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Thank you to all were able to attend to share some of our project learning from last term last week.
Maple Class will be going to the Junior School on Monday morning to join them for their whole school assembly. Sycamore Class will go next week and we will then be alternating weeks throughout Term 5 and 6.
Friday 3rd May – INSET day – School closed to children
Monday 6th May – Bank holiday (school closed)
Tuesday 7th May – Friday 10th May – Cultural Week
Saturday 18th May – May Fair – Maypole and Choir performing
- We will be doing PE outside (weather permitting) in Terms 5 and 6. Children can wear their school shoes to run around outside or you can provide them with a pair of trainers in their PE kit.
- As we move into the summer terms, you might be thinking about getting your child some new summer shoes. Please note that our uniform policy states: “Footwear should be suitable for school activities. Open toe sandals should not be worn due to health and safety concerns”
- If your child is going to an after school club, please provide them with a change of clothes, rather than asking them to take their PE kit. PE kits should be in school every day.
English
Spellings
Session 1: Review Y1 and Y2 common exception words
Session 2: Teach the past tense of irregular verbs
Session 3: Teach apostrophes for contraction
Common Exception Words for Reading and Spelling: our/are half plant water said thought
Writing – Text – The Tin Forest
Focus: Setting/Character Descriptions
Session 1: Read to the forest double page. Add words on post it notes to describe the forest (the Tin Forest) that the old man has created. Introduce words with the suffix -ful.
Create a postcard to the old man’s friend to describe the forest he has made. Use a variety of sentence forms (statements, exclamation, question, command), words with the -ful suffix, expanded noun phrases and subordination (when, because).
Session 2: Write expanded noun phrases, adjectives, words using the suffixes to write around the picture of the old man. Include words from last week about the jobs he did too.
Session 3: Write a character Description of the old man from the story.
Session 4: Handwriting – All joins except into and out of ‘p’ and ‘s’.
Reading
1 Discuss the sequence of events in books and how items of information are related.
2 Make inferences on the basis of what is being said and done.
3 Predict what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far in a text.
Maths – Fractions
Recognise a quarter and Find a quarter.
Recognise a third and Find a third.
Recognise and Find the whole.
Wider Curriculum
Science – Investigate different types of plants. Hands on exploring; real bulbs (garlic), different sized seeds (pumpkin/ nigella/ star anise), tubers (potato) etc. Record observational drawings of different types of plants. Plant a range of plants as a class and individually for ongoing plant study throughout the term, make predictions of what will happen.
Art – Shading/Sketch- Tin forest Art. – applying skills to tin forest artwork
R&WV – Places that are special to me – Guess why it’s special game. Write a class poem for class learning book.
PSHE – Keeping Safe – Physical Contact
Music – Rhythm Assessments – Looking at musical notation.
PE/SHINE – Skills to focus on:
- Adopt good ‘ready position’.
- Use footwork to move in line with the ball when receiving.
- Focus on accuracy and weight when sending.
- Use backswing and follow through.
- Keep your eyes focused on the ball.
- Adopt a good ‘ready position’ (weight on balls of feet, wide base).
Reading for the Stars
Bronze Award
Sycamore Class – Rosalie
Silver Award
Maple Class – Archer Oscar Thomas Bill
Gold Award
Maple Class – Hudda Elliot Alistair
Sycamore Class – Archie Alfie Ayaan
Maple Class – Joe Taylor
Sycamore Class – Etta