Caterpillars - Years 1 and 2
Welcome back to Term 5!
Our theme this term is...
In our History lessons, we will be exploring the history of Cheriton and Folkestone and finding out the stories behind some of our local parks. In Science, we are becoming 'Plant Detectives' and will look at the life-cycles of plants, name some common wild and garden plants and explore what goes on in the soil beneath our feet. To find out about all our curriculum learning this term, please click on the attachments at the bottom of this page. (available soon)
As always, we will continue with our daily maths sessions following the Power Maths scheme and our phonics learning will follow the Bug Club phonic programme.
We will base our English learning on our 'Fantasy and Fairy Tales' theme. This term we will: create explanation texts to share how our traps for the Big Bad Wolf will work, write a recount from the point of view of Hansel and Gretel and create our own fantasy adventures based on our class reading book. We will finish the term exploring rhythm and rhyme when trying to create our own Summer themed poetry. These are the books we will use to help us with our English learning...
Our class reading book will be...
Our P.S.H.E lessons will focus on ...Families and Relationships.
One change this term is that our P.E. sessions will now be on MONDAY! Please ensure your child comes to school in their P.E. kit on these days. With the warmer weather arriving, we shall probably take our P.E. lessons outdoors.
We encourage all parents and carers to take an active role in supporting their child's learning. Please take several times each week to hear your child read and practise their tricky words and phonic sounds. This will support their fluency and independence during reading and writing activities.
Don't forget to sign your child's bookmark each time you hear them read. When five bookmarks are completed, your child will be able to choose a new book from Mrs Ransley's bookshelf to take home and keep. Well done to all those who have achieved this so far!
You can also help continue the learning at home by supporting your child in completing their weekly maths home learning challenges as well as four of the challenges from the home learning grid. Find challenges in the 'Home Learning' section of the website.