This year our teacher is Miss Kennedy.
NCC time will be covered by Mrs McGhee.
Class Dojo 
Please use class dojo to keep up to date with class news, photos and more! You can use dojo to view the points your child has been given and to view our class dojo story where I will share photos of our learning and play.
Homework 
Your child will have reading, spelling and numeracy most weeks. Any changes will be noted on class dojo.
Pupil Parliaments
Each pupil will now be a member of a pupil parliament which they have chosen. They will be involved in activities to promote their parliament within the school
Reminder
Please ensure that all items that your child brings to school are clearly marked with their name. This is very helpful if items get misplaced!
Here are some of the exciting things we will be learning this term.
Literacy
Reading
Children will continue to read books in our book banded range. Most children will have one book each week. Books may be fiction or non fiction. Children will continue to be assessed to ensure they are reading at the correct level.
Writing
This term we will continue with our Talk for Writing approach. we are currently completing a discussion piece through the Talk for Writing process for the first time. Then we will be using a journey story to build upon our learning in description writing and apply it with new strategies to settings. This will be followed by an non fiction text with a focus on information. We will continue to use model texts for pupils to learn the structure and grammar content through recital, drama and story maps before innovating the model texts to write their own pieces.
Phonics, Spelling, & Grammar – We will continue to learn new spelling patterns and sounds through the Jolly Spelling programme. Children will also complete spelling tasks in class. Grammar concepts will be taught through our writing, Jolly Grammar resource where appropriate with additional active resources to support this learning.
Listening & Talking –We are given regular opportunities across the curriculum and in play opportunities to engage in class and group discussions, practising our ability to make contributions, listen to others and build on their ideas. Children will also respond to reading activities by taking notes and using these to create fact files etc. Our class love a good debate and will continue to use the language learned through this. We will discuss the idea of presenting a very short talk on a topic of their choice to the class this term.
Numeracy
This term we will begin with learning about money. we will identify and count coins and notes. Use correct coins and notes to pay and calculate the change from different amounts. this learning will be reinforce through a toy shop role play. Please encourage your child to use money at home and if possible at the local shops.
We will follow on with learning time, revising o’clock and half past then moving on to quarter past. Learning will focus on both analogue and digital time.
A concrete, pictorial, abstract methodology is used for Numeracy to support understanding. SEAL maths is taught alongside relevant concepts to reinforce them.
Health & Wellbeing
PATHS will continue with the P3 programme focusing on feelings, problem solving and friendship. We will continue with Child of the Week and come home with a list of compliments from other members of the class.
In PE we will cover Ball games and sports day practise.
RSHP will be covered this term. A message will go out each week before lessons to allow you time to have a look at the lessons should you wish. We will also be learning about medicines.
Broad General Education
We are learning about the Sun, Earth and Moon in Science and Technology. A few children had questions about stars therefore, we will learn a little about other stars too.
Novel Study
The class have chosen The Magic Faraway Tree: the Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton as our class novel. The learning from this will be responsive (led by the children) There will be some focus on vocabulary, grammar and comprehension included. We will use the book as stimulus to create a model fitting in with Mrs McGhee teaching materials.
French/BSL
We will continue with some learning of the french language however our focus this term will be on British Sign language. Pupils have already learned some weather signs and how to say like and don’t like. We will move on to simple greetings and the BSL alphabet.
NCC
Gardening and Materials in Science and Technology will be covered during NCC time this term.
