Vulcan Class

Vulcan

Useful information:

PE is on Monday and Tuesday

Spellings are tested on a Thursday

Maths homework is set on Fridays to be completed by Mondays

The Curriculum

So welcome back! We hope you have had a good Easter break and are ready to start a fresh new term.  This term we will be learning about all those “Helpful Humans” that work to support us and our communities.  We will start by using the book “The Jolly Postman” to discover more about our postal service.  This text explores a variety of styles of letter, postcards and leaflets using a fairy tale setting – fantastic for our Literacy work.  We will be able to examine the fairy tale characters and write character descriptions and all sorts of different letters.  After half term we will then use the book “The Hospital Dog” to think about the work of nurses and doctors as well as how animals can provide support to people.  For Maths we will be working on number, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, capacity and money.  In Science we will be exploring plants and learning all about how they grow.  We will be growing a variety of seeds in the school gardens and conducting experiments to see how different conditions effect the plants growth.  

Over the term we will be looking to explore the human form and create art work using collage, drawn/painted portraits and peg dolls of helpful humans.  We will also be exploring the classical piece “The Lark Ascending” by Vaughan Williams and creating our own musical compositions.  In Geography we shall be exploring the weather and in History thinking about the nurses Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole.  In Computing we will be using “Clips” to create a short animation and in RE will be thinking more about Judaism.  Our PE will be tennis and working on Invictus Games activities.  A busy term for sure! 

Weekly Information

Please continue to read every day and record how you are getting along in your reading diaries.  Books will continue to be changed every Tuesday and Thursday. 

Then spellings will continue to be tested every Thursday.

Maths homework will continue to be sent on Friday for return on Monday. 

Y1 – Tricky words will continue to be checked weekly and new words added as necessary if these have not been already completed. Please ensure word bags are kept in your child’s book bag so we have access to them.

Y2 – Time tables test will continue every Wednesday, we will continue with the 10s for another week, then move on to the 5s and after have term it will be a mixture of 2,5, and 10s.. 

PE will be on Monday and Tuesday so please ensure that children are wearing the correct kit on these days and hopefully we will be outside in the sun so could you make sure your child has a sun hat to wear and sun cream has been applied.