Miss Caff
Teacher
My favourite book is 'How to Train your Dragon' by Cressida Cowell. When I was at school, this book was read to me by my class teacher. I became engrossed in the adventurous, magical and wondrous characters within the story and the ups and downs within the plot. I was hooked. The book follows a young Viking boy, Hiccup who wants to be just like his dad until he meets an interesting dragon, Toothless. The bravery, independence and teamwork within this book resonated with me as a child and still do now. I will continue to read this book and recommend it to all of my students.
Miss Cunningham
Support Staff
My favourite children's book is The Lion, The Witch and the wardrobe. This book follows four children into a mystery world which they accidentally enter whilst hiding in a wardrobe. They experience excitement, curiosity and fear as they enter the new, mysterious world. Throughout this story the children undertake numerous challenges in order to protect each other and meet new people and creatures whilst exploring the wonders of this new, mysterious place.
Mrs Warne
Support Staff ( afternoons)
I love to read! My favourite book of all time is The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame. I remember loving it when it was read to me and I have read it to my own children too.
Autumn 1
Welcome to a brand-new academic year! Our topic this half term is ‘All about me’.
In History, we will be looking at changes within living memory; children will be looking at how they have changed since birth and at how their lives are different to those of their parents and grandparents, by comparing things like toys.
In Art we will be looking at the different features of our faces and will effectively use shape and line to create our own self-portraits.
In Science, we will be thinking about ‘animals – including humans’, the children will identify, name and draw different body parts, will be focusing on our senses, and will also look at the stages of the human lifecycle. We will also focus on the importance of exercise, a balanced diet and hygiene.
In DT, we will be thinking about healthy and unhealthy foods, and we will then use this information to design, create and evaluate a healthy fruit salad.
Phonics and spelling will be taught daily alongside our English lessons. We will be focusing on the story ‘Messha Makes Friends’ by by Tom Percival. We will be looking at building the foundational skills of sounding out words, using capital letters and full stops to create simple sentences.
In maths, we will follow the White Rose scheme of work. Our focus will be number and place value to start off with, and then we will move on to addition and subtraction. We will be continually reviewing our arithmetic methods throughout the half term through our ‘fluency in five’ sessions.
In P.E, we will be completing our gymnastics unit. We will be thinking about different balances, rolls and jumps. We will then combine these movements to create a gymnastics sequence. We will also have a week of swimming.
In R.E. we will be exploring the question: “What does it mean to belong?” to do this, we will think about the groups/organisations that we belong to and how this makes us feel. We will think about how Christians, Muslims and Jews show that they belong. We will think about how Muslims welcome a new baby and will also think about what matters about being in a community.
In Music, we will be using Charanga to complete the ‘Pulse, rhythm and pitch’ unit. In this unit, we will share our views about different pieces of music, find a beat to a piece of music, improvise and compose and then perform a piece of music with the class.
In computing we will focus on online safety; thinking about logging in safely and searching safely on the internet. We will think about our digital footprint and the impact that this has.
In PSHE, our unit is called ‘Being me in my world’. In this unit, the children will think about their hopes and goals for the year, how to be part of the school community and how to care for one another.