Welcome back to school!  We hope you all had a nice relaxing summer and are ready for the exciting term ahead!!

This half term our topic is:

Animal Allsorts

This is a cross curricular theme and will be explored through all areas of learning.

RE:

Religious Education is central to all that we do and Collective worship and celebration are an essential part of this. Please pray with your children at home and help them learn the school prayers and the Our Father.

The children will be learning about ‘Families’. We will be focusing on the love and care our families provide for us and how we are all part of God’s family. We will then be learning about ‘Belonging’. We will discuss how we ‘belong’ to certain groups and how we belong to God’s family through the sacrament of Baptism.

English:

Reading

The children will be doing lots of reading as a class, in a group and individually. This half term they will be reading a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts about animals and answering questions about them. The children will continue to read lots of new words on sight and use their phonic knowledge to sound out new words. They will be encouraged to develop their comprehension skills by retelling / discussing texts they have read, predicting what might happen in a story and begin to make inferences on the basis of what is being said and done.

Writing

The children will be constructing exciting sentences using adjectives and building up their use of punctuation. They will also be introduced to using conjunctions (joining words) to extend their sentences. The children will have opportunities to write creatively based on simple stories they have read in class using all the skills they have learnt so far (adding adjectives, conjunctions and using punctuation correctly).

 Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation

The children will learn how to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop. They will add adjectives to make their writing more interesting.

 Phonics

In our phonic sessions we will be recapping Phase 3 sounds and starting Phase 4 sounds.  Please see the link below for more information and guidance on the Letters and Sounds programme we follow.

Maths:

In Numeracy we will be ordering and recognising numbers to at least 20.  We will be adding to and subtracting from 10 and we will be using all the language of addition and subtraction. We will also be looking at the value of two digit numbers by partitioning them into tens and ones.

Science:

In Science we will be classifying and grouping animals, including humans. We will be identifying and naming a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals and we will also be identifying and naming a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. The children will also be describing and comparing the structure of a variety of common animals.

Computing:

In Computing the children will be using different software to produce representations of real or imaginary situations. They will dress Bo Bear for different weather conditions, use a paint program to create a representation of a real animal pictureand comment on what is imaginary and what is real in an adventure game.

Art & Design:

In Art we will be learning about Sculpture. The children will make their own animal sculpture out of clay and will use different tools to add marks and texture to the surface. The children will also be studying the work of a famous animal sculptor named Nick Mackman.

PE:

In PE we will be covering dance. The children will be learning to move confidently and in varied ways to different music. They will develop their rhythm and vary the pace of their dance movements according to the music. They will also be using props such a streamers and conkers to implement into their dance routines.

We look forward to an exciting year ahead.  Please do not hesitate to make an appointment after school to see us if you have any queries 🙂