Spring term 1 2025

Welcome back after our Christmas break, I hope you had a lovely and relaxing time! We've got a very bust half term ahead of us!

Our current units of learning are:

English - Odd and the Frost Giants - narrative

Guided Reading - Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

Maths - Adding and subtraction fractions

Science - Properties and changes of materials

RE - Why do Christians believe Jesus was the Messiah?

History - The Vikings

PSHE - Dreams and Goals

Spanish - Que tiempo hace? (What is the weather like?)

PE - Dance and swimming

Computing - Databases

Music - Singing

Our Class novel this half term

Nate and his mother are running away, hiding out in a tumbledown cottage in the middle of a forest. When Mum heads off for provisions, and then doesn't return, Nate is left alone and afraid, with the dark closing in all around him. But comfort can come from the most unexpected of places - a mysterious girl trying to solve the clues of a treasure hunt and the reappearance of an old friend from his past. Will Nate find the bravery needed to face the troubles of his present and ultimately illuminate the future?

 

Autumn term 1 2024

Hello to you all : )

I am so excited to start this new year with you and we can't wait for you to be back in school! I hope you have had a relaxing summer break and feel ready for the start of the new year; we have a lot of exciting and important learning coming up!

Our current units of learning are:

English - Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo - character description

Guided Reading - Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo

Maths - Place value of numbers with up to 7 digits

Science - Life cycles

RE - What does it mean for Christians to believe that God is holy and loving?

History - Anglo-Saxons

PSHE - Being me in my world

Spanish - Mi familia

PE - Cross-country and swimming

Computing - Coding

Music - Glockenspiel 

Important information

- PE days = Wednesday and Friday

- Homework = will be given out and is due in on Thursdays

- Spelling test = Thursdays

- It is so important to read regularly, and we have so many interesting books for you to borrow. Please bring reading books in every day as we will be using them in class too.

Remember: 

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

 

Our class novel

 

The Unforgotten Coat - Frank Cottrell Boyce.

Two refugee brothers from Mongolia are determined to fit in with their Liverpool schoolmates, but bring so much of Mongolia to Bootle that their new friend and guide, Julie, is hard-pressed to know truth from fantasy.