Class Teacher: Miss Knapton

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Roebuck and Mrs Sale

Class Governor: Mrs Roberts

PTFA Rep: Mrs Dhir and Mrs Hurst

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Important Information 

Homework this half term is to spend time reading, practising spellings and learning the 6 and 7 x table facts.  

Click on the image below to practise your tables. Remember to set to 6x or 7x.

Spellings will be sent home at the beginning of each new half 

term. Spelling tests take place on a Friday.

Please make sure your child has a named PE kit, water bottle, reading book and message book in school every day. As the weather is turning colder we also ask that children bring a named coat to school daily.

Our PE day is Thursday with swimming in the morning (continuing until the 4th December) and a PE session in the afternoon. 

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This term, our theme topic question is...

'How did the Battle of Britain impact family life?'

This half term, we are going to be learning all about World War Two. We will be investigating when and where the fighting in Europe took place as well as the impact the war had on civilians. 

Click on the picture below to find out more about World War II : 

Key vocabulary:

Troops, Anderson shelter (air raid shelter), colonies, allied nations, Remembrance Day, surrender, Black-out, Rationing, The Blitz, evacuated, Nazi, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill

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Science 

This half term, we are going to be learning about Electricity and Circuits. The children will be creating circuits of their own as well as investigating whether materials are electrical conductors or insulators.

Key vocabulary:

appliance, battery/cell, bulb, circuit, electrical conductor, electrical insulator,

electricity, mains, power source, switch, wire

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Design Technology

This half term, we are going to be exploring different fastenings, their purpose, benefits and disadvantages. Following our evaluations we will be creating out own fabric book sleeves with their own fastening. 

Key vocabulary:

criteria, fabric, fastening, fix, mock-up, stitch, template

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Our Class Author is: Emma Carroll

   Some of her books include: