Welcome to Sparrow Hawk Class

To all my fabulous Sparrowhawks,

I hope that you have all had a wonderful Christmas and had a great time surrounded by friends and family!

This term we are back and hitting the ground running with a visit from the Explorer Dome Planetarium, following on from our amazing Science unit last half term.

In English this half term, we will be looking at two books by Michael Morpurgo: Kaspar – Prince of Cats and Beowulf. I’m sure the children will enjoy both these books and their writing will be inspired and creative as they have blown me away so far!

In Maths, we will be continuing with multiplication and division, then we will be returning to fractions.

This term in Science, we will be looking at Properties of Materials. We will do several experiments which I am sure the children will be very excited by.

In History, we are looking at Crime and Punishment through the ages. We are time travelling from Saxon times to modern day and discussing how the crimes and punishments have changed throughout the time!

In Spanish this half term we will be learning to describe the weather in Spanish and hopefully build enough vocabulary to present a weather report in Spanish!

Spellings will be sent out every Friday, with a quiz on the following Friday. Please continue to encourage the children to practise their spellings using their word lists. I will also be sending home a Year5/6 Spelling list. Please help your child become familiar with these words and their spelling.

Reading: We ask that you please continue to read as frequently as possible. I would appreciate it if the children were reading at least once a week at home with an adult.

MyMaths: Homework has been set for the half term but I will be checking every Friday.

PE is still scheduled for every Monday, so children should come dressed appropriately, please remember we are outside doing football so they need layers.

Children must bring a coat to school every day as the weather is still cold and wet.

I have had such an amazing start to my time here at College town I hope this continues through the rest of the year and I look forward to learning and growing with your children. Thank you for being such a lovely class! Bring on Spring term!!

Miss Jardine