DOVE
In Dove class, you will find teachers Miss McCracken (Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays), Miss Larcombe (Thursdays and Fridays) and Learning Support Assistant Mrs Budd-Lowe (every day).
Our quest title for this half term is 'The Great Outdoors.'
Message from your teachers!
English - We are focusing on instructional texts - How to make Pancakes and How to Grow Beans.
We will also being writing some poetry (based on the painting 'Surprise' by Rousseau. Some of those poem will be entered into a poetry writing competition. The children will also be having lots of practise at reading and answering reading comprehensions and will continue to have daily phonics/ spelling lessons.
Maths - We are continuing with the properties of shape - 2D and 3D shape - vertices, edges and faces. After that we will be moving on to learn about Fractions.
In Art we will be learning about Andy Goldsworthy and having a go at our own sculptures made from natural materials.
In Science we are learning and finding out all about plants. (please see our topic overviews for more information). Please see the Parent Overview for more detail.
Visits and Visitors
The Dogs Trust will be coming in to help us learn about caring for dogs (4.3.20)
Peter Littlewood from the Young People's Trust for the Environment will be visiting and teaching us about gardening and the environment. (4.3.20)
On the 1.4.20 we will be going to Gore Farm for an exciting day out. PARENT VOLUNTEERS needed please!
P.E is on a Tuesday and Thursday ( Thursday's P.E. may be outside so please bring appropriate PE kit to keep warm).
Please could you make sure that kit is in school on these days.
Don't forget to click into the stars as well to see photos of how busy we are being in Dove class!
Term 4 - The Great Outdoors
Homework Letter - Term 4
Outdoor Learning Day. - what a lot of fun we had in the sun ! Walking, planting, listening to music, science experiments, bug finding ...
World Book Day
Look at our fabulous sculptures based on Andy Goldsworthy
West End Theatre Company did a workshop with us where we participated in a drama based on the Lorax
Visit from Young People's Environment Trust - we had a talk about nature around us and how we can create homes and habitats for plants and animals in our school and garden.
Using apparatus in PE
Hidden Woods
The Book Caravan
Outdoor Learning Day
We teamed up with Hawk class for our Outdoor Learning day. We experienced lots of fun activities all based on the great outdoors. Look at the fun things we got up to!