Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope you find the following information useful.

Learning focus this term:

Through our topic Space we will be learning about:

• The Solar System
• The moon landings and future missions to Mars
• The challenges in sending humans into space.

Core Literacy:

Our class novel this term is The Jamie Drake Equation.  We are using this to write imaginatively and to explore aspects of grammar, such as openers, conjunctions and speech punctuation.

Core Numeracy:

This term will be focusing on

• Fractions, decimals and percentages
• 3D shapes and their nets
• Properties of 2D shapes
• Scale
• Symmetry
• Angles

Core Health and Wellbeing:

Our primary focus this term is looking at how we are all different and how we can celebrate, and support each other.

We are learning about people’s core beliefs about looking after the planet through creation stories in RME.

Homework

Homework will be sent home on Friday’s.  A follow up letter with further information will be sent out in the next week.

Lost Property:

We are aware that children sometimes misplace jumpers and other items of clothing. Please ensure that your child’s name is on every piece of clothing that comes into school. Children are given opportunities to find their property in class and throughout the school. If your child comes out of school without some of their belongings, they will be given the opportunity to retrieve their property the next day.

Kind regards,

Miss Ferguson

Our current topic is space. We have been looking at the solar system as well as the moon landing in 1969. Along side our topic, our new novel is ‘The Jamie Drake Equation’. It is about a young boy whose Dad is an astronaut working up in the International Space Station.

In literacy we have been writing descriptive pieces of writing, using the senses to describe what the character is experiencing. We have also been working on direct and indirect speech and punctuating our work correctly.

We have been working hard with lots of fraction work. Carrying out a variety of tasks from simplifying, colouring in fractions of a shape and finding equivalent fractions.

We had a visit from the SSPCA and  we were introduced to a robot cat. Using an app, we programmed the robot to move and make noises. We also learned how to look after animals and prevent animal cruelty.