Team Earth 2025 - 2026
Mrs Simpson
Welcome to Team Earth
2025-2026
Welcome to Summer Term! What a fantastic first term we had. The children excelled themselves over the term with it culminating in the fanstastic publication of their book. What a wonderful start to our summer term. The sun has been starting to shine and the children have come in with great enthusiasm for their learning. I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Easter break and didn't eat too monay chocolate eggs! We have lots of exciting challenges this term adn we look forward to sharing these with you at our end of term assembly, details to follow.
Maths
Throughout this term we will be focusing on the following knowledge and skills in Maths; In the first part of the term children will be developing their understanding of multiplication as repeated addition and the difference between equal and not equal groups. They will then move onto fractions working towards understanding a half and a quarter. In geometry we will focus on position linking with fractions to describe movement, including whole, half and quarter turns. In place value we will be building on our number knowledge right up to 100! Finally, in measurement we will be focusing on the recognition of different denominations and telling the time to the nearest hour and half past.
English
This term we will be taking inspiration from ‘Toys in Space’ by Mini Grey to write a fantasy story about some toys who are taken onto a spaceship. They will focus on building their use of ‘and’ to link clauses, use a range of punctuation and use a variety of prefixes and suffixes. We will then be taken into the magical world of Shakespeare and his comedy ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. This will work on their ability to describe character and setting.
Reading
We put a high emphasis on reading in school with daily reading activities. It’s our expectation that all children read at least 3 times per week at home. We ask that parents read with their children and sign the home school journals at least 3 times a week (ideally every night). “The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go!” (Dr Seuss)
Learning Adventure – ‘’“Why do people explore and how does it change what we know?”
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In history we are going to be learning about local explorer George Mallory and his intrepid expedition to attempt to climb Mount Everest. Then the children will become explorers themselves as we build an understanding of Knutsford using field work skillsin gerography. In science we will use our observation skills to identify and name common plants and trees being able to describe their basic structures. In art we will be learning about the famous artist giuseppe arcimboldo and in DT we will link this with learning about healthy foods by designing our own fruit salad!
PE
Our PE lessons are Mondays and Wednesdays every week. Please can PE kits be in school and labelled with your child’s name.
Homework
Reading - If your child reads with you throughout the week, please write in their journal to let me know.
Spellings (optional) – will go home on a Friday and children who complete these receive 3 house points when they return them on a Wednesday
Communicaiton
If you wish to deliver a message to me, please use the journal or Seesaw as a form of communication. As always, we encourage open lines of communication between school and home. If you have any questions or concerns throughout the term, please do not hesitate to contact me through the school’s administration team.
Remember to ensure you have set up your seesaw account so that you can see what your child has been engaged in. If you need the login details please as at the office.
Useful links:
English- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/words-and-spelling
Phonics- https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/
Edshed - https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login?redirect_uri=%2Fen-us%2Fmenu
Numbots - https://play.numbots.com/#/account/school-login-type?
We hope the children are looking forward to the new topics and don't forget if you have any questions please ask, We are always happy to help!
Thank you for your support,
Mrs Simpson and Mrs Taylor
