Class 3

Welcome to Class 3

Year 1

Class Teacher

Mrs Clark

Class Teaching Assistants

Mrs Smith (Mon PM and Thurs), Mrs Perry (Mon-Weds AM), Miss Oldfield (Weds PM-Fri),

Miss Clarke-Haddon (Weds AM and Thurs) and Miss Moss (PE - Tues PM)

Spring Term 2

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back! We hope you all had a lovely break. We’re looking forward to a fun-filled and engaging half term, with lots of exciting learning opportunities planned across the curriculum.

Here’s a look at what your child will be exploring this half term:

- English
We'll be exploring the story of The Paper-Bag Princess to complement our topic of Castles in History. The children will enjoy retelling the story, acting it out, and will write their own, innovated section! We will also be writing a recount of our exciting trip to Skipton Castle! The children will continue to have daily phonics lessons, daily whole class reading sessions, daily handwriting sessions, and daily spelling sessions.

- Maths
This half term, we will cover many different mathematical concepts. We will begin by learning about measurement (length and mass), followed by addition and subtraction, fractions, geometry (position and direction), and time.

- Science
We’ll be continuing our learning about Animals including Humans, this half term focusing on Life Cycles.

- History
We'll explore English Castles - where they came from and what their purpose was. We will look at their different features and how they were used. We will be focusing on Skipton Castle and will even be taking a trip there!

- PE (Physical Education)
This half term, we'll be focusing on striking and fielding games and invasion games.

- RE (Religious Education)
Our topic is Christianity, thinking about why Christians say that God is a Father.

- PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education)
Our theme this half term is Rights and Respect, encouraging the children to think about how to be respectful, and how to protect their own rights and those of others.

- Music
In Music, we’ll be using the genre of Country music to practise our composing and improvising skills.

- Computing
We'll be learning about Digital Writing.

We can't wait to explore these topics together and see the children's enthusiasm for learning shine through. Thank you, as always, for your continued support.

If you have any questions about our curriculum this half term, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Timetable

PE

Our PE day is Tuesday.

Please arrive at school in your PE kit:

Plain, dark tracksuit bottoms/leggings;
Plain white t-shirt;
Blue school jumper/cardigan/hoodie (no other hoodies);
Trainers;
No earrings.

Forest School

Class 3 will have Forest School lessons this half term on Wednesday mornings from 9.00am to 10.30am in our Secret Garden. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their coats/puddlesuits and wellies. Please also ensure that they have a bag of clean dry clothes (just in case!) and some shoes to change into afterwards.