Welcome to Willow Class (Designated Provision 2)
Teachers:
Mrs. Welsby – Monday, Tuesday, Wed morning
Mrs. Bonser – Wed afternoon, Thursday, Friday
Teaching Assistants:
Miss. Lacey
Mr. Boulter
English
We will be learning to:
• join words to form sentences with greater independence
• describe settings and characters
• sequence sentences to form short narratives
• consistently use a capital letter for places, days of the week and I.
• punctuate using a capital letter and full stop
The children will write a new version of the story with a new character and / or new setting. They will include a beginning, middle and end to their story.
Maths
Science
The children will:
- learn about solids, liquids and gases
- observe water as a solid, a liquid and a gas
- explore the effect of heating and cooling water
- carry out investigations into evaporation and the water cycle
The children will:
- learn about the different parts of the human digestive system
- discover about the different types of teeth animals have and their jobs
- draw food chains.
History
What happened after the Romans left?
We will be learning about the Anglo Saxons. We will find out:
- When the Anglo Saxons were in Britain
- Why the Romans left
- Who the Anglo Saxons were and where they came from
- Why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain
- What life was like in an Anglo Saxon village
- How the Anglo Saxons communicated
- How Anglo Saxon Britain was ruled
We will also be learning about Alfred the Great.
Geography
What can you find in the UK and Europe?
We will be learning to:
- name the 4 countries that make up the UK and the surrounding seas
- name and locate the 7 continents
- name and locate the 5 oceans
- investigate climates
- compare the UK and Spain
Other Subjects
Other curriculum areas:
RE
Christianity
God – Why do Christians say that God if the ‘Father’?
Jesus – Why is Jesus so special to Christians?
PSHE
Jigsaw – Being in my world / Celebrating difference
My Happy Mind – Meet your brain / Celebrate
Computing
Developing mouse skills
Word processing
Art
Painting and Mixed Media – collages
DT
Food and Nutrition – Making smoothies
Music
Pulse
PE
Wednesday – Athletics
Thursday – Personal Skills
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
PE is on Wednesdays and Thursdays
Your child needs a full named PE kit including:
- Blue Dallam PE Top
- Black Shorts
- Trainers
- Black jogging bottoms
- Black hooded top / jumper
Please note: school no longer allows children to wear pumps for PE.
Click on the link below to visit our NEW online uniform shop.
http://www.touchline-embroidery.net/dallam/
Homework
Homework is set every Monday.
Children should return their completed homework to class by Friday.
Spellings
Weekly spellings are sent home via seesaw.
They will be tested as part of a dictation exercise every Thursday.
Reading Books
Reading books are collected in every Thursday and changed.
A new reading book will be sent home on Friday.
Multiplication and division facts
Here are some useful websites:
Hit the Button:
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Times Tables Rockstars:
Numbots:
