Squirrel

Welcome to Squirrel Class

Welcome back!

I hope you had a relaxing and exciting half term!

We have lots of exciting things happening this half term, read on below to find out more:

English:

In English, we will be looking at 'Last Stop on Market Street' by Matt de la Pena. We will be using the story to inspire our own poetry and to write our own version of the story.

Our English lessons will ensure the children can do the following:

Consider what they are going to write before beginning.
Evaluate their writing with the teacher and other pupils.
Proof-read to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Learn how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly, including full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive (singular).

Maths:

In Maths, we are learning about Statistics by exploring tally charts, bar charts and pictograms. Then, we will move on to learning about Position and Direction.

Foundation Subjects:

In Geography, we will be learning about some different countries around the world and their physical and human features.

In Science, we will be learning about where our food comes from.

In Art, we will be looking at using the environment to make artwork.

Once we have finished this learning, we will continue our RE unit on Sikhism.

On Thursdays we have our PE learning. This half term we will be practising athletics.

Helpful Reminders:

Please make sure your child has their reading record and a labelled water bottle in school every day and that their jumpers are clearly labelled.

Our PE day this year will be every Thursday. The children should come to school in their PE kits on a Thursday.
We will be visiting the Library on Thursday afternoons. Please can children bring their library books in on Thursdays so that they can change them and choose different stories to share with you at home.

To minimise the risk of lost property, we ask that all clothing items are clearly labelled with a name, even PE kit items.
If you would like some suggestions to find information for the children's homework then please look at the links listed below.

Thank you,

Miss Wilkinson