Term 6

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

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

In English, we will be reading the text - ‘The Green Giant,’ by Katie Cottle. 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 poster about caring for the environment.

In Maths, the children will be learning about place value (problem solving), addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions, and time.

In Science, the children will learn about animals (including humans). They will learn about life cycles and things we need to survive and remain healthy.

We will be visiting Slimbridge Wetland Centre for our school trip this term and will be learning about animal adaptions to be able to survive in their habitats.

In Geography, the children will learn about our local environment and create simple maps. They will locate China on a world map and compare the climate here to that in Shanghai.

In Art, the children will explore 3D sculpture in clay. They will explore different shapes and textures they can make in the clay and design, make and evaluate a clay tile.

We will have Sports Week as well as Sports Day this term, and the children will be playing team games in their PE lessons.

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

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 can 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 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 regarding your child, you are welcome to email me or speak with me at the end of the school day.

Kind regards,

Mrs Milverton