Welcome back! We hope you have had a lovely Easter break. The children have already settled back into school brilliantly and we hope they are ready for another exciting term!

Please see below an outline of what we will cover during our last term:

In English, we will continue to work on developing confident independent reading, correct letter formation and simple sentence structure. In the first half of the Summer Term, the texts ‘Beegu’ and ‘Lubna and Pebble’ will be our focuses. We will be focusing on a variety of writing styles including writing commands, letters, speech bubbles, labels and instructions. In the second half of the Summer Term, the texts ‘Stella and the Seagull,’ and ‘The Sea Saw’ will be our focus. We will be focusing on variety of writing styles including writing lists, posters, diary entries and postcards.

In Phonics, we will be consolidating all Phase 3, 4 and 5 sounds including alternative pronunciations for sounds in preparation for the phonics screening check soon after May half term.

In Maths, we will be learning about money, focusing of the values of notes and coins. We will be learning about measure including length, height and weight, focusing on measuring and beginning to record as well as using measure specific language. We will also be learning about statistics including sorting data and answering and asking questions about data.

In Science, we will be learning about living things and their habitats including exploring and comparing living, dead and things that have never been alive; identifying and learning about the basic needs of animals; identifying and naming a variety of plants and animals and learning about the food chain. We will also continue our work on seasons.

In Geography in the first half term, we will be learning about Australia, which will include exploring both human and physical features of the country, different cities, animals, and weather. We will compare life in Australia with how we live in the UK. In History in the second half term, we will be learning about castles including looking at the purpose of castles, the features and exploring castles from around the world.

In Art, we will learn about aboriginal art and explore different techniques involved. In DT, we will be looking at different Mechanisms using sliders and levers.

In Computing, we will be focusing on the topic ‘We are detectives’ where we will be learning about organising, storing and retrieving data and keeping personal information private. We will also learn about uses of information technology beyond school.

In PSHE, we will continue to learn about inclusion and belonging, sameness and difference and challenging gender stereotypes. We will also learn about staying clean and healthy including the importance of sleep, dental health, sun safety and looking after our mental health and wellbeing.

In Music, in the first half term we will be ‘Having fun with improvisation, which will focus on the concept of ‘What songs can help us through the day?’ In the second half term, ‘Let’s Perform together’ is our focus, which will celebrate all the songs that we have learnt throughout the year in our Music lessons.

In RE, we will be learning about the Hindu and Christian creation stories making comparisons between the two, linking both to the environment and thinking about how we can look after our planet.

In PE, our lessons will focus on athletics including running, jumping, hopping and throwing, and net and wall games including throwing, catching and rolling a ball and striking a ball using a racket. Please ensure that your child always has all their PE kit in school. We will send PE kits home at the end of each half term.

Please continue to encourage your child to develop a love of reading by providing as many opportunities as possible for your child to read to you. Ideally, this should be daily. When reading, talk about the pictures, the characters and make predictions. Reading books from home is always beneficial. Please encourage the reading of both fiction and non-fiction and use their reading diaries to record their reading and provide a comment/initial where relevant as this helps us to support them further during school time.

Differentiated spellings will continue to be sent home on Monday and tested the following Monday. One piece of homework will continue to be set on a Friday and will be due in the following Wednesday.

Thank you for your continued support. Please do not hesitate to contact use via the school office if you have any queries.

Best Wishes,

Mrs Yildiz and Mrs Webb