Teacher: Miss Creaby
Teaching Assistants: Mrs. Horton, Miss. Blackmore and Miss. Pennington.
Welcome to Class Nine
English
In English, Class Nine will be reading the story ‘Bunnies in a Boat’ by Philip Ardagh. Children will be writing their own version of the story, changing the setting. We will also be working on developing our character and setting descriptions.
In our topic lessons, the children will be learning all about the Titanic. They will be researching and creating fact files to support their learning in English lessons.
Children will develop their understanding of poetry through writing their own concrete poems. These will be linking to our topic ‘Titanic.’
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 Position and Direction, Place Value (to 100), Money and Time.
Pupils working at Year 3 level will be completing work based on Money, Time, Shape and Statistics.
Science
In Science, children working on a Year 1 curriculum will be learning about Plants and Seasonal Changes.
During the Summer term, pupils will be taught to use the following practical scientific methods, processes and skills through the teaching of the programme of study content:
Pupils will be taught to:
History
In History the topic will be ‘Sail Away’. We will learn about the sinking of the famous ship the Titanic!
Computing
During this term, the pupils will begin to understand what the term data means and how data can be collected in the form of a tally chart. They will learn the term ‘attribute’ and use this to help them organise data. They will then progress onto presenting data in the form of pictograms and finally block diagrams. Learners will use the data presented to answer questions.
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
In Music we will be looking closely at different genres of music such as Pop and Classical. We will be practicing our singing skills and learning to play simple notes on the glockenspiels.
R.E
The religion we will be studying this term is Judaism. The theme we will have a particular focus on is Shabbat. The key question for this term in R.E is ‘Are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur important to Jewish children?’
PSHE
Our Summer One Topic in PSHCE is ‘Families and Committed Relationships.’
DT
In DT we will explore sliders and leavers to design and make a moving picture.
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.