Miss Kettleborough, Mrs O’Hear, Mr Moore
Welcome to our class page, here we shall update you all on what is happening in our class and the wonderful work we create!
Topic
This term our topic is Tudors.
Reading focus
This term our reading focus will be ‘the true story of the 3 little pigs’ by Jon Scieszka.
English
This term we will be reading 'The true story of the 3 little pigs' by Jon Scieszka.
We began by looking at the traditional 3 little pigs story and used puppets to retell the story. Then we looked at the cover of our new story, we thought about what we could notice and what those made us wonder.
Maths
We love maths in our class and always try to make the lessons as hands on and as practical as possible! We will be focusing on our number knowledge, especially our times tables. We will also be looking at time.
We have begun learning about time, some of use are focusing on learning o'clock and half past times whilst others are learning quarter to and quarter past times
Science
This term we will begin by looking at Electricity in our science lessons.
We planned an experiment to find out which materials are conductors. We used wires, a bulb and a battery to create a circuit and then tried putting different materials in the circuit and seeing when the bulb lit up or not. Then then thought about what the objects that made the light glow were made of and found that they were all metal! from this we learnt that metal conducts electricity!
Social Developmenbt through Play
We have some fantastic choosing and play opportunities in our class including small world, messy play and craft activities.
We encourage the children to develop their social skills through play and support this by joining them on their choosing activities to support well balanced play at their developmental stage not chronological age.
Play has an important role to a child's emotional growth, especially in social and guided play, children learn self-regulation as they follow norms and pay attention while experiencing feelings such as anticipation or frustration. Play also teaches children how to set and change rules, and how to decide when to lead and when to follow.
History
History is always important so we make sure the children have as much knowledge as possible about historical events.
This term we will be looking at Tudors.
P.E.
Our PE is on a Tuesday afternoon. Please send your child with their PE kit. A plain white T.Shirt, dark shorts or jogging bottoms and trainers.
This term our focus is on dance. We will be exploring space and how our bodies can move to express an idea, mood, character or feeling. We will learn to time our movements to an 8 count in music as well as exploring different pathways, levels, shapes, directions, speeds and timing.
Homework
Homework is something that the class adults always try to make fun, but we focus on making sure each child's work is set at the same level they are working on in class. It is sent home on a Friday to be returned on the Thursday morning. If incomplete by then time is made during a Friday for children to complete it.
Please try and read a story or listen to your child read at least 3 times a week with your child.