Class Teacher: Miss Knapton

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Roebuck and Mrs Sale

PTFA Rep: Mrs Abbott, Mrs Dhir and Mrs Dale

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Important Information 

Homework this half term is to spend time reading, practising spellings and learning the 6x , 7x , 9x and 12x table facts.  

Click on the image below to practise your tables. 

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.

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday. 

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This term, our Geography topic question is...

'What are rivers and how are they used?'

This half term, we are going to be learning all about how rivers are a vital part of the water cycle on Earth. We will be investigating courses of rivers and their physical features as well as finding out what impact rivers have on how we live. 

Click on the picture below to find out more about Rivers : 

Key vocabulary:

evaporation, condensation, precipitation, delta, estuary, floodplain, meander, oxbow lake, river mouth, source, tributary, valley

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Science 

This half term, we are going to be learning about the classification of living things and their habitats.

In this topic we will learn how to group animals and plants based on their key characteristics, as well as recognise and describe different habitats and how we as humans can have both a positive and negative impact. 

Click the images below to find out more: 

Key vocabulary:

classification key, classify, conservation, deforestation, endangered, flowering plants, insect, nature reserve,

non-flowering plants, pollution, slug, snail, spider, worm

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Art

This half term, we are going to be exploring how nature can be used to inspire artists when they are designing and crating their work. We will be researching William Morris and creating our own repeating patterns. 

Key vocabulary:

batik, colour palette, craft, craftsperson, design, develop, designer, imagery, industry, inspiration, mood board, organic, pattern, repeat, repeating, rainforest, symmetrical, texture, theme

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Reading this half term: 

We will be reading Sky Chasers by Emma Carroll 

Our Class Author is: Emma Carroll

   Some of her books include: