Class 4

Welcome to Class 4

Year 1 and 2

Class Teacher

Mrs Capstick

Class Teaching Assistants

Mrs Jarosz, Mrs Payne, Miss Austin

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 Knight who wouldn't Fight to fit in with our topic of Castles in History. We will also be writing a recount of our exciting trip to Skipton Castle.
Maths 🔢 – Our focus will be on place value, mass, volume and capacity, along with addition, subtraction, fractions, length and mass, geometry and time.
Science 🔬 – We’ll be continuing to learn about Animals including Humans but this time we will be learning all about life cycles especially that of a caterpillar.
PE 🤸 – This half term we’ll focus on invasion games.
RE 🕉️ –We are covering Christianity, thinking about why Christians say God is a father.
🗺️ 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 focussing on Skipton Castle and will even be taking a trip there!
DT- We are making puppets and pouches in textiles.
🧠 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 protect their own rights.
Music 🎶 – We’ll be using the genre of Power ballads to practise using our voices and performing.
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 Fridays.

Please arrive to school in your PE kit:

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

Outdoor Provision

Outdoor provision, which has been taking place each Tuesday, will not be continued throughout January and February. It is important that we let the ground recover and regenerate before it is used again later in Summer term.

Forest School

Class 4 will have Forest School lessons this term on Wednesay afternoons from 1.30pm-3pm in our school woodland. Please make sure your child comes in with a bag of forest school clothes on these days including:

Waterproof trousers or Puddlesuits

Coats

Wellies