Teachers: Mrs Kennett
PPA Teacher: Mr Hayes
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Crebbin

This page is dedicated to all the exciting things we will be doing in class this year.

Hello children, parents and carers - Term 4

Welcome to Term 4 and I hope that you all had an enjoyable half term!

This term, Hawks will be learning about rainforests. We will cover geographical aspects such as location, climate and layers of rainforests, as well as the impact of deforestation.

Our class texts will be ‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell and ‘Where on Earth? Rainforests’ by Susie Brooks. We will also be looking at a poem, ‘Rain Forest’ which is courtesy of songs4teachers, in association with Friends of the Earth. Throughout the term, these will all act as inspiration for descriptive writing, drama and debate.

This term’s science learning runs alongside this topic and this year’s science week - themed ‘Change and Adapt’ beautifully. We will be studying animals including humans and answering the big question - ‘Why do they look the way they do?’ We will also be discussing the digestive system and keeping ourselves well by maintaining exercise and a healthy diet.

Mathematical learning this term will be fractions and decimals. Practical activities such as using natural materials outdoors, as well as cutting up and sharing pancakes indoors will provide a variety of scaffolding for enjoyable fractions learning!

The PSHE learning question this term will be: How will we grow and change? This is as per the PSHE Curriculum and will include a gentle age-appropriate introduction to puberty.

Mr Hayes will cover class teaching on Thursday mornings again this term. Please ensure that your child has their PE kit in school. Swimming will commence for the second half of the class.

As always, please come and see me if you have any worries or concerns or if you just want to pop in and say hello!

All the best,

Mrs Kennett.

Hawks Teacher.