Term 3 Week 4

Term 3 Week 3

Term 3 Week 1

Term 3 Week 1

In English and Communication, we are going to start thinking about creating pieces of instruction writing. We are going to take inspiration from 'The Twits' by Roald Dahl and think up instructions for how to make our teachers really angry! 

In Phonics, we are focusing on adding the -er and -est suffix to words ending in y. For example, happier, happiest, easier, easiest, funnier, funniest, luckier, luckiest. Our grammar focus is using adjectives to create expanded noun phrases. 

In Guided Reading, we are going to read 'The Paper Bag Princess'. Our focus will be on questions using our retrieval and vocabulary skills. 

In Maths, we are turning our attention to Money. We will learn to identify the values of coins and notes and find total amounts of pounds and pence. 

In Time and Place, we are going to turn our attention towards Knights and Castles. We are going to use a walking timeline to help us work out exactly when Knights and Castles were commonplace in Britain. 

In Science and Computing, we are going to consider what language is used to programme computers. We are then going to use this language to give clear and unambiguous instructions to other members of the class. 

We are also going to complete Mastering Number, PE and Design and the Arts activities. If you would like to know more about any of these activities, please do not hesitate to contact us directly using the class email address. 

Term 2 Week 5

In English and Communication this week we are going to start planning a new diary entry from the perspective of Samuel Pepys. We will start by creating simple action sentences which retell events. We will then use a range of conjunctions to create compound and complex sentences. 

In Phonics, we are going to learn to use 'wr' to make the /r/ sound. For example- in words such as wrong, wrist, write, wrote and wrist. Our grammar focus for the week will be adverbs. 

In Maths, we will be focusing on subtraction. We will be using the bridging through 10 technique to subtract through 10 and multiples of 10. 

In Time and Place, we will be learning about the Thames Frost Fairs. We will use primary and secondary sources of information to learn about this historical event. 

In Science and Computing, we will learn about how to take effective photographs. We will then examine some of the photographs we took last week and consider how they could be improved. 

In Outdoor Learning, we will walk to the local woodlands to collect natural resources which can be used to make natural Christmas decorations. 

We will also complete Mastering Number, Guided Reading, PE and RE lessons as well as continuing our preparation for the KS1 Nativity. 

If you have any questions, please contact us using the class email address. 

Term 3 Week 3

In English and Communication this week, we are going to take the speech bubbles that we created last week and turn them into comics and sections of narrative. We are going to learn about the rules of speech punctuation and apply them in our own pieces of writing. 

In Phonics we are going to learn to use 'kn' to make the /n/ sound to spell words such as knight, knee, know, knife, knock and know. Our grammar focus will be on using alphabetical order. 

In Guided Reading, we are going to focus on the conventions of play scripts and begin rehearsing our lines for the Key Stagw 1 nativity. 

In Maths we are going to focus on using our knowledge of the number bonds to 10 to solve increasingly complex addition calculations. We will also focus on how using a rekenrek, 10 grids and number-lines can support us. 

In Science and Computing, we are going to focus on creating universally applicable rules to support us to stay safe when using Information Technology. We are also going to start to learn about how to take digital photographs. 

We will also complete Mastering Number, Design and the Arts and PE lessons as well. 

If you have any questions, please contact us directly using the class email address.