Mr Tugwell’s Class

In our Literacy lessons we will be reading ‘A Mummy Ate My Homework!’ by Thiago De Moraes. This will support our learning about the Ancient Egyptians in our topic lessons. We will be developing our skills in Fiction, Non-Fiction and Poetry writing by studying story writing, newspaper articles and rhyming list poems.

We will practice skills needed to write in these styles before drafting our work and creating a final piece, ready to show off and celebrate with others.

In Maths we will be starting the year learning about place value – understanding the value of each digit in a number, ordering and sequencing, representing and partitioning as well as applying reasoning to number. We will do this through hands on lessons using manipulatives to bring maths to life.

Once we have a good understanding of place value, we can then start to explore other areas of maths, applying everything we’ve learned to help us grow and succeed!

In Science we will be learning about States of Matter. We will explore each state – solid, liquid and gas, investigating different everyday materials that we find in these states. After this we are going to experiment with how states can change by heating and cooling, trying not to get too messy with things like ice or chocolate!

We will follow this up by seeing how states of matter effect the world around us, learning about the water cycle and how this is fundamental to life on earth.

This half term we will be focusing on (TBC) and our PE lesson will take place (TBC) each week.

Children will need to bring:

• white PE t-shirt
• black shorts or jogging bottoms
• plimsoles / non-marking trainers

In our foundation subjects we will be focusing on Ancient Egypt, linking back to our class book. We will investigate the lives of people in Ancient Egypt – what they did, believed and where they fit in the timeline of human history. This will be supported by learning about Maps and Atlases in Geography, where we will be able to get a sense of where Egypt fits into the wider world and the geographical features which led to it becoming a thriving ancient civilisation.

Play will be at the heart of our learning over the term. Supported by regular assessments using the Boxall Profiles, our children will engage in play activities which support their growth and nurture their social skills.

We have a wide range of games and toys to play with in class, from constructive toys like Geomag and Lego, to board games such as Jenga and Chess. Options like dress-up will help children engage in imaginative play, as well as our class immersive area, which is themed around Ancient Egyptians in line with our class book.

Info will be added ready for the 2025/26 academic year.