This Term's Topics
Topic- The VictoriansScience- Life CyclesMaths-Multiplication & DivisionPE - Volleyball
Welcome to the Spring term! Happy new year to all of our wonderful children and their families. We hope you've had a lovely Christmas break.
Our new topic is The Victorians. We're excited to learn lots about life in this era. We'll study The British Empire, inventions, child labour, William Morris, the life of Queen Victoria, the poem 'The Kraken' by Lord Alfred Tennyson and lots more. In DT our work will be centred around textiles with a focus on developing sewing skills and creating our own toy.
Our class novel this term is 'Street Child' by Berlie Doherty, which follows the life of a young Victorian orphan whose life is changed by meeting Dr Thomas John Barnado, the founder of the children's charity we now know as Barnados.
Guitar lessons with Mr McKenzie will continue throughout the year. I'm sure you'll all agree the children did a wonderful job showcasing these skills in our Christmas performance.
Physical Education
Our PE day is Wednesday. Please ensure that your child brings their full PE kits on this day (black shorts/tracksuit bottoms, PE t-shirt, trainers or black plimsols) in a bag. We also use our track to do the daily mile every day and have specialist coaches who work with us throughout the year.
Class 12 staff
Mrs Griffin - Monday
Mrs Wallace - Tuesday - Friday
Mrs Bulman - Senior Teaching Assistant (STA)
Class 12 Home Learning
Homework:
The children will be given a homework grid with a wide range of activities centred around the topic of the term. We would ask them to complete one activity per fortnight and bring their completed homework in on a Friday.
Other activities that we encourage the children to complete at home are:
- Times Table Rockstars
- Doodle Maths
- Doodle English
- Doodle Times Tables
- Doodle Spell
- Learning Beck games
Please continue to support your child's progress in reading by hearing them read every day and asking them questions about what they have read.
We would love to see all the wonderful things you are doing at home. You can send photos, power points, pictures, etc to our class email address.
If you need any further information, resources or support then please speak to your class teacher.
Class 12 Downloads
Victorians Homework grid
Class 12 Weblinks
Times Table Rockstars Tessellation video - What is tessellation? Tessellation - How to make a tessellation patternThe Maths FactorCBBC NewsroundMaths Chase Hawse End 2023 Information Countdown Time Table RockstarsTessellation - BBC Bitesize