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Summer Term Class Information

 This term our class topic is 'Paws and Claws'

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back to the Summer Term. This term, our learning will be based on an exciting new topic, ‘Paws and Claws’! As a shared topic, we will be working collaboratively with Years 2 and 3. We will begin by learning all about pets, allowing the children to share personal experiences regarding pet care and the importance of The Five Freedoms. This will progress to research on wild animals, both in our local area and across the world, including a look at the work carried out by local and international charities. If you have any books or items of interest related to this topic, please send them in for your child to ‘show and tell’!

Our literacy focus will continue to be the development of sentence structure including punctuation, connectives and the use of adjectives. We will use stories such as Hairy Maclary and Mog as well as non-fiction texts to inspire our learning. Please continue to ensure your child has their bookbag and reading record in school Monday-Wednesday for our reading activity carousel (ERIC Time: Everyone, Reads, In, Class) this includes reading with an adult, in pairs, individual as well as word Bingo and multisensory Read Write Inc sound practise. Please listen to your child read as often as possible and make a weekly comment in their reading record. They will also be able to select a book of their choice from the school library to share with you at home.

Mathematics and Numeracy will secure knowledge of place value to 100, practical and formal addition and subtraction activities as well as an introduction to multiplication and division through counting in multiples and sharing. We will cover time and explore capacity/measure through hands on experiences using non-standard units. Our class topic lends itself well to symmetry and pattern by using animal markings.

PE will continue to be held on Wednesday morning and a Thursday afternoon (kit can be left in school). Forest activities will remain on a Friday (times may vary according to the weather). Please ensure that your child has suitable ‘named’ clothing for these activities, including appropriate footwear. In the warm weather, please ensure your child brings a hat and is protected with sun-cream.

Cooking sessions will continue to take place throughout the term, where possible making links to the class topic. We kindly ask for a £3.00 contribution to this. Please continue to send a fruit or vegetable snack in a named box/bag for your child to eat during the day as well as a named water bottle, these can be refilled as necessary.

Thank you for your continued support. If you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind Regards,

Ms. de Vall and Ms Macfarlane (Thursday’s class teacher)

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