BEECH CLASS

Hello and welcome to Beech Class!

Mrs Sopel and Miss Mawdsley are the class teachers and Mrs Talbot also works within our class.

Our Autumn Term Topic is:

Amazing Animals

Enquiry Question: 'What is so amazing about different types of animals?'

Our Core Text for this half term to support all of our learning within English is titled 'Dangerous' by Tim Warnes.

We will be covering many subjects through this topic:

Science - 

The children will also begin their longitudinal study and observe the changes which occur in Autumn.

PSHE - The children will explore feelings and recognise how others might be feeling by reading their body language and facial expressions. They will learn how to explain their emotions and the vocabulary associated with this. They will then explore simple qualities of friendship and how to recognise when they or someone else feels lonely.

ART - Over the Autumn term, the children will explore drawing in pastel using a variety of techniques. The children will then explore sculpture art from different artists, before developing their pastel drawing into a 3D sculpture using clay.

Geography - The children will learn to use simple fieldwork and observational skills to answer geographical questions about their local park. They will also learn about human and physical features and use basic geographical vocabulary to describe them. The children will develop their geographical skills when collecting and analysing data.

Maths - The children will learn about Number and Place Value. They will recognise the value of numbers up to 10 and represent them using objects and pictorial representations. Children will then begin to add and subtract one digit and two digit numbers to 10 including 0 (as a place holder).

English - Whilst exploring a variety of animal linked media, the children will identify the difference between a letter, word and a sentence. They will write keywords, captions and orally form simple sentences. They will then look at the structure of a sentence before going onto write accurate sentences using capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. They will use phonics to sound out new and unfamiliar words.

 P.E. - The children will develop fundamental movement skills, including, jumping, hopping and moving in various ways. They will also develop their balancing skills.

Other Information

· Beech Class have P.E. on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please ensure your child has a full P.E. kit in school fully labelled with their name. PE Kits will be kept in school until the end of a half term. 

· Reading book bags need to come into school every day and children will be given new reading books once a book has been read twice. Please ensure you read with your child every night and leave a comment in their reading records stating when you have read and how many pages you have completed.

 · Homework will be given out on a Friday with a task for children to complete at home. Homework Books will need to be returned to school and completed by the following Thursday.

· Alongside Reading, to further support your child at home you can allow them time to work on free games to support their Phonics Learning. They can access these using the link and log in details below for the website Phonics Play. Click the image to take you straight to the website!

If you have any queries or worries please get in touch.

Thank you for your support!

Mrs Sopel and Miss Mawdsley

J