Teacher: Miss Swain
PPA Teacher: Mr Hayes
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Newing and Mrs Robinson

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

Dear Magpies,

Term 4

Dear Parents/Carers

Literacy/Topic

This term our topic is, ‘How can we protect the creatures that live in and around Ash?’ In our literacy lessons we will be reading fiction and non-fiction texts about protecting wildlife and writing our own animal poetry. In Topic we hope to make some delicious ‘bread hogs’ , create woodland animals and take a trip to Monkton nature reserve.

In maths this term we will delve further into multiplication and division and take a closer look at measuring length and height. Please continue to use Timetables Rockstar at home. You ’ll find log-in details in the front of reading records!

Our science topic this term will be, ‘Animals, including humans. ’ We will investigate how animals and humans grow and what we need to be healthy and survive

PE

P.E. will be taught on Wednesday and Friday. School uniform should be worn into school and children will get changed before their P.E lesson. Please bring P.E kit (plimsolls/trainers, shorts/tracksuits, T-shirt and jumper) to stay at school. This term our units will be invasion and paralympic sports.

Reading

Each morning I will ask your child if they need to change their reading books. Every day the children will have the opportunity to read during our afternoon ‘DEAR time’ (drop everything and read time). Some children will be starting our ‘Accelerated Reading’ program where they will complete quizzes that test their comprehension of the books they have read. Others will continue using our Little Wandle books. We will try our hardest to make sure we hear your children read at least once a week. Please do read with your child at home as often as possible, it makes such a difference and really boosts their love of books! If possible, please ask your children questions about the book they are reading to increase their understanding of the text. It is better that a child takes slightly longer to read a book and fully grasps its contents, than speeding through a text without having understood it. We ask the children to read through each book 3 times.

Spellings

Spellings will be sent out on a Friday and a spelling test will be completed the following Friday. Please try and practice these at home.

Please do let me know if you have any queries

Miss Swain

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