Hello,
The children have had a very productive week and created wonderful stories in English of their own version of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Next week, in English we will be continuing our topic on recurring language. We will be looking at the story The Enormous Turnip.

In maths, we will be solving problems with addition and subtraction, applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods.

Spellings for next week are:
Group 1:see, looked, very, don't.
Group 2: money, chimney, honey, donkey, valley, quite, quiet, hear, here, see, sea.

Have a great weekend
Mrs Beadle

Good afternoon all, it has been a busy, fun week.

In English the children role played the story of ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff‘ and practised the  recurring language, we also discussed the punctuation in the story. They created a detailed storyboard and sequenced the story.

Next week, the children will write their own version of ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. They will change the characters and repeated phrases and they will include commas and exclamation marks.

In maths, the children learnt pictograms, tally charts, tables and totalling and comparing amounts in block graphs. The children discussed the graphs in detail and asked and answered questions to consolidate their learning.

Next week, the children will be applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods by using place value and number facts to solve problems with addition and subtraction.

In history we started our new topic on ‘The Great Fire of London’ and the children are really enjoying learning about London and when are where is started.

Next week, the children will be learning about Samuel Pepys and we will also look at panoramas drawn by Wenceslaus Hollar.

In art, the children drew detailed houses in relation to our history topic for our class display

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In science, the children described and drew a picture of how an animal changes as it grows.

Next week, they will name and describe how humans change as they grow.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1: dad, big, when it’s.

Group 2: can’t, didn’t, hasn’t, it’s, couldn’t, I’ll, they’re.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Beadle

Welcome back. The children have settled quickly and enthusiastically into their routine.

Please see my previous blog giving an overview  of this terms topics and our lessons for next week.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1: them, do, me, down.

Group 2: cry, why, reply, by, could, should, would.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Beadle

Happy New Year! I hope you all had an amazing fun Christmas.

Please see below the lessons for the first full week and an insight into the topics to be covered in this term.

English - our topic starts with stories with recurring literacy language. Our first traditional story will be The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The children will role play and create their own version of this story over two weeks.

Maths - the children will be looking at statistics. During the first full week they will be totalling and comparing amounts in block graphs, creating pictograms, tables and tally charts. 

Science - our topic is animals, including humans. The children will discuss and observe that animals, including humans have offspring which grow into adults, by describing the changes to animals as they grow.

History - the topic is on the Great Fire of London. We will start the topic by introducing where and when the Great Fire of London started.

D&T - the topic is preparing fruit and vegetables. The children will discuss fruit and vegetables and investigate a variety of fruit and vegetables to understand where a range of fruit and vegetables come from.

ICT - the children will develop familiarity and typing skills with the computer and keyboard along with, understanding that the internet contains a large amount of information and recognise the need to use search tools and search engines to begin to find information.

PSHE - the topic is Dreams and Goals, encouraging the children to stay motivated when doing something challenging. The children will identify their successes and know how this makes them feel (proud).

RE - the children will be learning different ways of giving thanks to God. They will discuss where they like to go that is special to you? The children will discuss and draw their special place. Within the term we will visit Little Heath Church.

Enjoy the rest of your holidays and I look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday.

Mrs Beadle