Willow (KS2 DP)

Welcome to Willow Class (Designated Provision 2)

Teachers:

Mrs. Welsby – Monday, Tuesday, Wed morning

Mrs. Bonser – Wed afternoon, Thursday, Friday

Teaching Assistants:

Mrs. Snelson

Mr. Boulter

English

We will reading:

Goldilocks and Just the One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson

We will be learning to:
• join words and clauses using and
• use simple description
• sequence sentences to form short narratives
• consistently use a capital letter for places and days of the week
• punctuate using a capital letter, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark

The children will write a new version of the story with a new character or new setting as well as a non-chronological report about bears. We will continue to look at traditional tales as part of our reading area texts.

Maths

Measurement – Mass and Volume

Following on from last half term’s work on length and height, the children will be measuring and comparing mass and volume. They will explore the concepts of heavier and lighter and full and empty.

Measurement – Money

We will look at:

recognising notes
recognising coins
counting in coins
counting in notes

Measurement – Time

We will look at:

days of the week
months of the year
hours, minutes and seconds

We will be learning to tell the time to the hour and half hour.

Science

We will be learning about plants

We will be learning to:

identify different parts of flowering plants
describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants
explore what plants need to live and grow
investigate the way water is transported in plants
explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants

History

Our learning question is:

What did the Romans leave behind?

We will be learning about:

the Roman army
Roman houses
Britain before the Romans
Britain after the Romans

Geography

Fieldwork Study

This will be within the school grounds and as part of a trip to a beach.

We will be learning to:

sort human and physical features
draw and label maps
look at the ground and compare it
identify what a beach is

Other Subjects

Other curriculum areas:

Hinduism – How might people show their devotion?
Judaism – What aspects of life really matter?

PSHE

Relationships
Changing Me

Computing

Data Handling
Creating Media – Digital Imagery

Art

Painting and Mixed Media
This will be delivered by Mr. C. from Splash Art – Summer 1 only.

Structures – Making Chairs

Music

Structure – Myths and Legends

Athletics – Wednesdays
Swimming – Thursdays

Class Notices

Snack

Children can bring in a healthy snack each day or they can buy toast for £1 a week. Please send £1 into school in an envelope with your child by 9.30am each Friday morning to pay for toast for the following week.

Alternatively you can pay for the term by bank transfer direct to school. Please use your child’s name and ‘TUCK’ as the reference.

Account Number: 43836550

Sort Code: 01 – 09 – 17

Each child also needs a named water bottle that can remain in school. If you would like your child to have squash, please send in a named bottle.

PE is on Wednesdays.

Your child needs a full named PE kit including: