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 days are Monday and Thursday. 

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This term, our Geography topic question is...

'Why are rainforests important to us?'

This half term, we are going to be learning all about different biomes around the world and where rainforests can be found. We will also investigate what a rain forest is, who lives there and why they are important to our changing world. 

Click on the picture below to find out more about rainforest habitats : 

Key vocabulary:

biome, buttress roots, canopy layer, community, deforestation, emergent layer,

Equator, forest floor, indigenous peoples, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer,

understorey layer, vegetation, vegetation belts

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Science 

This half term, we are going to be learning about States of Matter and the Water Cycle. We will be learning all about solids, liquids and gases, investigating their melting and freezing points as well as what condensing and evaporating are. 

Click the images below to find out more: 

Key vocabulary:

boiling, condensing, degrees Celsius, evaporating, freezing, gas, liquid,

melting, precipitation, solid, steam, temperature

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Art

This half term, we are going to be using paint to create our own Still Life compositions. Children will explore different ways of using paint to create 3D effects. As well as using tints and shades to show light and dark. 

Key vocabulary:

abstract, composition, contrasting, detailed, mark-making, muted, paint wash, patterned, pointillism, shade, shadow, stippling paint, texture, three dimensional (3D), tint, vivid

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Reading this half term: 

We will be reading some beautiful books about the Rainforest this half term. 

Our Class Author is: Emma Carroll

   Some of her books include: