Welcome back to the Autumn 2 half-term. We have lots of exciting learning to look forward to this half-term as well as preparing for our Christmas celebrations. 

English and Maths

Our book for this half-term is The secret of black rock by Joe Todd Stanton. We will be using this beautiful book to inspire our own underwater adventure stories as well as writing some non-fiction fact books about sharks. In our grammar work we will be identifying and writing noun phrases. 

In Maths, we will continue to develop our addition and subtraction skills, developing fluency and applying what we've learnt to one and two-step problems. 

Wider Curriculum

R.E- Celebrating special and sacred times.

Science-Materials Monster.

Geography-Let's go to Liverpool on the coast.

Computing-Research

Art- 3d and Collage, focus artist-Yayoi Kusama

Music-Carnival of the animals and Christmas production

P.E- Friday- outdoor Outdoor, adventurous activities including time in the woodland.

      Wednesday indoor-dance

PHSE- Celebrating difference

Reading and Homework

Homework will be given out on a Monday. The children will be asked to practise their number bonds on Numbots, read every day and practise their keyword spellings and spelling patterns.

They can drop their book in the box each day if they would like us to look at their work. Books should be returned by the following Monday ready for the new homework to be stuck in.

We try to read with many of the children every day, whether it be with the teacher, teaching assistants or with one of our reading volunteers. Please can you encourage your child to remember to bring their reading book and reading record every day. This daily reading makes such a difference!

Home School Communication

We are always available at the door in the morning and at the end of the school day if there is anything you need to discuss and we can always make an appointment for a longer chat if needed.

Mrs Eeckelaers, Mrs Moran and Mrs Welsh and Mrs Birks.

A very warm welcome to Yellow Class.

Literacy and Maths

Our focus this half-term is Myself and Others and is all about health, well-being and different cultures. We will be looking specifically at Indian folk tales and the book Pattan's Pumpkin by Chitra Soundar. We will be writing letters,  diary entries as characters from the book and our own pumpkin adventure stories. We will use lots of Drama strategies to inspire and engage us. 

We will also have a focus on the Author, illustrator Quentin Blake. 

In SPAG we will pay close attention to the four different sentence types: questions, commands, exclamations and statements to help children vary their sentences when writing. We will also be using nouns and expanded noun phrases to make our sentences more exciting.

In Maths, we will be developing an understanding of place value through counting, comparing and representing numbers. We will also be adding and subtracting one, two and three-digit numbers, sometimes crossing a boundary of ten. We will continue to count objects and work on number bonds to 10 and 20. 

Dates for your diary

Meet the teacher - Tuesday 2nd September 15:30pm - 16:30pm

Wider curriculum

R.E - What can we learn from sacred texts?

History- Intrepid Explorers

Science - Healthy Me

D. T- Food and nutrition. Perfect pizzas

Music - Sing up unit 'Tony Chestnut' focusing on beat, rhythm, melody and tuned and untuned instruments.

Computing - Making music

PHSE- Being me in my world

P.E- Wednesday - Gymnastics

       Friday-Outdoor Fundamental skills

Additional information

Children will be reading every day and can change their books during our daily Guided reading session. Please ensure book bags are in school every day. Just ten minutes reading at home each day makes such a difference, so please support our home school reading partnership. We have a book ladder in class, so please sign your child's diary every time they read so they can move up the ladder. Book prizes are awarded each half-term. 

Homework will be sent home on a Monday. Books can be returned on a Monday or can be dropped into the homework box any day if you want us to look at what you have been doing at home.

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