Welcome to Team Venus 

2024

We hope that you had a fantastic Easter break and are refreshed and ready for another term as Team Venus. We are looking forward to having a fun Summer term full of exciting learning.

This term our topic is called "Remarkable Rainforests."

The children will be working hard to achieve their goals in all areas of the curriculum. Have a look at some of the things they will be learning!

    Maths

    In Maths, we will be learning about properties of shape, money, multiplication and division, length and height, mass, capacity and temperature.

English 

This half term we will be exploring the text ‘The Last Wolf’ by Mini Grey and next half term 'Grandad's Secret Giant' by Daniel Litchfield.  Just like our previous texts, these texts have so many wonderful opportunities for fantastic writing and getting the children using their imaginations and creativity.  As well as developing further those skills previously taught; the children will be participating in discussions and role play, recognising simple recurring language used in story writing, writing narrative based on real life experiences and writing for different purposes.  They will also be researching, writing a persuasive speech, creating guides and lists, descriptive writing and so much more. 

Learning Adventure - Remarkable Rainforests

This area of learning links to many areas of the curriculum. The Geography focus will take children into the world of rainforests where they will be researching the different rainforest locations, using the world map. They will learn about the layers of the rainforest, climate, weather and the deforestation of the rainforests.

The children will enjoy a residential trip to Fox Howl in Delamere and will explore the human and physical features on their trip comparing them to The Spinney at school.

Our Science topic during the Summer term will see the children observe and describe how trees and plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow. We will be exploring and comparing the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive. The children will identify that most living things live in habitats. They will explore and name a variety of plants and minibeasts in their habitats, including micro-habitats and describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain. Much of our field work will take place in the Spinney.

Our Ready Steady Go topic lends itself nicely into our Science during the Spring term where we will be investigating animals including humans. We will be exploring that animals, including humans have offspring which grow into adults. We will be talking about the basic needs for survival and the importance for humans, of exercise, food and hygiene.

PE will be delivered twice a week on Monday and Wednesday. Please ensure that your child has their PE kit and pumps or trainers, in school at all times.

Reading

We put a high emphasis on reading in school with daily reading and spelling 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 journals at least 3 times a week (ideally every night).

Planners/ Messages Please ensure your child’s home journal is in school everyday. If you wish to deliver a message to your child’s teachers please use the home journal as a form of communication, however please send your child into the class with their journal if there is a message in it.

Homework:  

Spelling – 5 practice games on EdShed every week.

Maths – 5 practice games on EdShed every week.

Grammar on quiz shed every other week.

Homework is set on a Friday and needs to be completed by the following Wednesday. Rockstars is also set weekly through the garage section, where children will work on 2,5 and 10 times tables. All passwords are at the front of your child’s reading journal.

Useful Links

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/numeracy/multiplication/fs.shtml

https://ttrockstars.com/

We cannot wait for an exciting term of fun filled learning.

Miss Atherton, Mrs Durban, Mrs Caveney and Miss Dixon