TERM 1 and TERM 2

What a lovely start back to Term 1!  The children have all settled in beautifully into their new class and are all enjoying being in Key Stage 2.  We have a busy and fun packed term planned, with lots of exciting learning and development of our skills.

In English we will be reading a fabulous book called ‘The Wilderness War’ and we will be producing a beautiful setting description.  We will focus on really developing and extending our descriptive sentences.  We will also be putting our persuasive skills to the test and will be creating a persuasive poster and letter. 

When learning Maths this term we will be revisiting place value and partitioning numbers.  We will be looking at different methods we can use when adding and subtracting and will use lots of different resources to help us with this.

Our topic this term will be focusing on Geography, exploring the continents and oceans around the world.  We will also be looking a little closer to home and consider maps of our local area.  We will create our own maps using a Key to display natural and man-made features.

In Science we are looking at living things and their habitats and will be investigating how living things can be grouped in a variety of ways.  We will be using different classification keys to help us group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment.  We will also be looking at how environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.

In our RE lessons, we will learn about the Old Testament of God and how people lived their lives.  We will also be looking at the story of Noah, considering what it was like for him to follow God.  We will consider the covenant that Christians believe Noah made with God and later in the term we will be discussing and exploring why following God might sometimes feel hard for believers.

Term 2 will continue with Starfish class being amazing learners, ready to explore all areas of our curriculum.

We will be continuing our learning in English by delving deeper into ‘The Wilderness War’ having class debates and looking at how to write a balanced argument.  We will also be exploring descriptive writing and we will be creating our own narrative based on the story.

Our History lessons this term will be meaningful as we will be researching and considering the history of our local area.  We will be looking at different resources and will find out as much information, sequencing events or artefacts and using this evidence to build a picture of the past.

In Science we will be learning that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition and that they cannot make their own food.  We will be identifying that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement.  We will be taking part in experiments to see how the digestive system works and look at the amazing job our teeth do.

In Maths we will be challenging ourselves perfecting the column addition and subtraction method and then progressing to multiplication and division.

Finally, in Term 2 in RE we will learn about the baptism of Jesus and where this is found in the Bible. We will consider how Christians show their beliefs about God and the Trinity and how these impact their lives.

We will have a very busy Term 1 and Term 2!