Welcome to Summer Term
Welcome back ! We hope that you all had a lovely Easter break. We’ve heard all about your Easter holiday trips and visits from the Easter Bunny. The children have returned to Nursery brilliantly and settled in happily to the final term of the year. We’ve had a very busy week in Nursery.
We’ve enjoyed the sunny weather preparing our planters for seeds and planting our beans outside. Thanks for letting us know how the children’s beans are growing at home, we’ve had some fantastic photos sent in.
We created a bike wash following the children’s interest. Using our large muscle movements to scrub with brushes and sponges.
In maths, we looked at the number four. We can show number 4 on our fingers, we clapped and jumped four times. We looked at objects that are all linked to the number four.
Help at home: Can you count objects at home? How many forks or spoons do we need on the table at tea time ? Encourage your child to count carefully, pointing to or moving each object as they say they number name. How many socks do you wear? Can you put 4 bricks/ cars/ pencils away?
We also visited some new friends at home visits. It was lovely getting to know them. Everyone is looking forward to welcoming them next week.
Next week
We will begin our new theme with the story ” The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
We will also be watching our very own ” hungry caterpillars” grow and change.
Our Nursery Rhyme of the week is “1,2,3,4,5, Once I caught a Fish Alive”
Our sound of the week is Vv
Reminders
Can everyone please check that their child’s shoes are named, we realise that sometimes names can rub off. We have a few children with identical footwear this year and they are getting muddled up. Having names in shoes helps us to solve this problem.
We hope that you have a happy and healthy weekend and thankyou for your continued support.
Living and learning : allergies
We learned about allergies in our Living and Learning lessons this week. We talked about allergens and allergic reactions. We talked about how to help other people who may have allergies.
Help at home by ensuring your child knows if they have an allergy.
Living and Learning – Year 3,4
This week during our Living and Learning lessons and circle time sessions, we have discussed:
- the allergies that people may have and some of the signs of an allergic reaction
- how allergies can be managed and treated
- how we can help people who have an allergy
We have also discussed the importance of hygiene and ways to be hygienic such as washing our hands regularly and cleaning our teeth.
A great start to the new term year 3,4! Well done.
The Bug Collector
We’re excited to be back together for a happy and healthy Summer term!
This half term is called Life on Earth. We’ll be exploring minibeasts, wild animals and the human body.
This week, we’ve been reading The Bug Collector by Alex Griffiths.
This book follows George as he visits a wildlife museum and discovers the fascinating world of bugs. After his visit, he collects all the minibeasts from his garden and puts them in jars, but they don’t seem very happy.
After reading the book, the children enjoyed being minibeast explorers in our own garden. However, they made sure to return the creatures safely to their natural habitat.
In our writing, we shared the key message from the story and explored different ways we can care for bugs.
Maths
In Maths, we’ve been counting beyond ten- to twenty. We’ve been suggesting ways to make counting easier, when we are faced with a lot of objects to count.
We’ve also been counting things that cannot be moved, or things that cannot be seen such as sounds/actions.
Phonics
Summer 1 week 1 has been an introduction to reading phase 4 words. We’ve also learnt our first phase 4 tricky words; said, so, have, like
Help at home- Please continue to work through the weekly learn at home phonics sheets, throughout the Summer term. We’ll continue to send these home each Friday.
Poetry Picnic
Each week we will be learning a new poem. We will recite this poem each day. By saying the poem out loud, we can focus on the sounds and rhythm of each word or line. We talk to the children about how this can help us become better readers. This week’s poem is called Pitter Patter.
We talk about how a poem sometimes has rhyming words and sometimes doesn’t. Can your child tell you the rhyming words in this week’s poem? We also talk about how a poem can have a fast rhythm or a slow rhythm.
PE
This half term, we are focusing on developing netball skills such as throwing and catching. The children especially enjoyed challenging themselves to throw the ball, tap their heads, and then catch it again.
More pictures of our learning this week…
Reminders and Dates
SWIMMING DATES- Summer 1
Rainbow Class- 7 May, 21 May
Sunshine Class- 30 Apr, 14 May
We are scientists
Our new science topic this half term is all about variation and adaptation. As we are studying living things, we are being biologists. We began by looking at our new vocabulary. It is important we understand these words as it will help us in the lessons. We discussed how there are variations within different groups of living things. We know that we have different breeds of dogs etc within the species. We went on to recognise that when offspring are produced, this can create variations. In humans, this can be things like hair colour and eye colour. We completed some tally charts to see which was the most common eye and hair colour in our class. Blue eyes came out on top and brown hair was the most common.
Here is the vocabulary that we are learning this half term.
Help at home: Can you help your child become familiar with this vocabulary?
Topic: We Are Historians!
This half term, we are becoming historians as we begin an exciting new topic all about Britain during the Second World War. In our first two lessons, we explored what World War Two was, when it happened, and why it began. We looked at the major countries involved, key events that led up to the war, and how it affected people across the world.
We also began to understand some of the terrible impacts the war had, particularly on Jewish people, and learned about the discrimination and persecution they faced during this time. Everyone has shown great curiosity and maturity while discussing these serious topics. We are looking forward to finding out more about life in Britain during the war in the weeks ahead.
Help at home: Ask your child about the new vocabulary they are learning.
Wildflower garden
We enjoyed our first visit into the wildflower garden this week at playtime on Thursday. The flowers are starting to grow and some are blooming. We spotted quite a few very small creatures in the ‘bug hotel’ log pile areas and enjoyed the peace and tranquillity.
Welcome back 2C!
It has been great to get back to school this week – only 12 weeks left of this academic year!
I am very impressed at how well each member of 2C has come back into school. It looks like they brought the sunshine with them too! Let’s hope it stays…
The children settled back into their routines very well and have already produced some fantastic pieces of work! We are all using leading lines in our handwriting now and in maths our number fact knowledge is strong!
Well done to this superstar for winning the handwriting trophy this week!
In Maths this week we have been looking at measurement with a focus on centimetres.
We found out that some children were the same height as the largest recorded watermelon in history, the back wheel of a tractor and a male baboon!
Our Living and Learning focus has been about allergies, signs to look out for and what might causes allergies.
Help at home: by practising handwriting (with a focus on weekly spellings), using leading lines. Please see our handwriting policy for reference.
Welcome back 1,2B
We can’t believe it’s Wednesday already! 1,2B have come back to school eager and ready to learn in Summer term. we have welcomed a new member to our class soo who has settled in quickly. We enjoyed talking about what we had done over the holidays but all agreed we we glad to be back.
I am happy to be back at school!
I ate lots of chocolate eggs at Easter.
I went on holiday with my family but have missed my friends.
Author Event
This afternoon, our school librarians were fortunate enough to attend an author event held at Allerton C of E Primary School. They met author, Dermot O’Leary, who discussed his inspiration and anwered questions.
