Fireflies - Years 1 and 2
Week beginning 2nd March 2026
Welcome back to Term 4 Fireflies!
We have a history focus this term. We will be finding out all about the Great Fire of London in 1666 and discovering what Samuel Pepys did during this time.
We will be using our non-fiction skills to create fact sheets about the Tower of London as well as making a Visitor Guide to the capital city. Writing letters from the Country Mouse to the Town Mouse, and creating instructions to make a cress head, will round off our English lessons this term.
R.E. lessons will explore the question 'Why is Easter important to Christians?'. We will be developing our observational drawing skills within our art lessons, as well as finding out about the life and work of Claude Monet, and in I.C.T. we will continue to discover how we can use technology to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content. In music, we will continue to develop our understanding of pulse, rhythm and pitch and enjoy composing our own pieces to play on the xylophones.
Daily phonics, maths fluency and Power Maths lessons complete the learning this term.
We have a wonderful dance teacher who will be delivering the dance unit this term based on The Great Fire of London.
Just a reminder that P.E. lessons are now on Mondays!
Our P.S.H.E lessons will be based on keeping our bodies and minds healthy...
Don't forget to hear your child read for a short time each day and, Fireflies, remember to bring in 5 completed bookmarks to swap for a book to keep from Mrs Ransley.
Home learning challenges should appear soon on the Home Learning page, along with Year 1 Maths challenges (set by Mrs Chapman) and Year 2 Maths challenges (set by Mrs Walker). Aim to complete all maths challenges and at least 4 topic challenges to earn a certificate at the end of the term.
We are looking forward to a busy term of learning. Please check back each week to see what we have been up to and, if you have any worries or concerns, do get in touch...
mchapman@allsouls.kent.sch.uk
