Dear Parents/Guardians,
Welcome to our Oak Class page! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break. It is going to be a busy term ahead!
The children are enjoying the key roles they have taken on in our school, including: Head Pupils, Junior Safety Officers, Anti-Bullying Ambassadors, Play Leaders and Buddies to our Juniper class children.
We are working hard to ensure that all children are ready for the next stage of their education at high school. They will take the statutory end of primary school assessments (SATs) and experience an overnight trip to London later in the year. In addition to our London trip, the class will go on a trip each half term to enhance their learning, and ‘open their eyes to the wonderful world of possibility’. Already, the children visited Manchester War Museum and the theatre last term. This term we have a special visitor and workshop to enhance our learning in Science.
Below is a brief outline of the curriculum coverage for this half term aswell as some key information for the year.
I look forward to working in partnership with you all to ensure much success for the children. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions or queries.
Warm wishes,
Mr Young
English (Read to write): The children will be constructing a setting description and discovery narrative in writing this half term. We will be focussing on effective sentence construction using the word classes, learning to use a range of punctuation and building detail to interest our reader whilst maintaining cohesion. Please ensure your child reads at home each day.
Maths: This half term we will cover Fractions, Percentages and Ratio. Please ensure your child completes a minimum of 30 minutes on the TTRockstars App at home each week.
Geography: This half term in Humanities our focus will be Geography We will be analysing and exploring the continent of Africa and how it’s location affects the countries. We will be using our geographical skills to use maps to locate places and features and interpret data. We will also be constructing an information report on a region in Africa studied.
Reading (Steps to Read): Reading will be taught daily using a selection of high-quality books and poetry. Children will also have time to read independently and listen to our class chapter book each day. They will also be completing reading assessments each week and use the Reading Plus programme to accelerate their reading fluency and understanding.
In Science, we will be studying ‘Evolution and Inheritance’ where the children will learn about adaptation, genetics and Charles Darwin’s theories.
Spanish: The children will be learning to describe me and others, including asking questions.
For PSHE, the children will be covering dreams and goals.
RE: The class will be considering world religions.
In PE, Oak class will be applying their skills in net and wall games.
Art: Building on previous painting skills and creating harmonious colours and naming these. We will also create painting based on the work of Sarah Shindu.
DT: The children will be building structures for a bridge using joining techniques and reinforcing for added strength.
In Music, we will be focussing on music from films and creating our own soundtracks.
Computing: We will be learning about creating our own media using different programmes and learning to edit and crop these.
Key Information:
PE is on a Monday and Friday. Please ensure that your child has their kit in school on this day. This should be taken home at the end of the week for washing and must be returned on a Monday so that your child can fully participate in all PE lessons.
Homework:
Homework will consist of spelling, reading and timestable practice. It will be set on a Friday and due in the following Friday.
It is important that children are encouraged to read independently outside of school. Our expectations are that children should be reading for at least 15 minutes per night in order to continue to build their fluency, comprehension and understanding of books. Our class library has a selection of books that children are able to access. All children must bring their books into school with them each day.
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