Chestnut
Welcome to Chestnut Class!
I'm Miss Cunningham, the class teacher in Chestnut Class and we also have Mrs Riley as the class TA, Miss Lacey and Miss Price working with us this year.
What are we learning?
Summer 1
Our Natural World!
English & Grammar
In English the children will continue to focus on grammatical features that will enhance their writing and apply these within English lessons. They will consolidate their knowledge of nouns, verbs and adverbs throughout the term. Using our focus text of ‘Grandads Island’, the children will be immersed into the story. They will then use these elements to create a diary entry, a setting description and innovate the story using a story map.
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Maths
The children will consolidate their place value knowledge to support their mental Maths and apply this further when working on problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They will continue to develop their knowledge of sharing equally by exploring fractions. Children will learn how to tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes and begin to estimate by using different mathematical representations and recall related facts to 100 using addition and subtraction.
Science
The children will focus on living things and their habitats. Children will begin by learning about habitats in our local area and then focus on polar, desert, woodland and ocean habitats. They will explore habitats and diet as well food chains. They will use their knowledge about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores when creating food chains. They will conclude their learning by comparing things that are living, things that are dead and things that have never been alive. |
Geography
The children will continue to learn about the weather and climate. They will build on their prior knowledge of the equator and compare our local area to Tulum, Mexico. They will explore where Tulum is, the climate near the equator and the physical and human features of Tulum. We will continue to discuss continents and oceans and look at map symbols.
Music
Using Sing Up, the children will explore the timing of music and use simple body percussion patterns to create different sounds and tempos. Finally the children will be invited to move more freely and creatively to two pieces from Shostakovich's Jazz Suites.
ART
In this Chromatic painting unit, children will develop their knowledge of colour theory and create landscapes using complementary colours in the style of Ted Harrison. The children will designs prints and become more skilled at talking about their own art process. Our learning will explore digital art and we will use Purple Mash to support this. We will link our art to the English text ‘Grandads Island’.
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Computing
The children will continue to discuss and explore e-safety. The children will explore the ‘Making Music’ unit on Purple Mash where they will think about how music can be used to express feelings. The children will create tunes which depict feelings. They will record and upload environmental sounds into Purple Mash. These sounds will be used to create tunes on 2Sequence.
PE
In PE the children will focus on striking and field games skills. The children will learn how and why to strike a ball, how to throw overarm to a teammate, how to bowl a ball underarm and use
simple tactics in different games. Children will grow in confidence by attempting new activities and will understand how being active can make them happier and healthier.
R.E
Using Questful RE, the children will continue their learning about Jesus and Christianity. They will begin to explore why the church is important for Christians and develop their understanding of what happens inside a church and why. Children will be given opportunities to research places of worship across world faiths. The children will gain an understanding of what churches around the world look like and how they are similar/ different to Churches in the UK.
P.S.H.E
In PSHE the children will explore their role within the wider world and focus on ‘Being my Best’. They will explore topics around basic first aid, being clean and healthy, physical activity, personal achievements and aspirations and hygiene.
Things to Remember...
Homework will continue to be given on Friday afternoon. This will cover topics and questions we have been doing in class that week to further consolidate the children's knowledge.
Homework books are to be returned no later than the following Thursday.
Chestnut Class have PE on Thursday morning.
Please ensure your child has a PE kit in school.
We also have swimming on Tuesday afternoon.
Please can children bring their swimming kits in weekly - swimming caps are also needed for those children with long hair.
Please note, earrings must be removed before PE and swimming.
Children are expected to read at home each night and reading books will be changed on Tuesday and Friday.
Please note that the children's reading records must be signed three times before their book is changed.
Children will also have a library book that they can read for pleasure which will be kept in school.
We will endeavour to change these every week during our guided reading time.
**Thank you for your ongoing support**
