Your class teacher this year is Mrs Simon. The teaching assistants who will be working within your classroom and taking you swimming are Ms Shelton and Miss Stairmand.

PE will take place every Friday (indoor) and Tuesday (outdoor)

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 children are given time to read every day. It is also crucial that children read at home on a daily basis. When children have read their books, they will complete a quiz to test their understanding then change their book for a new one.

Homework will be set on a Monday 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.

The Anglo-Saxons

As writers we will: 

      • Plan writing by discussing the structure, vocabulary and grammar of similar writing
       • Discuss and record ideas
       • Compose and rehearse sentences orally
      • Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors
      • Build an increasing range of sentence structures
      • In narratives, create settings, characters and plot
      • Assess the effectiveness of own and others’ writing

As mathematicians we will:

• Represent numbers to 1000
• Partition numbers to 1000
• Understand thousands
• Represent numbers to 10,000
• Flexibly partition numbers to 10,000
• Find 1, 10, 100, 1000 more or less 
• Compare and order numbers to 10,000
• Round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000

As Scientists we will:

•  sort animals into groups based on shared characteristics 

• group plants in various ways

• make and use classification tables

• research using an information sheet

• recognise the impact of natural disasters on habitats 

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As Geographers we will:

• use a compass to follow directions.
• learn who the Anglo Saxons were and where they came from.
• understand why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain and how they affected place names in Britain.
• learn how the regions in the UK have changed since the Anglo-Saxon era.
• identify and locate cities, towns and villages near where the Anglo-Saxons settled.

As Historians we will question:

• How do we solve the mystery of the Sutton Hoo treasure?
• How can you compare the life of an Anglo-Saxon to your own life?
• Were the Anglo Saxons pushed or pulled to settle in Roman Britain?
• How did the Anglo Saxons become Christians?
• How did Alfred of Wessex become ‘great'?
• Which were the greatest treasures of the Anglo Saxons?

As artists we will:

• learn who the Picts were and look at Pictish designs.
• use different mediums to draw Pictish symbols.
• create my own Pict stone.
• create a Pict stone using clay.

As learners of RE we will be exploring the Big Question:

• How and why do people try to make the world a better place?

We will:

• find out about how Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and non-religious people try to care for the world.
• consider what motivates people from these worldviews to care for the world, basing knowledge on scripture and religious teachings.
• consider why the world is not always good and make simple links to religious (e.g Christian, Jewish, Muslim) and non-religious (e.g Humanist) worldviews.
• Find out about the Jewish idea of Tikkun Olam and consider how charities like Tzedek help Jewish people to live out ideas and teachings, considering diversity of views.
• have opportunities to raise our own questions about caring for the world and consider the responsibility that everyone must care for the world.

As Computer Technicians we will:

Website Design

• Explain what the blocks do in scratch 
• Explain what a loop is and include one in their programme
• Suggest possible additions to an existing programme by remixing the code 
• Recognise where something on screen is controlled by a code 
• Use a systematic approach to find bugs
• Understand the definitions of decomposition and algorithm and how they are used to create an accurate code 

As learners of PSHE we will be learning about:

• Valuing Difference
• Feelings and Emotions
• Healthy Relationships
• Online Safety