Team Earth 2025 - 2026
Mrs Simpson
Welcome to Team Earth
2024-2025
Welcome back to the Summer Term.
Have a look below at some of the things they will be learning!
Maths
In Maths, the children will develop their understanding of multiplication as repeated addition, understanding the difference between equal and not equal groups. They will use their knowledge of skip counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and will use concrete, pictorial and abstract representations to help them to find the total of multiple equal groups and of doubles. They will then learn about numbers to 100.
English
This term we will be reading a story about a group of toys that are left outside on a summer’s night. They notice one of the stars is brighter than the rest and soon they are venturing into the unknown, traveling by spaceship, where they meet a lonely alien in need of help and some friends. The children will hypothesise about where the toys could have come from and how they could help find their owners before being given a variety of meaningful writing opportunities throughout the sequence of learning, including giving advice to the Hoctopize who has lost his favourite toy. Finally, the children will write a fantasy story about some toys who are taken onto a spaceship and create their own characters.
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 diaries 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 – How does your garden grow? In Science the children will be learning about plants and the seasons. They will find out about the basic structure of a plant and how to identify common garden plants and weeds in their local environment. They will learn about the difference between deciduous and evergreen trees and how these are affected by the seasons. Finally, the children will be developing their understanding of the four seasons and describing how the weather changes.
This topic of plants also will see children learning about Giuseppe Arcimboldo in Art lessons and evaluating the use of seasonal produce in his still life portraits. The children will use his work and their knowledge of plants to create their own still life portraits in the styles of Giuseppe. Finally at the end of this half term we will be using our knowledge of plants to create our own fruit salad as part of our learning in D.T. We would like to share our learning with our families and carers which we will be sending out further information about in the weeks to come.
Water Bottles:
Please make sure your child brings a water bottle into school with them every day. We have fruit provided for a snack or your child can bring in a healthy snack for at break time.
P.E:
The class has P.E lessons every Monday and Thursday.
Homework:
Will be set/given out on a Friday and is to be completed be the following Wednesday.
Maths – Games on EdShed every other week.
Grammar/ English - Games on Edshed every other week.
Spellings- Given out on a Friday with reading books
Numbots- 10 minutes a week.
Reading - If your child reads with you throughout the week, please write in their journal to let me know.
Home Journals: Please ensure your child’s home journal is in school every day. If you wish to deliver a message to your child’s teacher, please send your child into the class with their journal in their hand if there is a message in it.
Useful links:
English- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/words-and-spelling
Phonics- https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/
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,
Miss Whitwam and Mrs Taylor
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