Welcome to Lemurs Class!

Our Team: Mr Gough (Class Teacher), Mrs Cowley (Teaching Assistant)

Key information:

The doors to the classroom will be open at 8:30am, ready to see all the children in for 8:35am.

The school day finishes at 3:20pm.

Our Reading Diaries are checked and books are changed on Monday.

PE day is Tuesday. Children must bring in a full PE kit (a plain white t-shirt, black bottoms and trainers). Children must have their hair tied back and earrings taken out.

Forest School/Swimming is Wednesday. Forest School kit consists of a change of shoes (ideally wellies) and clothes that you don't mind your child getting dirty in. The change of clothes must be long trousers and a long-sleeved top. For swimming, children must have a full swimming costume/trunks, a towel and a swimming hat. Like PE, children must have their earrings taken out. 

Our Learning Journey

Autumn 1, Week 4 Update

This week in Maths we have continued comparing numbers using the symbols < > and = and have now moved on to jumping up and down number tracks in 2's, 5's and 10's.

In RE this week we have learned about why Muslims read the Quran and how they treat it with respect by keeping it on a special stand.

In English we have been planning a story with our own 'opposite characters' who decide to trade places and go to live with each other's families.

In History we have deepened our understanding of the Great Fire of London by learning about some of the ingenious ways that people tried to put out the fire. This including using hooks to pull down burning houses and even gunpowder to blow up houses to create fire breaks. In PE we enjoyed some relay races where we used a human chain to pass a bucket and put out imaginary fires.

 

Autumn Term 1 , Update 20.09.24

In English this term we have been learning to use noun phrases to describe characters in the story Troll Swap. We have learned how trolls behave and compared that to how 'good little boys and girls' should behave! We have also taken on the role of characters in the story to write letters and diary entries.

In Maths we have done lots of work on place value and how to partition numbers using the 'part, part, whole' model. We have now moved on to comparing numbers and quantities of objects using the mathematical symbols < > and =.

In History we have begun to learn about the Great Fire of London and have focussed on why the fire spread so quickly and what problems the people had putting the fire out. In PE this term we have been creating a Great Fire of London Dance and practicing using our bodies to represent structures such as houses and even bridges! 

In RE we have learned about the 99 names of Allah and why Mohammad and the Quran are so special to muslims.

 

Curriculum:

Autumn 1

In English, we will be starting by looking at writing our own story based off of Troll Swap by Leigh Hodgkinson. This will be followed by a poetry unit looking at Zebra Question by Shel Silverstein.

For Maths, we will start our learning by looking at place value, which will then tie in nicely by moving on to addition and subtraction later on in this half term. 

In Science, for the first term, we will be focusing on a range of different materials and their properties. 

Moving on to History, the children will be learning all about the fascinating Great Fire of London. This links with our PE topic which is a Great Fire of London dance!

For RE, the children will be answering the question “Who is Muslim and how to they live?”

We have such an exciting start to this academic year and I can't wait to get started on Thursday 5th September!