds to 20
• Doubling numbers
• Subtracting using number bonds
• Subtracting by counting back

As Writers we will be able to:

• Using our phonics skills to spell words and write sentences.
• Forming letters correctly via regular handwriting practise.
• Composing sentences orally first
• Composing sentences using capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.
• Create pieces of writing based on our class text: 

Spoken language:

• To listen and respond
• To ask relevant questions
• To build vocabulary
• To participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates

Reading comprehension:

• To become familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales
• To retell stories and consider their particular characteristics
• To make inferences on the basis of what is being said and done
• To predict what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far
• To participate in discussion about what has been read to them

Writing Composition:

• To compose a sentence orally before writing it
• To sequence sentences to form short narratives
• To re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense
• To discuss what they have written with the teacher or other pupils
• To read aloud their writing clearly enough to be heard by their peers and the teacher

Our focused story will be The Lion Inside

We will also be focusing on Set 1, 2 and 3 sounds in preparation for our phonics test.

As historians, we will answer the questions:

• Exploring what "society" means and how it has changed throughout history.
• Investigating a variety of historical sources, including primary and secondary, to understand different perspectives of the past.
• Learning about Mary Anning, her life in 1799, and her significant contributions to science.
• Comparing life in 1799 to life in 2024, and identifying key differences.
• Asking questions related to historical sources and using them to find answers.
• Developing critical thinking skills by evaluating historical evidence and making connections to the present day.

As Scientists we will be asking these enquiry based questions: 

• How can we group different animals?
• How can we describe a variety of animals?
• How can we compare the features of different animals?
• How can we identify animals that are herbivores, omnivores and carnivores?
• What makes animals suitable pets?
• Who is Chris Packham?
• What is a plant? What are the parts of a plant?
• How can you sort plants into different groups?
• What are deciduous and evergreen trees?
• Which plant parts can you eat?
• Who was Agnes Arber?

As Geographers we will:

• Look at our place in the world. Finding out what is a continent, naming and locating the seven continents on Earth. We will find out on which continent we live and looking at how we could travel to the continent of Africa.
• We will be investigating the climate in Kenya and England in Europe comparing the countries weather and finding out about the seasons in each country. We will find out why Kenya is hotter than England looking where the countries are located in relation to the Equator, North and South Poles.
• We will find out which animals make their home in Kenya and what their habitat looks like. We will look at physical and human features of the Kenyan landscape.
• We will compare the lifestyle of a child living with the Masai tribe in a Kenyan village to our lifestyle in Timperley.
• We will use compass directions to move around map location on a grid.

As learners of Religious Education we will be learning:

• Who is Jewish, and how do they live?
• What do Christians believe God is like?

As learners of PSHCE we will be:

• To name different feelings.
• To spot clues that show how someone feels.
• To say or show a kind response.
• To name someone special to me.
• To know families are not all the same.
• To show appreciation in a kind way.
• To describe how to be a good friend.
• To say what feels comfortable or uncomfortable.
• To ask for permission and respect the answer.
• To say how I am the same or different.
• To listen when others share opinions.
• To know how to stay safe online and who to tell

As Computer Technicians we will be:

• Identify the main keys on a keyboard and use them for typing.
• Use the ‘spacebar’ correctly when typing short words or sentences.
• Type capital letters using the ‘Shift’ key.
• Explain that the keyboard is an input device used to enter information.
• Type sentences using a word processor and make simple text changes.
• Select text and use on-screen buttons to alter its appearance.
• Create documents with images and text, using keyboard shortcuts.
• Use copy and paste, different text styles and credit source materials.

As Musicians we will:

• Learning how to play the ukulele every Thursday
• Use dynamics when creating sound
• Play in time with a group.
• Experiment with different sounds on the same instrument.
• Clap the animal sound patterns mostly accurately.
• Clap the sound patterns in time with the pulse of the backing track.
• Demonstrate both a call and response.
• Copy a sound pattern using an instrument.
• Playing either a call and/or response role in time with another pupil.
• Perform a composition.

As chefs this term we will:

• Develop a food vocabulary using taste, small, texture and feel
• Group familiar food products e.g. fruit and vegetables
• Explain where food comes from
• Understand the need for a variety of food in a diet
• Work safely and hygienically
• Cut, peel, grate, chop and range of ingredients