Welcome to Summer term 1 Trust Class!
Welcome back to school Trust Class! I hope you’ve had a lovely Easter half term break. I am very excited for the fantastic learning opportunities we’ve got planned this summer term, including our new topic in Geography, the Rainforest! Also, this term we will be visiting London Zoo!
Our Enquiry Based Concepts this term is; The Rainforest.
The curriculum will be delivered through the following topics: –
English
Our English core texts this term is ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ by Lynne Cherry. The quality and rich texts will provide us the opportunity for all children to write a setting description about the Amazon Rainforest and write a persuasive argument against deforestation.
Maths
This term, topics will include decimals and time, where pupils will be able to use their reasoning and problem-solving skills. We will also spend time revising our times tables in preparation for their multiplication check in the summer term 2.
R.E
In R.E this term we will be exploring, What does it mean to be a Hindu? This will give pupils the opportunity to learn more about Hindus values and beliefs.
Science
Our Science topic this term, we are continuing to learn about, Living things and their habitats. We will identify what are living things and what are the human impacts on animals’ habitats. Hopefully, this will be followed by a class trip to the London Zoo.
PHSE
We will be focusing on relationships and health. This includes understanding the way we grow and change throughout the human lifecycle and the physical changes associated with puberty including hygiene and menstruation. This will give all pupils the opportunity to answer each other’s questions about puberty with confidence, to seek support and advice when they need it
Computing
This term we will be focusing on Computer Science. This includes the multiple scenes and dialogue using, scratch. Pupils will read and explore code. Also, pupils will test and debug code and plan an algorithm for a dialogue.
PE
This term we will doing Fitness. Tennis will be every Monday afternoon with a P.E coach (please don’t forget your P.E kits on Mondays).
Music
This term in music the children will be continuing to learn how to play the Clarinet. Pupils will learn with a solo instrument and learn how to read music. They will also develop their eye and hand coordination.
Spanish
This term every Friday, pupils will learn about: La clase. This includes, remembering and recalling 12 classroom objects with their indefinite article. Replace an indefinite article with a possessive adjective. Say and write what they have and do not have in their pencil case.
Art/DT
This term, Art will be linked to our English text and pupils will have paint the landscape of a Rainforest, inspired by Henri Rousseau.
Class information
Homework will be set each Friday and is expected back, latest on the following Wednesday.
Please, remember to read and practice multiplication tables every night. Reading should be every day, for a minimum 20 minutes, with reading records being signed daily. Please also check Ping for any further updates.