Hello everyone,

We hope you have all had a lovely Whit holiday.

We can't believe we are already in the last half term of Green Class but we have lots of exciting learning to get stuck into. 

Thank you so much for your continued support and kind wishes, it means so much.

As always, if you have any questions about your child's learning, please do get in touch.

Best wishes

Mr Oldham and Miss Booton

Literacy

In literacy, we will be taking a leaf out of David Attenborough's book by writing and producing our own nature documentaries. After this, we will be looking at biography writing. To finish the term, we will be looking at free verse poetry.

PE

It has been so lovely to see the children have a brilliant time at swimming. This will continue this half term every Wednesday afternoon. Children should continue to bring their swimming kits with them on  Wednesdays.

All jewellery and wristbands must be removed for swimming according to health and safety rules.

The children will continue to have PE on a Thursday morning with Dan so they should come to school wearing their PE kit (plain joggers/leggings and white t shirts) on Thursdays.

Reading and homework

Reading really helps the children in all aspects of the curriculum. We have encouraged the children to read at least 4 times a week and to log all of the reading they do in their reading diary. It all counts and we welcome and encourage reading of any appropriate text type at home. Please also ensure that your child is bringing their reading diary and reading book with them into school each day. 

Your child will have now received their spelling list for the week and a times table to focus on each night.

Maths

In maths, we will be finishing off looking at time and then moving onto studying shape and statistics.

Any additional practise of the times tables at home will really benefit the children as they move into year 4.

Dates for your diary

10th June - Children return to school

Hello everyone,

We hope you have had a peaceful and restful Easter. We are really looking forward to getting stuck into our new learning this half term.

As always, if you have any questions about your child's learning, please do get in touch.

Thank you for your continued support.

Best wishes 

Mr Oldham and Miss Booton

PE and swimming

The children will go swimming on Wednesday afternoons until the end of Year 3. This will take the place of our gymnastics/dance PE each week.  Please ensure that your child brings their swimming kit and a towel with them on Wednesdays in a bag. Children with long hair will also require a swimming cap with their hair tied back.

In line with pool health and safety rules, all jewellery including earrings and wristbands must be removed prior to the school day. Baggy swimming shorts are not permitted and only one-piece swimming costumes should be worn. 

** Please note that due to pool maintenance taking place in the week commencing 15th April, there will be no swimming lesson that week. Therefore, the children's first swimming lesson will be on Wednesday 24th April. **

The children will now have games with our sports coach Dan on Thursday mornings. Your child should come to school wearing their usual PE kit on Thursdays. All jewellery including earrings must be removed prior to PE sessions. 

Literacy

In literacy, we will be focusing on story writing by studying the rich texts 'Gorilla' by Antony Brown and 'Lob' by Linda Newbery. We will finish the term by looking at visual poetry and the text 'Bright bursts of colour' by Matt Goodfellow. 

Numeracy

In numeracy, we will begin by looking at fractions, including adding fractions with the same denominator. We will also look at money and time. 

Homework

The children will receive a new spelling list and times table to focus on each week. These will go home on a Monday to practise each day before a short test on Friday.

It has been fantastic to see how the children have embraced reading. Please continue to encourage your child to read for pleasure at home as this has a positive impact on all aspects of their learning.  

Dates for your diary

Tuesday 16th April - School reopens for summer term.

Hello everyone, we hope you all had a wonderful February half term break and you are ready to get stuck into our new and exciting learning.

As always, if you have any questions about your child's learning, please do get in touch. Thank you for your continued support.

Best wishes

Mr Oldham and Miss Booton 

Literacy and Maths

In Literacy, we will be focusing on a lovely book called 'My Dad's a Birdman' by David Almond and doing lots of interesting writing by exploring the text and illustrations. Towards the end of this term we will be developing our persuasive writing skills when we look at the book 'The Day the Crayons Quit' by Dawn Roberston.

In Maths, we will be looking at fractions, what these are and represent and equivalent fractions. We will finish the term by looking at mass and capacity. 

PE

The children will have games with our sports coach Dan on Wednesdays. Children should come to school on Wednesdays in their PE kits.

This half term, Forest School will now take the place of our Monday PE slot. Please see 'Additional Information' for more details.

Additional Information

On Monday afternoons we will be venturing outdoors for forest school. Children can arrive at school wearing clothes appropriate for forest school on Mondays. Please note these clothes may get muddy.  Please also bring a suitable pair of outdoor shoes to school to change into. As it can get quite cold outside, you may also wish to send your child into school with extra layers.

Due to health and safety guidelines, all earrings must be removed before PE.

* Due to a Judaism workshop on Monday 26th February, there will be no forest school, children should wear uniform into school on this day.

Forest school will begin on Monday 4th March when children should wear their forest school clothes to school and bring a suitable pair of outdoor shoes to change into. *

Homework

As before, the children will receive a spelling list and times table to practise each day in their purple homework books. This will go home on Mondays and homework books should be handed back in on Fridays. We will have a spelling test each Friday.

We have now bookbanded all the children and many were very excited to be choosing from a new selection of books on a new bookband. Keep up the great reading at home Green class - well done!

Dates for your diary:

Thursday 7th March - World Book Day. Children can come to school wearing pyjamas or a costume linked to their favourite book

Thursday 7th March - Parents Evening

Thursday 14th March - Ian Bland poetry workshops

Friday 15th March - Red Nose Day. Children can wear red to school

 Tuesday 26th March - Easter activity morning with parents & carers 9am - 10am

Happy New Year everyone! We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a nice, restful break.

We thank you for all your support and as always if you have any queries about your child's learning, please do get in touch.

Best wishes

Mr Oldham and Miss Booton

PE

The children will have games with our sports coach Dan on Wednesdays this half term.  Our indoor dance is now on Mondays. Children should come to school on Wednesdays and Mondays in their PE kits. Due to health and safety guidelines, all earrings must be removed before PE.

Homework

Each week, the children will receive a spelling list and times table to practise each day in their purple homework books. This will go home on Mondays and homework books should be handed back in on Fridays. We will have a spelling test each Friday.

Reading is very valuable to all the children's learning and it has been so lovely to see how they have been excited and motivated to read different books at home and in school following our Friday Book Club. Keep up the super reading Green Class!

Literacy and maths

In Literacy, we will draw on our History knowledge of Ancient Egypt and our Science knowledge of skeletons and muscles in order to help us write some detailed non-chronological reports. Towards the end of the half term, we will focus on a book called 'The Hunter' which will end with us writing our own play scripts. 

In Maths, the times tables will continue to be a focus and we will begin to look at methods for multiplying and dividing 2 and 1-digit numbers.

Dates for your diary

• Monday 8th January - school reopens for Spring term

• Tuesday 6th February  9-10am -

  Parents and carers drop in for Science and Computing

Literacy and Maths

In Literacy, we will be looking closely at books that are related to our History Topic (Stone Age to Iron Age) and our Science Topic (Rocks, Soils and Fossils) and will be doing lots of exciting writing based around them.

In Numeracy, we are placing a focus on numbers and place value. This includes work on partitioning, counting in a variety of ways, continuing sequences, using number facts and thinking about each of the operation symbols. We will then move on to addition and subtraction of 100s, 10s and 1s. Through the use of Using and Applying techniques, children will be able to apply what they have learnt to a real-life situation. We will do lots of practising of our times tables, as the more confident the children are with them, the more confident they will become at answering questions related to them. Therefore, extra practise at home would be brilliant and would benefit them greatly.

Wider Curriculum

Across the rest of the curriculum, these are the topics we will be looking at:

Science: Rocks, soils and fossils

History: Stone Age to Iron Age

Computing: Coding and touch-typing

R.E: Different people's beliefs about God

Art: Sketching/printing/sculpture

Music: 'I've been to Harlem'

PSHE: Being me

French: Greetings/phrases/numbers

Additional information

The children will have games with our sports coach Dan on Thursdays and PE on Fridays.

Please can the children continue to come into school wearing their PE kit - a white t shirt, black shorts or joggers and trainers - on Thursdays and Fridays.

Your child will have now received a spelling list and timetable of the week to practise. This should take them no more than 5 minutes each night.

Please also ensure that your child is reading regularly at home as well as school. This really helps to enhance their learning and writing.

As always, if you have any questions or queries about your child's learning, please do get in touch.

Best wishes,

Mr Oldham

Dates for your diary