Happy new year to you all! We hope you've all had a restful and enjoyable festive period.

Our topic this term is ‘Extreme Weather’ which we have been experiencing first hand over the past month or so! We will be learning about hurricanes/tornadoes, flooding, heatwave/drought, and other extreme weather conditions that cause havoc and harm to our environment. We will explore the long-term effects that weather has on communities, habitats, and our earth. We will also explore how global warming and climate change has come about and what we can do to address it. 

Maths: 

Maths learning this term will start with multiplication and division, followed by length and perimeter.  Additionally, we will learn arithmetic skills daily and continue to practice times tables regularly.  We encourage children to practice the times tables independently at home using Times Tables Rockstars – please do come and see us if your child needs a reminder of their log in details.

Maths: Multiplication and Division / Measurement: Length and Perimeter

Writing:

Term 1:

In our writing lessons, we will soon be creating an ‘escaping the monster’ tale, which aims to build suspense for our readers through a range of writing techniques. As well as this, we will also be creating a persuasive advert To try to persuade a zoo to adopt our pet. We are really looking forward to reading their finished pieces. 

Term 2: 

We will start by looking at explanation texts. Looking at coming up with our own explanation for a machine which will help us to solve everyday problems. We will then be moving onto portal tales. Looking at portals which take us to different worlds. 

Reading: 

In our reading lessons we have started to look at the book called " The last Wild".  

This is a story about a boy named Kester. He is extraordinary, but he doesn't know that yet. All he knows, at this very moment, is this:
1. There is a flock of excited pigeons in his bedroom.
2. They are talking to him.
3. His life will never be quite the same again...

After half term we will be moving onto: Varjak Paw 

Kester lives in a land in quarantine. A deadly virus has killed all the animals except pests, and it's expected to be equally dangerous to humans. But when Kester realises, he can talk to the pests, he finds they have great hope invested in him.

A captivating animal adventure destined to be loved by readers of all ages.

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Term 4:

This term, each class is completing a local study. The children in Owls class have begun exploring their new topic: Blenheim Palace.

Here are our topics for other areas of the curriculum:

Science - Living things (continued) and states of matter.

RE - Judaism

PSHE – Dreams and goals

PE – Swimming/Ball games

Music – Rivers- changes in pitch, tempo, and dynamics

Art – John Constable- Artist study

Spanish – Presenting me

Computing – HTML

Owls class have had a fantastic start to this half term and are working extremely hard each day. We are very proud of their efforts and are looking forward to this continuing through the term.

Owls Team