Welcome to Miss Mulligan’s class! The adults in Miss Mulligan’s class are Miss Mulligan, Mrs Holroyd and Mrs Moate. Our text for the Autumn term is Holes by Louis Sachar. We are all really excited to explore the book to see what happens.
Literacy
This term in English we are reading the book 'holes' by Louis Sachar.
'Stanley Yelnats has bad luck (thanks to his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather).
When Stanley's bad luck unfairly lands him in the juvenile detention centre at Camp Green Lake (which isn't green and doesn't have a lake), he and his campmates Zero, X-Ray, Armpit, Squid, Magnet and Zigzag are forced to dig holes in order to build character...
BUT WHAT ARE THEY REALLY DIGGING FOR?'
We are all really excited about reading it and finding out what actually happens.
This term we will be writing a senses poem based on the story as well as a Newspaper Report and an alternative story ending. Come back soon to see what great writing we produce.
Maths
We are beginning this term by exploring Place Value. We are already enjoying using some of the concrete objects that help us in our maths learning like Base 10, Number Arrows, Numicon and Place Value Charts.
Science
We are going to be exploring Living Things and their Habitats as well Forces and Magnets this term.
We are all really excited to try out lots of exciting science experiments.
Come back a little later to see what experiments we have been trying.
PE
This half term we will be focusing on gymnastics and our PE lesson will take place on Tuesday each week.
Children will need to bring:
- white PE t-shirt
- black shorts or jogging bottoms
- plimsoles / non-marking trainers
We can't wait to show you some pictures of us enjoying our gymnastics lessons.
Foundation Subjects
History
In history this term we are learning about Bomber Command in Lincolnshire. We will be exploring why Bomber Command existed, why Lincolnshire was known as Bomber County, all about the planes of Bomber Command and lots more.
Geography
We are going to be exploring maps and locating different countries on those maps in Geography. Then we will look at the physical and human features of those countries including their major cities.
Art
We are all very good at art in this class so we are looking forward to our art lessons this term which are going to focus on still life pictures and photography. We are going to focus on Still Life to begin with and try and use Van Gogh's still life paintings as inspiration for our own still life pictures of some oranges.
RE
This term we are going to be exploring Hinduism in our RE lessons. The big questions that we will be trying to answer are:
How do Hindu's reflect their faith in the way they live?
What is karma and how does it drive the cycle of samsara?
How might a Hindu seek to achieve Moksha?
DT
In DT we are going to be learning all about and using pneumatics. We are all very excited to find out what pneumatics are and what we are going to make using them.
Personal developmental Play
We are beginning the year by playing with the boxes of bigger toys on our own or with an adult to ensure we can become engrossed in our play.
In quiet choosings we have begun to talk to our friends around the table practising using an indoor voice and letting others speak without speaking over the top.
Homework
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