This year you are lucky enough to have 2 different teachers within your class.

Mrs Stephani will be teaching on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Mrs Ellingford will be teaching on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Mrs Brown will be supporting the class with their learning on Monday. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Mrs Harrison will be supporting the class  with their learning on a Wednesday.

PE will take place every Monday morning and Wednesday morning.

Monday will be musical theatre and Wednesday will be a games session. 

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 reading records will be checked and books changed on a Friday.

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.

Who did it?

As mathematicians, we will be able to:

• Sort objects
• Count objects
• Count objects from a larger group
• Represent objects
• Recognise numbers as words
• Count on from any number
• 1 more
• Count on from any number
• Count backwards within 10
• 1 less
• Compare groups by matching
• Fewer, more, same
• Less than, greater than, equal to
• Compare numbers
• Order objects and numbers
• The number line

As readers and writers of English we will be:

• Practising our segmenting and blending of set 2 and 3 sounds to read new words.
• Practising our comprehension skills via Read, Write, Inc.
• Learning and practising the year one phonics
• Exploring the text Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
• Writing our own version of the story.
• Focusing on the following mastery keys in our writing: 
  • 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 Scientist we will be able to:

• Name parts of the human body and to sort body parts into groups.
• Name the body parts used for each sense.
• Spot patterns in data.
• Identify the body parts used for the sense of taste and touch.
• Use the senses to make observations.
• Identify the body parts used for the sense of smell and sight.
• Recognise that scientists are always making new discoveries.
• Identify the body part used for the sense of hearing.
• Investigate how sound changes as you move further away.
• Recognise how the senses are used in everyday life.
• Recognise the importance of the senses in certain jobs.

As Geographers this term we will become Arctic explorers:

• Be learning about where we live and what geographical features it has.

As Historians this term we will:

• Name different ways that they can find out about the past
• Be recognising the difference between the police in the past and the present. 
• Be explaining how policing was 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.
• Be using common words and phrases relating to the passing of time.
• Be recognising who Robert Peel was and how he contribution can still be seen today.
• Be recognising who Henry Faulds was and how his contribution can still be seen today.

As Artists we will be learning about:

• Research fingerprint techniques used by the artist Judith Anne Braun.
• Use paint or charcoal to design, share and create fingerprint designs.
• Use a range of techniques to create a finger palette portrait.
• Evaluate our portraits.

As learners of Religious Education we will be exploring the big question:

• How do we celebrate special and sacred times?

We will be asking:

• How do Christians and other religions celebrate festivals?
• How do Jewish people celebrate Rosh Hashanah?
• How do Jewish people celebrate  Chanukah?
• How do Christians celebrate and express their beliefs for Christmas?

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 videos, 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 their programming.

As Musicians we will:

• Clap the rhythm of our name.
• Clap in time to music.
• Sing the overall shape of a melody.
• Play in time to music.
• Copy and create rhythms based on word patterns.
• Play on the pulse.