Welcome to Our Page!
Our teachers are:
Spectacular Sycamores – Miss Hodges and Miss Hussain
Positive Palms – Miss Goodhead and Mr Richardson
Welcome to Our Page!
Our teachers are:
Spectacular Sycamores – Miss Hodges and Miss Hussain
Positive Palms – Miss Goodhead and Mr Richardson
Look at our classrooms!
Our classrooms are well organised and provide a calm environment to promote the children to be independent. The children can find their own resources to support them in learning.
See who our dojo masters and school council representatives are.
Our dojo masters are:
Positive Palms – Roman and Ruuhi
Spectacular Sycamores – Luca and Muthmoheenat
Our school councillors are:
Positive Palms – Octavia
Spectacular Sycamores – Jessica
Throughout our Enchanted Woodland topic, in Science we will be identifying wild and common plants and describe the a variety of common flowering plants, including trees. In Art we will be looking at patterns in nature and drawing observational sketches.
Our Fiction Key text for Autumn 1 is ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ We will be using the talk for writing structure to learn and innovate the story.
Our Hook for Enchanted Woodland is our trip to Elvaston Castle Country Park.
Coming Soon!
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During this Topic, we will be understanding when the seasons are throughout the year, be making a moon buggy for Skybadger and also having a visit from the WonderDome!
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For our topic this term, we will have a messy afternoon. In history we will be learn about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole . We will look at different forms of technology in computing. In design and technology we are creating our own pizzeria and making our own pizzas!
Our Hook for Muck, Mess and Mixtures will be a messy afternoon happening soon!
For our memorable experience in Muck, Mess and Mixtures, we are going to be making our own pizzas. We will be designing our own pizza based on a flag using vegetables to create it.
During this term we will be focusing on plants in our science lessons. We will learn how to name, identify and describe common plants and trees and investigate how beans grow. In geography we will be using maps and looking at the physical and human features of our school environment. In Art we will be looking at the artist Georgia O’Keeffe and creating our own observational drawings of flowers. We will also be designing and building our our bug hotels in Design and Technology.
In this topic, we will learning about Brazil and compare it to the UK. In art, we will look at the artist John Rombola and recreate his art work of a carnival. In science, we will be observing and comparing different about animals. We will also be using paint programme to draw our own animal.
Our model text this half term will be the traditional tale ‘The Papaya that spoke’.
Coming Soon!
Coming Soon!
During the topic, in History, we will be learning about changes within living memory looking specifically at transport over time, including uses of bridges and tunnels. We will also be looking at Isambard Kingdom Brunel who was an architect. He is famous for building the Thames Tunnel. In Design and Technology we will be designing and building a bridge to solve a tricky problem. We will also be comparing transportation, looking into which ones are the most eco-friendly.
See below our important information you need to know:
In maths, we are looking at increasing our children’s fluency with basic skills. Have a go at this interactive game at home! https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/robot-addition
Here is a list of the spellings your child will need to learn by the end of year 1 and 2:
Our PE lessons happen on a Thursday afternoon. Please send your child to school with their PE kit.
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Friday 4th November – Wonder Dome coming into school
Tuesday 20th December – Parents in for Design & Technology afternoon.
Spring 1
Messy afternoon (Date to be confirmed)
W/C 23rd January – Parents in to make pizzas (Design & Technology)
Spring 2
Summer 2
Coming soon!
Here are some useful websites that you might want to visit to support your child’s learning.
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