Welcome to Oak Class 

Hello, I am Mrs Thomas and I am the class teacher in Oak Class.

We are very lucky as we also have Miss Lacey and Miss Carrie working with us this year.

Summer 1 Topic

The Great Outdoors

We will be asking the question:

'What makes out outdoor environment great?'

The children will begin the term focusing their learning around the story ‘The Bog Baby’ by Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward.

We will be covering many subjects through this topic:

Science - The children will be able to identify and describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials. They will compare and test each material before identifying which material is best suited to complete their DT project. 

PSHE - The children will explore and learn how to be their best. They will learn ways to keep themselves healthy through exercise, diet and hygiene. They will also focus on resilience and what to do if they find things difficult. They will explore ideas for how to manage their feelings when they find something difficult.

DT - The children will select from and use a wide range of materials to build a small world playground slide based on their characteristics. They will build their structure and identify ways their slide can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable.

Geography - The children learn simple fieldwork skills, including observation and recording, to study the geography of their school and its grounds. They will investigate the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment. They will also consider similarities and differences between their own school’s environment and others.

Maths - The children will apply their number skills to multiplication and division. They will learn the relationship between multiplication and division and use this to reason and problem-solve. They will also explore fractions and learn to tell the time to o’clock and half past the hour.

English - The children will write interesting sentences and they will extend their sentences using the conjunctions ‘and’ and ‘because’ to give further detail.  They will also write a series of sentences using story language to create their own version of an animal adventure story. 

P.E.

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

Reading

Children will be given new reading books on Tuesdays and Fridays once a book has been read twice.  Please ensure you read with your child every night and leave a comment in their reading records to enable us to see how they have got on :). 

Homework 

Homework will be sent out each Friday, to be returned by the following Thursday. If you require any support with this, please let me know.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any worries/queries you may have.

Thank you for your support. 

Mrs Thomas