Dear Parents, Carers and Children, Happy New Year! Welcome back to school. We hope you had a restful and peaceful holiday. We would also like to say thank you very, very much for the kind and generous cards, gifts and messages at the end of last term. We really appreciate your thoughtfulness and generosity. Thank you also for attending our performance at the end of last term. It was lovely to see so many of you there. The Spring term will hopefully see some warmer weather for us to enjoy on our Daily Runs and during our PE lessons and playtimes too! We also have lots to enjoy inside the classroom over the next few weeks with new topics to explore. We will be learning about rivers, with a focus on the River Tyne, finding out about light, shadow and reflections in Science and safety in PSHE. The overview below will give you more detail about these and our other units of learning across the curriculum. Thank you for your on-going support. We hope your immediate questions are answered by the information provided here and in the attached overview, but please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions or concerns during this half term.
Supporting Learning at Home Please find below links to support learning across the curriculum at home. Spanish (Numbers 1-20) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FEyfy5N3Nc BBC Supermovers https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers READING AND PLANNERS - All children should have their planners and reading books in school everyday. Please encourage them to bring them into school each day and to record their reading at home too. They should read at least 3 times a week at home.
Curriculum Overview
English
Warning Tales - Key Stories - The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth
During this topic, we will be focusing on our next key story of the year. We will be reading and discussing The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth and another example of a ‘Warning Tale’. We will work on writing tasks linked to this genre including knowing when to begin a new paragraph and how to create tension. Explanation Text - Life Cycles We will also be developing our understanding of how to write an explanation text. We will look at what makes a successful explanation text and use our imaginations to create creatures to write about.
Maths
Multiplication and Division Children will learn to: · Use multiples of 10 · Use related calculations · Use reasoning about multiplication · Multiply a two digit number by a one digit number (without and with exchange) · Link multiplication and division · Divide a two digit number by a one digit number · Understand scaling · Understand 'How many ways?' Length and Perimeter Children will learn to: · Measure in metres and centimetres · Measure in millimetres · Measure in centimetres and millimetres · Convert metres, centimetres and millimetres · Understand equivalent lengths · Compare lengths, add and subtract lengths · Measure and calculate perimeter
Science - Light
We will recognise that we need light in order to see things and that darkness is the absence of light. We will investigate how light is reflected and that it is reflected from different surfaces. We will investigate how shadows are formed when light from a light source is blocked and observe patterns in the way that shadows change size.
Geography - Rivers
In Geography , we will be learning about rivers. This will include looking at how rivers are used around the world and how human activity affects rivers. We will learn about the stages and features of a river, and how land use changes from the sources to the mouth. We will also look at the impact that flooding can have.
PE - Gymnastics and Tag Rugby
In PE we will develop knowledge and understanding about how to play Tag Rugby. In our second PE lesson, we will be focusing on Gymnastics and we will be further developing the skills we used last term using the apparatus in the hall.
Computing
This half term we will be using Scratch to further our understanding of coding. The children will be introduced to a selection of motion, sound and event blocks which they will use to create their own programs, including sequences.
Music
We will use our imagination when creating compositions in this unit as we wonder how music can make the world a better place.
PSHE - Safety
We will learn about first aid and being safe when out and about. We will also look at being safe and kind online.
RE - Contents and Significance of the Bible
In RE this half term, we will be learning about the composition of the Bible and its importance and use in the lives of Christians.
Spanish - Days of the Week and Numbers (13-100)
We will be extending our vocabulary to cover the topics for this half term, and developing our confidence to read, write and speak in Spanish.
Art
In art we will be focusing on painting and mixed media. We will be drawing on our understanding of the Stone Age to create art in the style of cave paintings, using mixed media.
Credits:
Created with images by Piotr Krzeslak - "Beautiful winter sunset with lonely tree and frozen pond" • Andrey Popov - "Military Army Man" • junce11 - "Red Blank Warning sign isolated on white" • splitov27 - "Tape measure on a yellow background.,Top view.,Minimalistic industrial concept" • Jiri Hera - "Classic light bulb" • digidreamgrafix - "yellowstone river at sunrise near yellowstone park"