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WELCOME to our class page. Have a look around and see what we've been learning. Enjoy looking at some photographs of what we have been doing in our exciting and engaging topic lessons! 

Our PE days are Tuesday and Thursday, so children will need to come to school in their PE kit on those days.


We go to Forest School on a Monday afternoon so children need to wear PE kit on that day too and bring in wellies and suitable clothing such as coats, gloves etc for outside, as we go whatever the weather.

On those days, please also ensure that if your child has long hair it is tied up and any earrings are taken out.

Long Term Planning

Our long term plan shows a brief overview of what is being taught throughout the year.

Term: Autumn 1 2024 

Topic: Life as a child 

In the Childhood project, children will learn words and phrases related to the passage of time. They will explore artefacts to help them to understand childhood in the past and how childhood has changed over time. They will explore the six stages of life and explore timelines and family trees. Everyday life in the 1950s will be explored, including shopping, transport, family life and childhood. The children will use maps to explore how places have changed over time and highlight any similarities or differences between childhood today and childhood in the 1950s.

Through our topic work this term we will be ……. 

 

Maths - We will be  taking part in a variety of Mastering Number lessons. We will be learning about missing numbers on a number line. We will find out what tens and ones are and will be looking at one more and one less for numbers to 50. 

 

English - We will be starting a new Write Stuff unit called 'How to help your teacher' based on the book of the same name.   We will be recapping phase 4 sounds in phonics and reading books within this phase in guided reading.

 

History: Using historical vocabulary related to the passing of time; ordering events on a timeline; comparing everyday life and childhood in the 1950s with life now; studying historical artefacts.

 

Geography: We will be learning how to describe how a place or geographical feature has changed over time. We will learn the difference between physical and human features of places. We will create an imaginary map of a place and will include human and physical features. 

 

Science: naming the four seasons and making simple observations about changes across the seasons.; naming different types of weather and describing the weather associated which each season; making observations about the weather; collecting and recording simple data.

 

PSHE: Settling in : Ready Respectful Safe  

 

Design & Technology: Designing, constructing and evaluating a windmill.

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