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Penguin Class

2024-2025

Welcome to Penguin Class Home Page.

Penguin Class comprises children from Years Two and Three. They have made a fantastic start to their time in this class.

Welcome back to Term 5 and dare we say it, the start of the Summer term. We have had some lovely sunshine over the last few weeks, so let’s hope that continues. We have been busy planning our curriculum for this term and we have a lot to look forward to.

In English, our first text is the great tale ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ - where we will look at the topic of the environment. We will develop our writing in a number of styles including persuasive writing and a non-chronological report. Alongside this,we will continue to develop our reading comprehension skills with a focus on those VIPERS! 

In Maths, we will continue to be taught in our separate year groups.

Year Three will continue their work on fractions before moving on to the topics of time and money.

Year Two will  start the new term looking at fractions too before moving on to the topic of time as well. Any support you can give your Penguin by looking at the time at home will only help.

Our Cornerstones topic for this term is Urban Pioneers. In this unit, we will explore the culture and environment of city life. Children will develop their knowledge of building design, urban art and photography, and learn how to improve urban environments.

In PE, our focus will be fitness. When thinking about our fitness, we will include various areas including our heart & lungs, our muscular strength and our flexibility. A healthy body also helps us to keep a healthy, and happy, mind! Our PSHE learning this term will also support this unit - ‘Healthy bodies, healthy minds.’ A reminder that PE will be on a Thursday so PE kits are to be worn, with a gentle reminder that earrings should be removed.

Computing will see us looking at the Teach Computing unit about Desktop Publishing. This will begin with us looking at changing fonts in a variety of ways before we look at how we can layout a page including its orientation and why we use certain layouts.

We will also be continuing with our Outdoor Learning with Miss Webb on a Wednesday afternoon. A change of clothing will be required suitable for the weather conditions - so do keep an eye on the forecast as sun hats will hopefully be needed!

Home Learning will continue be set on Google classroom a Wednesday to be handed in by the following Monday. We also ask that Penguins continue to read regularly as this is such a vital part of their learning.

Spellings will be set every week on Spelling Shed and these support the spelling pattern we are looking at in school that week. Alongside the reading, spellings and TT Rockstars, there will be an accompanying activity that will enhance our learning for that week or for our driver Cornerstones topic. We regularly share our home learning in class on a Monday afternoon. 

We are available on the playground at the end of the day to answer any questions you may have, alternatively, drop an email to the school office who will pass it on to the class team.

We are looking forward to the term ahead. 

The Penguin Class team.

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