Welcome to Class Nine

Teacher: Miss Creaby

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Horton and Miss Crawford.

Welcome to Class Nine

Summer 1

English

In English, Class Nine will be reading the story ‘Winnie at the Seaside.’ Pupils will be completing The 5 Strands of Learning and linking all activities with this story. Activities involve sequencing events from the story, describing characters, using emoji images to relate to feelings of characters in the story and identifying the most important parts in the story. Pupils will also be learning how to write a set of instructions on how to build a sandcastle. 

Mathematics

In Mathematics, children working on B Squared Level Math will be focusing on individual B Squared targets.

Pupils working at Year 1 level will be completing work based on Number and Place Value with numbers from within 100, Addition and Subtraction with numbers from 0-100, Time and Shape, Space and Measure.

Pupils working at Year 2 level will be completing work based Multiplication and Division, Fractions, Statistics, Time and Shape, Space and Measure.

Science

 In Science, children working on a Year 1 curriculum will be learning about Plants.

Children will be taught how to:

• Become familiar with common names of flowers and plant structures, including

Seeds

• Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering

plants, including trees

• Become familiar with common names of flowers and plant structures
• Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants
• Identify and name a variety of deciduous and evergreen trees
• Understand how plants change over time
• Observe the growth of flowers they have planted
• Become familiar with plant structures
• Keep records of how plants change over time

 Children following a year 5 curriculum will be learning about Living things and their habitats.

 Children will be taught how to:

• Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals
• Describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an

insect and a bird

Geography

In Geography, pupils will be learning about 'The Human and Physical Features of the Seaside'. Pupils will be researching a chosen seaside and identifying what you can do there, identifying features of a seaside, sorting and comparing the seaside from the past and present, planning a route around St Ives, using a map to locate islands and planning our own trip to the seaside. 

Computing

In computing this term the children will develop their understanding of the various aspects of using a computer to create and manipulate text. They will become more familiar with using a keyboard and mouse to enter and remove text. Learners will also consider how to change the look of their text, and will be able to justify their reasoning in making these changes. Finally, learners will consider the differences between using a computer to create text, and writing text on paper. They will be able to explain which method they prefer and explain their reasoning for choosing this.

P.E

Every Wednesday, we will have P.E. Please make sure you send your child's P.E kit into school. Pupils will be participating in lessons which focus on Athletics. 

Every Thursday, Class Nine will be participating in swimming lessons. Please make sure you send your child into school with a swimming kit, a towel and swimming cap. Swimming caps are £1.20 and they can be purchased from the school reception. 

 Music

This term, all the learning in this unit is focused around one song: Blackbird by The Beatles - a song about civil rights.

R.E

The learning focus for this term in R.E is ' Why do people pray?'

PSHE

Our Summer One Topic in PSHCE is ‘Coping with Change'

Art

The artist we are focusing on this term is called John Miller.

During this term in Art, pupils will be creating a seaside picture using water colours.

Homework

Children will be sent home with spellings to learn each week, could you please find the time to practice with the children. 

Children will read at home each day with parents/carers. Please ensure it is noted daily in your child's reading record. 

At The Grange we believe that it is crucial to work in partnership with parents and carers. There is an expectation that you will support us by ensuring that your child completes the tasks that we set as homework.

Obviously the level of your engagement will depend on your child’s age but we expect you to take an active part in all aspects of homework. and where necessary, indicate that you have monitored the completion of it (e.g. by signing the Home/ School Reading Record Book)

The routines of reading every day, learning spellings and multiplication tables etc. can be great fun and very rewarding for all concerned. Best results are achieved when homework is not done at the last minute but has a fixed time in a child’s established home routine. Short, sharp period of activity are preferable to prolonged periods of study where concentration can be lost.

Effective learning and consolidation of learning cannot happen in an environment with lots of distractions (e.g. television etc.) Please give some thought to where your child works at home.

Please see below the extensive list of websites that your child can visit to consolidate and extend his/her learning.