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Term 5 & 6 Newsletter – Class 4

Welcome back to our final 2 terms of the year! I hope everyone had a great and restful Easter break. Terms 5 and 6 bring lots of very exciting opportunities and I’m looking forward to a brilliant summer term.

Reminders

Please make sure all belongings (water bottles, jumpers and PE kits) are named to avoid missing items.

Mrs Taplin

dtaplin@blackboys.e-sussex.sch.uk

History

Our theme for both of these terms will be The Battle of Britain. We will be thinking about the key questions ‘Did we win the Battle of Britain because of ‘the few’?’ and ‘What happened in Sussex during the Battle of Britain and the Second World War?’ Before half term we will be looking specifically at how World War Two started, what the Battle of Britain was, why it started and how it was fought. After half term, we will be looking closely at how this affected the local community. We are lucky enough to have the opportunity to go on a trip to Newhaven Fort which will give us hands on experience and more information on the war itself.

Reading

During whole class reading this term, we will be finishing off ‘Clockwork’ by Philip Pullman and then moving onto reading ‘Stormbreaker’ by Anthony Horowitz.  These sessions give the class an opportunity to read a book together, practice reading aloud with expression, and answer comprehension style questions.

Maths

Term 5 and 6 brings lots of different maths topics. Once we have completed our decimals unit, the year 4s will begin by looking at money, whilst the year 5s will complete their fractions, decimals and percentages learning. We will then move on to looking at length, including converting between different lengths, perimeter and area. Following this, we will look at shape, position, and direction and angles. We will finish the year by covering statistics. During these terms the year 4s will also revise time, which will include a small recap for the year 5s.

Times Tables

We will be continuing to work hard on our times tables knowledge, which is particularly important for year 4s due to their upcoming multiplication check in June (more information on this will be provided nearer the time). It’s really important that all children are working on their times tables at home, in short sharp bursts.

RE

In RE we use the big question approach to organise our learning. This term we will be considering the questions: ‘When Jesus left, what was the impact of Pentecost?’ and ‘How and why do people mark the significant events of life?’

Art

In term 5 we will be working on painting and mixed media, inspired by lots of different artists. In term 6 we will be working on watercolour painting inspired by Eric Ravilious’ ‘HMS Glorious In Arctic 1940’. Art will be taught by Mrs Hall and Miss Butler.

Music

We will continue to have our regular singing sessions with Mrs Bayman, alongside looking at some traditional wartime music.

Computing

In Computing this term, we will be exploring programming using Microbits!

English

Before half term, we will be reading ‘Letters from the Lighthouse’, a historical fiction set in wartime about children who are evacuated to the Devonshire countryside. In term 6, we will be reading ‘The Lion and The Unicorn’ by Shirley Hughes. These will not only link into our history theme, but inspire both narrative and non-fiction writing.

Spelling

We use ‘Superhero Spellings’ to support our spelling skills. This approach has 3 stages: learn, build and show. The children will be given opportunities to practice the words for the rule throughout the week, before completing 10 dictation sentences on Fridays. These will be stuck in the back of homework books for the children to refer back to if needed. The children will be split into year groups during these sessions.

Science

In term 5 we will be learning about reproduction of animals and plants, before moving onto electricity in term 6.

PSHE

For PSHE, we follow the Jigsaw scheme of work. In term 5, we our topic will be ‘Relationships’ and in term 6 we will be looking at ‘Changing Me’. The children will be taught in individual year groups for the Changing Me piece.

PE

In both term 5 and 6, the children will be developing their striking and fielding skills. This will have a Stoolball focus in term 5 and move onto Rounders in term 6, when we will be joined by the year 5s from Class 5 for PE lessons due to the year 6 swimming lessons. We are also lucky enough to have specialist PE sessions from ‘Bright Sparks’ in term 5, working on Athletics, and Zara Breeze is back in term 6 for some fitness, strength and conditioning. PE will take place on Mondays and Tuesdays. Full summer PE kit is expected.

DT

We will be finishing off our mechanical vehicles DT project at the beginning of term 5, and in term 6, we will be looking at electrical systems. The children will be making their own air raid sirens and shelters.

MFL

The children will be working on their conversational skills and learning useful phrases that could be used in France. This will help our year 5s for their upcoming trip to France!

Homework

The children will be sent home with a homework menu for the term. Each week the children will select one task to complete. This is sent out on Wednesdays to be handed back in on a Monday.

Spelling

Each week the children will be working on a different spelling rule and receive 10 spelling words. A list of these can be found stuck into homework books for the children to practise at home.

These will also be worked on in class and at the end of the week the children will complete dictation sentences including these 10 words.

Dictation sentences will be stuck into the back of homework books each week in order to see progress and any words/spelling rules that may need to be worked on further.

Reading

Reading is required every night which is to be shown in their reading records. Please bring completed reading records in for reading certificates.

Times tables

Don’t forget to keep practicing times tables at home whenever you can. We have a leader board for studio speed/Rockstar status up in the classroom which is updated weekly.

If you need your TT Rockstars logins, just send me an email.

Key Dates

Wednesday 22nd April – Author Visit

Thursday 23rd April – Uckfield College PE

Friday 24th April – Young at Heart for selected Year 4 pupils

Friday 1st May – Reading Café for parents of Year 3 and 4.  All year 4 parents are invited to share and read books with their children at 2:40pm

Monday 4th May – Bank Holiday

Wednesday 13th May – Uckfield College maths visit for Year 5

Wednesday 20th May – Year 5 and 6 French trip

Thursday 21st May – Year 4 Assembly

Friday 22nd May – Last Day of Term 5

Monday 1st June – Inset Day

Tuesday 2nd June – Start of Term 6

2nd June – 5th June – Year 4 Multiplication Check

15th June – 19th June – Assessment Week

Wednesday 24th June – Sports Day

Thursday 25th June – Class 4 and 5 trip to Newhaven Fort

Wednesday 1st July – Reserve Sports Day

Friday 3rd July – Reading Café for parents of Year 5 and 6. All year 5 parents are invited to share and read books with their children at 2:40pm

Saturday 4th July – PTA Summer Fair

Friday 10th July – Moving up morning.

Wednesday 15th July – Whole School performance- afternoon and evening.

Thursday 16th July – Whole school performance- evening.

Tuesday 21st July – Last Day of Term 6 & Cup Assembly

Wednesday 22nd July – Inset Day

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Term 5 & 6 Newsletter – Class 2

The Man on the Moon

Dear parents,

Welcome back from your Easter holidays, I hope you all managed to enjoy a break and some family time.  We have a great overriding theme, this term, of Man on the Moon, which lends itself well to English, History, Music, Art and Science!

Year 1 Phonics Screening

All Year 1 children, and those Year 2 children who didn’t reach the pass mark in Year 1, across the country will be screened in June to assess their progress within phonics. It allows us to ensure we are identifying the children who need extra help with learning their phonics.  The format of the screening is 40 words to be read, 20 real words and 20 alien words.  The alien words use the phonemes that the children have been learning, so they test whether the child knows the phoneme and can blend them into a word, rather than their knowledge of words.  We will be practising these in school to prepare the children for this screening.  The Phonics Screening Check week begins on Monday 8th June.  You will be informed of your child’s score in their end of year report.

English

In English, we will be focusing on the theme of Man on the Moon and will start with a lovely text called, “Man on the Moon (A day in the life of Bob)” by Simon Bartram.  This is the first in a series of books and has a fun look at a man who works on the Moon entertaining tourists!  We will be writing our own stories about what Bob does the next day on the Moon.  We will also be writing a recount of how an astronaut gets ready for an expedition to the Moon.  Following this, we will be reading some space-themed poems and writing our own poetry about the different planets.  We will then be reading a book called “Footprints on the Moon” by Mark Haddon and will be retelling the story of Neil Armstrong and the first Moon landing.

Computing

In Computing, we will be learning about animation on the computer in particular learning about stop motion animation and how it works.

PE

We welcome Bright Sparks back to Blackboys for term 5 working on athletics skills and Miss Zara for term 6 working on fitness.  Mrs Hall will continue to teach PE on a Thursday morning and she will be preparing the children for Sports Day later in Term 6.  As we are now in the “summer” term, there is no need for tracksuit bottoms or leggings for PE, if your child is cold they may wear their school jumper over their t shirt and shorts.  Please check that they have suitable footwear for outdoor PE.

Music

Our music, this term, links nicely with our space theme and the children will be learning about Gustav Holst and exploring the music of his Planet Suite.  There will be opportunities for listening to music, playing music and composing music.

PSHE

In terms 5 and 6 we will be learning about relationships and how we are changing as we grow older.  In relationships, we will be talking to the children about families, resolving conflict with friends and how to trust people.  In the Changing Me unit, the children will be learning about how they have changed since they were babies and will be learning the correct names for boys’ and girls’ body parts. Through both units they will be exploring physical contact with others and what is acceptable.

Maths

In Maths, this term, we will be working on learning to tell the time, so it would be a great time to get out those watches and help your children to recognise the hours and minutes on the watch.  Year 2 children need to be able to tell the time to the quarter of an hour, however, we will be starting to learn the time to the five minutes, eg 5 past, ten to etc.  Year 1 children need to know the time to o’clock and half past.  We will also be doing some work on statistics, understanding tally charts and pictograms, and finishing term 5 with some work on position and direction.  During the term, we will be revising many of the concepts previously learnt, eg addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions through our daily Early Bird Maths.

History

In History we will be learning about how space travel has changed over time, starting with the German V2 rocket, looking at the different animals that went into space, finding out what satellites are and finishing by learning about the International Space Station.  We will answer the question “How has space travel changed?”  After half term we will focus more on the concept of exploration, learning about Neil Armstrong and his journey to the moon, but also making comparisons between his journey and the journey made by Christopher Columbus.  We will answer the question “Who was the first man on the Moon?”

Science

In science this term we will be learning about materials and how objects are different from the materials they are made from.  We hope to have a school trip to Herstmonceux Science Centre to enrich this learning.

DT

We will be doing DT in term 6, learning about levers and sliders to help us to design and make a moving picture of a space rocket.

Art

In Art we will be focusing on textiles, learning about Cecilia Vicuña’s work (knots, plaits, weaving etc) and creating their own woven wonder.

RE

In term 5 we will be returning to the religion of Judaism and how Jewish people live, focusing on the festival of Chanukah.

In term 6 we will be focusing on the Christian concept of Gospel, trying to answer the question: What is the good news that Jesus brings?

Reading Books

The children will be continuing to read their Monster Phonics books each week in Guided Reading and these will continue to be changed every Friday.  Reading for Pleasure will continue on a Monday, so please ensure your child’s big sharing book is returned each week.

Please remember that the children are very welcome to take other reading books home from our class library and these can be changed as often as needed.  Please remember to keep filling in the reading records to help your child achieve certificates in our Gold Book Assemblies on a Friday.

Homework

Homework will continue in the same format as previously.  Please help your child to remember to hand their homework in on a Monday as this gives staff enough time to mark and stick in the next piece of homework before the books are handed back out on Wednesday.

Forest School

It is Class 2’s turn for Forest School this term and you should have received a copy of the groupings before Easter.  Please ensure your child brings in suitable clothing and footwear for Forest School sessions, including a coat in case of poor weather.  Mrs Godfrey will need parental support to be able to take the children into the woods for Forest School, so please see the school office if you are able to volunteer to help.

Key Dates

Sunday 10th May – PTA Spring Tidy Up at school

Thursday 21st May – Scorcha Skate School Day

Friday 22nd May – Class 2 trip to Herstmonceux Science Centre

Monday 1st June – INSET Day

Saturday 6th June – PTA Bingo and Bubbles Night

Monday 8th June – Start of Phonics Screening Check week

Wednesday 24th June – Sports Day

Wednesday 1st July – Reserve Sports Day

Saturday 4th July – PTA Summer Fair

Friday 10th July – Whole School ‘moving up’ morning

Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th July – Whole School Production

Tuesday 21st July – Last day of Term 6

                                       Cup Assembly

Wednesday 22nd July – INSET Day

If you have any questions, please contact me at hsullivan@blackboys.e-sussex.sch.uk

Best wishes

Mrs Sullivan

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Term 5 & 6 Newsletter – Class 5

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to the summer term, one of the busiest and most exciting of the entire school year! There is lots to look forward to this term including school trips, the end of year play and sports day. We are learning about a new topic in Classes 4 and 5, which I’m sure the children will find really interesting. With so much to look forward to, I’m sure we will have a great end to the school year together.

Mr Boorman

During weeks 2-5 of the term, the Year 5s and 6s will be being taught separately in the mornings. The Year 6s will be with myself and Mrs Harper in preparation for the SATs tests (Monday 11th May), while the Year 5s will be being taught by Mrs Riley. In the afternoons, the class will be back together as normal.

Our main focus of learning this term is the Battle of Britain and its importance to World War 2 on the whole. We will be learning about when, why and how the war started before focussing on the details of the Battle of Britain, looking at the ways in which the battle was fought, the effects it had on people in Britain, and how it was eventually won by the RAF.

Maths

Year 6 children will be looking at Year 6 topics such as algebra, ratio and angles of shapes in the lead up to SATs, as well as revising previously taught content. Year 5 children will be learning about angles, shape and space, measurement and statistics during the summer term.

Art

Children will be continuing to work on their painting skills, focussing on showing motion in their work with a study of the work of Eric Ravilious.

DT

In DT we will be learning about air raid sirens before using our skills in electricity to make our own version.

PSHE

Our two PSHE topics this term are ‘Relationships’ and ‘Changing Me’ (including SRE – Sex and Relationships Education).

ICT

In computing, we will be continuing our work with micro bits before looking at the work that was done at Bletchley Park during World War 2.

French, music and singing will continue to take place through the term.

Music

English

After SATs week, we will be studying the classic book, Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian, during which time we will be finding out about people who were evacuated during the war. In whole class reading we will be reading Silver Sword by Ian Seuralier. Year 5 will be working with Mrs Riley on Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo.

Spellings

There is a spelling session each day Monday – Friday, where children in Key Stage 2 are split into their year groups in order to cover the year group objectives using Superhero Spelling. Children will also be given a list of words each term from their year group’s statutory spelling list. These lists will be need to be learned over the whole term, and we will be doing dictation sentences using the words each Friday. Each term’s list will be added to the class page on the school website.

Science

In term five, children will be learning about reproduction in plants and animals. In term 6 they will be continuing their learning about electricity, linking with their DT project.

RE

In RE, we will discussing two questions – ‘When Jesus left, what was the impact of Pentecost?’ and ‘How and why do people mark the significant events of life?’

PE

In PE, children will be working on their athletics skills with Bright Sparks Sports and stoolball skills. In term 6, Year 6 children will be taking part in swimming sessions at Cross in Hand School while Year 5 children will be joining Class 4 to play striking and fielding games.

Homework

Homework will be set each week on a Wednesday. A homework menu will be given out which will feature tasks involving writing, reading, spelling and grammar.

Please ensure that children do still get the chance to read at home with an adult – it is important that they get the chance to discuss their reading as much as possible outside of school as well as in class.

Monday: Homework handed in. PE with Mr Boorman
Tuesday: PE with Bright Sparks.
Wednesday: Homework handed out.
Friday: Spelling dictation sentences.

Key Dates

Wednesday 22nd April – East Sussex Children’s Book Award author visit
Monday 11th May – Year 6 Spelling and Grammar SATs tests.
Tuesday 12th May – Year 6 Reading test.
Wednesday 13th May – Year 6 Maths Arithmetic and Reasoning tests.
Thursday 14th May – Year 6 Maths Reasoning test.
Wednesday 20th May – Year 5/6 French trip.
Thursday 21st May – Skateboarding workshop
Friday 22nd May – Last day of term 5.
Monday 1st June – INSET day
Tuesday 9th June – East Sussex Children’s Book Award celebration event for participating children.
Thursday 18th June – Year 6 leavers service at Crowborough.
Wednesday 24th June – Sports Day.
Thursday 25th June – Class 4/5 visit to Newhaven Fort
Wednesday 1st July – Reserve Sports Day.
Friday 10th July – Moving up morning.
Wednesday 15th July – Whole School performance (afternoon and evening).
Thursday 16th July – Whole school performance (evening).
Monday 20th July – Year 6 leavers treat evening.
Tuesday 21st July – Last day of term 6. Cup Assembly.

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Term 5 & 6 Newsletter – Class 1

Under the Sea

Dear Class 1 Parents,

We hope you all had a lovely Easter holiday and are ready for all the exciting new learning the children will completing in the terms ahead.

Our theme for Terms 5 and 6 is ‘Under the Sea, Over the Waves’. These will be based around the seaside and Pirate themed activities. We will be going on a trip to the seaside. The children will visit the Blue Reef Aquarium in Hastings which links to our geography and science learning.

As our theme title suggests this term, we will be focusing our learning on things we find under the sea as well as the seaside itself. This theme will have a focus on geography and history learning.

English

Children will continue to have opportunities to develop their vocabulary through new and exciting texts, as well as a variety of speaking and listening activities. We will focus on a few different fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts to base our literacy work on, including:

The Rainbow Fish
Seaside Poems
Non-fiction Sharks
A Fish that Could Wish
Commotion in the Ocean
Sharing Shell
Pirate Pete …as well as many others!

The writing focus for Reception is to continue to use and apply their phonics to write simple sentences independently. They will also be encouraged to accurately spell some the tricky words they have been learning to read. In phonics, Reception will be introduced to reading and spelling CCVC and CVCC words (c=consonant; v=vowel) e.g. went, help. We will be learning to read and write our tricky words and there will be a strong emphasis on blending. Year 1’s writing focus will be to develop their independence when writing. They will also be encouraged to think about the structure of their writing and ways to make it more interesting by editing their work. The Year 1 children will be focusing on spelling compound words such as; playground, farmyard and contracted words such as; he’ll, she’ll.

Mathematics

Through the use of practical maths sessions, in which we will promote the use of a wide range of concrete apparatus, the children will be covering the following objectives:

Computing

Reception children will be experimenting with programming a Bee-bot and learning how to give simple commands. Year 1 children will be using IPads to create a stop motion animation.

History

We will explore the history of the seaside by looking at how clothing for the beach has changed and the types of seaside entertainment people used to enjoy. The children will compare seaside now with how it looked in Victorian times.

Geography

We will be learning about coastal places that we visit and the features of what makes a coast using geographical vocabulary. We will also be finding out about different sea creatures and where they live in the world.

Reading

We would like to thank you for the support you have shown regarding your child’s reading. We do appreciate how busy life can be and know that it can sometimes be a struggle to fit everything in. In school, we will be continuing to read daily with the children. On some days this will be 1:1, on other days group or choral reading. The children also have a daily story time.

Please continue to support your child with reading at home. The children will have a new phonic book sent home each Friday. This book is a Monster Phonic book. These are the books your child reads to you. Please remember that the idea of this is that the books should be read and re-read. Whilst reading the same book over again can be ‘challenging’ for us as parents, this repetition is very important for early readers as it helps them to gain confidence; familiarity; build their vocabularies; develop an understanding of rhythm and pattern; as well as for developing comprehension skills. The larger ‘real book’ changed on a Monday during our guided reading session, and this is the book you can share together.

The reading record is for you to use at home but please ensure that it is kept in your child’s book bag. In the reading record please write one comment for each day that you read. When 6 pages of the white book have been completed then a reading certificate will be given to your child during our weekly Friday assembly. We will also be checking reading records for these certificates on Wednesday. To avoid disappointment with delayed certificates, please be sure that your child’s reading record is in school.

PE

In term 5 on Tuesday, we will have Katie from Brightsparks Sports teaching Athletics and helping prepare the children for Sports Day. Miss Zara will be back in term 6 working on health and fitness. On Fridays Mrs Nobes will be teaching the children to hit a ball using a racket in preparation for playing tennis.

DT

In term 6 the children will be learning textiles to make their own finger puppet. The children will design, make and evaluate their finger puppet.

RE

We will be learning, which places are special and why? Places that are special to them and places that special to Christians and Muslims.

Science

We will be learning about the different materials. We will also be distinguishing between an object and the material. We will plan and observe experiments involving selecting materials for a purpose.

Art

The children will be learning plaiting, threading and knotting techniques. They will use these skills to create a sea themed woven piece of art.

Year 1 Homework

The year 1 children will have their homework books sent home each week with an English and maths task for the children to complete.

The reception children will have the next set of letters sent home to learn with words to learn that link to their phonics.

Uniform and Water Bottles

Now that the weather is warming up please ensure that on days when it is likely to be sunny you put sun cream on your child before they come to school. Also remember to send them to school with a named hat, jumper and water bottle.

Resources Needed

We would be extremely grateful for any donations of the following items:

Baby dolls/clothes/accessories.
Tea set or picnic set.
Cars.

Finally, thank you for all support, if you ever have any queries or questions, please do not hesitate to email us:

sbooth@blackboys.e-sussex.sch.uk or jnobes@blackboys.e-sussex.sch.uk

Very Best Wishes, Mrs Booth, Mrs Nobes and Miss Butler.

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Term 5 & 6 Newsletter – Class 3

Dear all,

I hope you all had a lovely Easter break and enjoyed time spent with family and friends. Welcome back to school for our final two terms! We have got an exciting couple of terms ahead of us and I am delighted to be back with the children.

English

In term 5, we will be studying the book ‘The Abominables’ by Eva Ibbotson. The book fits in nicely with our theme of Mountains and offers lots of wonderful opportunities for creative writing including another tackle at poetry. We will also be learning how to write an effective persuasive leaflet to encourage people to protect the yetis in the story. In term 6, we will be writing our own mountain adventure stories as well as writing our very own BFG play scripts.

Spelling

We will be continuing our work with our superhero spelling scheme. In the final term of superhero spellings, there is a focus on using apostrophes to show possession and suffixes (ful and less). The outline of the weekly spellings can be found stuck into your child’s homework book as well as on class 3’s page on the school website. Children are expected to practise their weekly spellings alongside their homework and will be tested on their spellings every Friday morning.

Science

In term 5, we will be continuing our work on forces and magnets. We will be investigating different magnetic and non-magnetic materials. Following this, class 3 will be looking at different metals and how magnets attract and repel. We will the move onto our new topic of plants which will lead us up to the summer holidays. We will spend time dissecting plants in order to identify and describe different parts of plants. We will also be carrying out an exciting experiment where we will investigate ‘Does the amount of seeds in a pot affect the growth of a plant?’ Class 3 will also learn about the life cycle of a plant, how a plant grows and stem and water transportation.

Art / Design & Technology

In term 5, we will be exploring how to construct our own 3D models using cardboard shapes. In term 6, children will be constructing their own BFG dream boxes.

Music

Our piece of focus music for term 5 will be ‘Night on Bald Mountain’. Children will get the opportunity to listen and appreciate the piece of music, identify the musical instruments and explore what the piece of music is describing.

French

In French, we will be reading the Hungry Caterpillar and designing our own menus. In term 6, we will be learning, listening and acting out the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

Geography & History

We kick off our summer term study of mountains by locating different mountains and mountain ranges across the world. We will then be learning about different mountain features and how mountains are formed. Following this, we will be looking at the incredible true story of Edmund Hillary’s and Tenzing Norgay’s Everest expedition. We will put ourselves in the explorers’ shoes and investigate their journey. Class 3 will finish off the topic focusing on map reading and map drawing.

Art

Maths

We are learning about fractions in term 5 by making sure we can recognise and find a half, quarter and third as well as working with equivalent fractions and adding and subtracting fractions. We will also be learning how to find fraction of amounts which is where our 3,4 and 8 times table knowledge makes this topic much easier, so please encourage your child to practice on TT Rockstars whenever possible.
We will then be moving our learning onto time, with a focus on how we measure time using months, years, days, hours, minutes and seconds. We will also focus on how to read a 24-hour clock and investigate how to solve problems using time. Parents can help massively here, by drawing their child’s attention to clocks around the house and helping them tell the time as often as possible please.
In term 6, our learning focus is on properties of shapes, including how to recognise and describe both 2-D and 3-D shapes as well as comparing angles. Following this, we focus on mass and capacity where we will recap our year 2 knowledge on how we compare mass and volume. This will then be followed by investigating how we measure mass and capacity and how we can add and subtract. This will be a very practical maths topic where children will take part in lots of fun and engaging activities to support their understanding!

RE

Our first enquiry question in our summer term is ‘What kind of world would Jesus want?’ We will be thinking about how Jesus teaches others how to live and does Jesus show love and forgiveness to all, by using examples from the Bible and modern day experiences from our surrounding environment. We will then move onto thinking about ‘How and why do people try to make the world a better place?’ by thinking about different influential people, religions and charities who help to nurture our world.

Whole-Class Reading

Our whole class reading text will be ‘The BFG’ by Roald Dahl. Whole class reading sessions will take place 4 times a week to build children’s reading stamina with chunkier texts. To support reading comprehension, children will have their own BFG reading comprehension booklet to answer questions after each chapter to help them recall information from the chapter they have just read. We are keen to develop the children’s inference skills by answering questions about the characters’ actions and feelings and backing these answers up with evidence from the text.

PSHE

Our summer term focus is all about learning and understanding the changes in our body as we begin to get older, as well as relationships.

Computing

In term 5, we will be using the iPads to create our very own video trailers. In term 6, we will be exploring data bases and using the data to plan holidays.

PE

In the summer term, children will be taking part in net and ball games, athletics and striking and fielding games.

Reminders

PE kits

Our PE lessons are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so please make sure children have their full kits. Now we are in the summer term, the children will need to wear shorts.

Reading Records

Your children are encouraged to be independent with choosing a reading book to read at home and changing their book when finished. We expect children to read every night, even if it is only for a short while. Please continue to record all reading in their Reading Records. (Small comments such as ‘Read well’ or ‘Confused with word…….’ would be useful.)

The Reading Records will be stamped once a page is completed. Children will receive a certificate in assembly when they fill up their Reading Record. We will be checking children’s Reading Records once a week, so please do make sure it is in their schoolbags on Tuesday Mornings.

Whilst reading with your child, it would be beneficial to ask them some questions about the text or to find a key word they have read. This supports their reading comprehension skills which supports their whole class reading sessions.

Homework

Homework is to be completed once a week and children will be able to choose a piece of homework from a Homework menu. The orange homework books will be handed out to children to take home on a Tuesday afternoon and will be expected back in school on a Monday morning. Please make sure you ask your child about their homework for the week and are working with them to complete it.

TT Rockstars

TT rockstar logins are stuck in the front of your child’s homework book. The times tables class 3 are expected to be confident with are their 2, 3, 4, 8 and 10 times tables by the end of the year. Mr Boorman is checking children’s progress weekly so it would great to see class 3 earning certificates in gold book assembly to display all their hard work on their times tables this year!

Uniform

Please make sure children’s names are on their uniform so that we know exactly who owns what! In Class 3, unless your child is wearing a summer dress, children are expected to wear ties with their uniform. Please make sure your child has a tie and that it is named.

Water bottles

Please make sure your child’s water bottle is clearly named and that they bring them home with them every day. They have plenty of opportunities to drink during the day and are also encouraged to use the school water fountain at break and lunchtime.

Please do come up and chat at the end of the day or email me if you have any questions 😀

Many thanks,
Miss Rietdyk
crietdyk@blackboys.e-sussex.sch.uk

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