Block Three (April – June)

Our class topic for this term is The Victorians. We will be looking at; the life of Queen Victoria, what it was like to live during the Victorian era and the technological advances made during this time. Our class novel, Street Child, by Berlie Doherty, is linked to our topic. Much of our work in other areas, such as literacy, art and drama, will also be linked to our topic.

The numeracy and maths topics we are aiming to cover this term are; angle, position & movement and measure & estimate. We are also continuing with weekly word problems.

Your child’s login details for Sumdog are on a sticker on their bookmark in their homework folder.

In literacy, we will continue to develop vocabulary and to use a variety of different openers and connectives. We will be writing for different purposes, for example, diary entries and persuasive writing. We will continue to develop progression in spelling and handwriting and learning initial joins. We will be developing reading comprehension skills by asking and answering a range of different types of questions. Children will also be presenting an individual talk to the class about the Victorians.

As well as our class novel, we will be continuing with group readers and activities around these.

In Health & Wellbeing, we have just finished a block of tennis and will be developing athletic skills and learning some outdoor summer games. We will also be investigating the link between food and fitness.

Homework will continue to go out on a Friday and should be returned by the following Wednesday. Please ensure your child’s reading book is in their bag every day.

PE is on a Wednesday and children should wear their PE clothes to school then.