Term 3

It was lovely to welcome the children back to school after their Christmas break.  They have quickly settled back into our class routines and expectations.

Please find below an overview of our learning for this term 3.

In English, we will be reading the text –‘The Great Explorer’, by Chris Judge. For our fiction focus, the children will be rewriting the story in their own words, and for our non-fiction focus they will be creating a leaflet about the North Pole.

In Maths, the children will be learning about place value, addition and subtraction, capacity and volume, geometry and time.

In Science, the children will learn about the characteristics of living and non-living things. They will also learn about habitats that are suitable for living things.

In History, the children will learn about how schools were different in the past. They will make comparisons between their own learning and those of children in the past.

In Art, the children will investigate how maps can be a stimulus for drawing and printmaking. They will create a design and evaluate their artwork against the design brief.

Please find below further information about our class routines and things your child will need each day.

Wellies

All children require a pair of wellies in school at all times as we frequently access the school field during break times.

PE Days

PE days for Reception, Years 1 and 2 will be Mondays (with Mrs Milverton) and Wednesdays (with Leap Active). Please can children attend school on these days in their PE kits. For health and safety reasons, jewellery should not be worn on these days, and long hair should be tied back.

Water Bottles

All children require a water bottle containing water in school each day to keep them hydrated. There is a tray in the classroom to store these and the children are able to refill these as needed throughout the day.

Reading Books

Children require their reading books and records in school each day, and all books will be changed on a Friday. At the end of the week, the total number of times your child has read at home are totalled. If your child has read our school expectation of five times, their name will go on to our class ‘Star Reader’ chart, and their name will be entered into the raffle for a book token prize at the end of the spring term.

School Bags

Our cloak room is very limited with space, especially now the colder weather has arrived. Please can your child refrain from bringing a backpack to school so that our pegs can be used for hanging up their coats.

If you need to contact me with regard to your child, you are welcome to email me or speak with me at the end of the school day.

Kind regards,

Mrs Milverton