Penguin Class
2024-2025
A very warm welcome to our class page. We hope you all had a wonderful half term and are ready for another term of exciting learning and plenty of Christmas fun.
This page will be updated throughout the year with information regarding our topics and learning for the term ahead. You can find all relevant information regarding our latest term below.
In Term 2, in English
We are going to start the term by looking at minibeasts poems and we will then be writing our own. We will then go onto exploring the nutcracker preparing us for our exciting trip to Leeds Castle where we will be doing an exciting nutcracker workshop. Then suddenly we will doing our own Christmas story and then will be looking at ‘The Jolly Postman’.
In Maths we are going to be looking at addition and subtraction.
The year two children will be continuing to look at addition and subtraction. We will then be exploring 2D and 3D shapes by drawing them, looking at lines of symmetry and making patterns with them.
The year three children will also be continuing to look at addition and subtraction. They will then be exploring multiplication and division where they will be looking at their 3, 4 and 8 times tables. They will be using arrays to support their understanding to help them get ready to answer problem solving style questions.
As the children have entered Key Stage Two it is even more important now that they develop a secure understanding of their times tables. The children should now have a secure understanding of their 2, 5 and 10 times tables and this year they should focus on learning their 3, 4 and 8 times table. Every child has access to Times Table Rockstars, which is a fantastic resource that we urge children to make the most of. The children have their own log-ins inside their reading diaries.
You can access TT Rockstars via this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Wider Learning - Our Cornerstones driver topic for the term is ‘Wiggle and Crawl’, where we will be looking to identify minibeasts in their natural habitat. We’ll write a guide book for other children to use on a minibeast hunt, and draw sketch maps of our minibeast hunting area. We will also explore trees and bushes to see what lives there, investigate how far and how fast a snail can travel and create a minibeast habitat of our own. We’ll draw delicate sketches of minibeasts, make models from a variety of materials. Our ICT skills will help us create a minibeast animation.
We will also be starting to learn French and will start by looking at mini beasts.
PE - We are going to be focusing on gymnastics this term. Our P.E day is Thursday, please make sure your child comes into school wearing their full P.E kit on this day.
R.E – Our topic is going to be ‘What do people believe about God’. We will be continuing to learn and explore different religious and spiritual ways of life regarding diverse beliefs about God.
Home work - will be set every Wednesday. The homework will be set on GoogleClassroom and also a physical copy will be handed to every child.
We would also like every child to read daily as this is crucial for supporting your child in every aspect of their learning.
As well as completing the set homework every week we encourage children to go onto TT Rockstars and Spelling Shed as much as possible.
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