BEECH CLASS

Hello and welcome to Beech Class!

Mrs Sopel and Mrs Furlong are the class teachers and Mrs Slater also works within our class.

Our Spring 2 Topic is:

Toy Time

Enquiry Question: 'How are toys in the past different to toys we play with today?'

Our Core Text for this half term to support all of our learning within English is titled 'Little Red' by Bethan Woollvin.

We will be covering many subjects through this topic:

Science - The children will learn, identify and describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials. They will question whether a material floats or sinks and they will investigate and identify which materials absorb water.

PSHE - The children will learn how a person's behavior, including their own, can affect other people and they will understand the importance of looking after things that belong to themselves or to others. The children will also responsibly care for a class plant.

ART - The children will explore how to use a pencil to create lines, shapes and values. They will learn about the work of Christa Rijneveld and how she uses lines to create art. The children will then create the own Christa Rijneveld inspired drawing.

History - The children will explore photographs to discuss the difference between past and present in their own and other people’s lives by using and making simple comparisons. They will order the events in their lives (in chronological order) and they will explore how toys have changed over time.

Maths - The children will explore the place value of numbers up to 50 and use this to partition numbers into tens and ones. They will also find 1 more and 1 less of given numbers to 50. The children will explore weight, height, length and volume and the unit measures linked to these.

English - The children will share their family’s favourite stories and they will use simple adjectives to describe the characters and settings within each story. The children will write accurate, interesting sentences and they will continue to extend their sentences using conjunctions. They will also focus on a number of quality texts linked to their topic including ‘Little Red’ by Bethan Woollvin.

 P.E. - The theme for this half term within our PE sessions is Dance. We will be working together using mind maps to support group choreography. We will create simple motifs and join 1-2 actions together to create travel sequences. We will work together as a class to create a performance piece to music.

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 Mrs Furlong

J