This term our new topic is 'Does your country need you?' where we explore WW2 especially looking at the children who were evacuated which we will discuss through our class text 'Carrie's War'. We have our experience day on Friday 9th May so please read the previous messages for more details. Please see the attached topic web with all of the planned learning for the next five weeks.

Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely Easter break! Our topic for Summer 1 is 'Hot or Cold?'. We will be learning all about where the North Pole, South Pole and the equator. We will identify where these are on a globe and compare the key features of hot and cold places. We will go on a trip to Eureka where the children will learn about themselves and the world around them through imagination, discovery and play! We will be preparing for our phonics screening check. recapping and revisiting all of our phase 3, 4 and 5 sounds.

Welcome back to Summer Term 1, which is a short but busy term!    Our topic is “Who were the Anglo Saxons?” and we have many fun activities planned to explore how this ancient civilisation have influenced our lives today.  Year 5 will love our hands-on activities for Anglo Saxon Day. which wiill include baking in the style of that time, weaving with wool and jewellery making.  Other artistic opportunities include recreating the Bayeux Tapestry when they learn about the Battle of Hastings. 

Most of Year 5's summaries of our last topic, "Why should the world's Rainforests matter to all of us?", mentioned how they enjoyed how our classroom changed on a daily basis!  In the end, we all felt like we were living in an actual rainforest, just like the characters in our class text, The Explorer!

Most classes took part in an Art activity during the recent World Maths Day!  It was a great opportunity to investigate different shapes and the children were inspired by artists such as Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian.  Year 4 focussed on M.C. Escher and his infamous tessellations whilst Year 6 included some 3D art into the equation!  Fantastic artwork by everyone!  Mrs Blomeley.

Here is the home learning menu for this half term linked to our topic 'Where does water come from?'

Please complete your home learning in your homework book or upload to Seesaw. Star points will be earnt for all pieces of homework completed. 

Times tables or SPaG homework will be sent out every Friday also. 

I cannot wait to see all the exciting things you do!

This half term, our topic in Year 4 is 'Where does water come from?' where we will be learning all about mountains, rivers and the water cycle. We will even have a visit from Mad Science for an interactive assembly all about water!

Please see the attached topic web for more information about what your child will be learning this half term.

Look at all our fabulous entries to the Easter egg competition! Well done to everyone who took part as there were lots of amazing designs! 

A special congratulations to our class winners this year, Jaiden and Luke, for their eggsellent entries!