Welcome to Class Nine

Teacher: Miss Creaby

Teaching Assistants: Mrs. Horton, Miss. Crawford and Miss. Blackmore.

Welcome to Class Nine

English

In English, Class Nine will be learning all about Florence Nightingale and her life. Children will be developing their non-fiction writing skills through diary entries, non-chronological reports and leaflets.

Children will also be reading the story ‘Nurse Clementine’ by Simon James. In lessons children will be sequencing the story, creating story maps and creating character profiles.

Children will also develop their understanding of poetry through observations (hospital life) and will create simile poems for nurses.

Mathematics

In Mathematics, children working on B Squared Level Math will be focusing on individual B Squared targets.

Pupils working at Year 1 level will be completing work based on Place Value with numbers within 50 and Measurement (length and height and mass and volume.)

Pupils working at Year 3 level will be completing work based on Length and Perimeter and Fractions.

Science

 In Science, children working on a Year 1 curriculum will be learning about Materials and Seasonal Changes.

During the Spring term, pupils will be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of the programme of study content:

• asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways
• observing closely, using simple equipment
• performing simple tests
• identifying and classifying
• using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
• gathering and recording data to help in answering questions

Pupils will be taught to:

• distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made
• identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock
• describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
• compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties
• observe changes across the 4 seasons
• observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies

History

In History, the topic for this term is ‘Florence Nightingale.’ Class Nine will be learning all about how Florence Nightingale helped to improve hospitals.

Computing

During this term, the pupils will be developing their coding skills. Pupils will learn to write code to make objects perform an action when a button is clicked. They will learn to write codes for simple games where buttons are used to move an object around.

P.E

Every Wednesday, we will have P.E. Please make sure you send your child's P.E kit into school. Pupils will be participating in lessons which focus on Athletics. 

Music

This term, children will be following a Year 1 unit in music lessons. They will be learning the song ‘Round and Round’ by Joanna Mangona. They will listen to and appraise the song, play flexible games; learning the pulse and the beat and learn to perform and play along with the song.

R.E

The learning focus for this term in R.E is ‘Why was Jesus welcomed like a king or celebrity by the crowds on Palm Sunday?’

PSHE

Our Summer One Topic in PSHCE is ‘Caring and Responsibility.’

DT

During this term, pupils will be focusing on preparing fruit and vegetables. We will take a look at how  fruit and vegetables  grow and healthy balanced diets. Children will then be making their own fruit salads, smoothies and kebabs.

 Homework

Children will be sent home with spellings to learn each week, could you please find the time to practice with the children. 

Children will read at home each day with parents/carers. Please ensure it is noted daily in your child's reading record. 

At The Grange we believe that it is crucial to work in partnership with parents and carers. There is an expectation that you will support us by ensuring that your child completes the tasks that we set as homework.

Obviously the level of your engagement will depend on your child’s age but we expect you to take an active part in all aspects of homework. and where necessary, indicate that you have monitored the completion of it (e.g. by signing the Home/ School Reading Record Book)

The routines of reading every day, learning spellings and multiplication tables etc. can be great fun and very rewarding for all concerned. Best results are achieved when homework is not done at the last minute but has a fixed time in a child’s established home routine. Short, sharp period of activity are preferable to prolonged periods of study where concentration can be lost.

Effective learning and consolidation of learning cannot happen in an environment with lots of distractions (e.g. television etc.) Please give some thought to where your child works at home.

Please see below the extensive list of websites that your child can visit to consolidate and extend his/her learning.