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Merlins

Welcome to Merlins Class.

 

Our Topic for the Spring Term is ‘The Great Outdoors’, throughout this term we will focus on developing our scientific knowledge and understanding. We will be learning about Living Things and their Habitats and Earth and Space. In March, we will be taking part in Science week, carrying out activities connected to the theme of time.  In Geography we will be developing our knowledge of the UK. During our topic, we will have an outdoor adventure day.  We will also have a visit from Severn Trent Water to learn about and take part in activities about our ‘Super Sewers’.

 

In English, we will be using our science knowledge and writing skills to write an explanation text. We will also write and film a Nature Documentary. We will use the book ‘The Lost Words’ to write our own poems and create some detailed art work, alongside digital photography with the natural world as our focus. We will begin the topic with hook day into our book ‘Brightstorm’ and we will end it by writing a range of genres based on the book.

 

In Maths, we will focus on building and strengthening our knowledge of number. We will learn about: algebra, ratio and proportion, multiplication and division, fractions, decimals and percentages, and measurement

 

We will develop our creative skills in Design and Technology by taking part in a Knex challenge and creating a Sky-ship.  We will also be cooking a traditional British dish and learning about seasonality. We will also be using our Computing skills to create a game on Scratch. We will also be using some new software called Microbits to develop and create some algorithms.

 

In Music we will be listening to compositions by Delia Derbyshire and learning how to improvise, compose and perform music for a range of purposes.

 

During the term we will be taking part in outdoor learning and going to Forest School.

 

You will not need to bring your PE kits to school but you can wear your PE kits on our PE days. Some PE will be outside so please make sure you’ll be warm enough.

 

Homework will be set at the start of the term on Seesaw. Children can upload their work to Seesaw at the end of the term or as they finish each task. If you would prefer a paper copy of the homework please contact the school to arrange this.  Children will received rewards for completed homework tasks.

 

You can support us by listening to your child read regularly, helping them learn their times tables and practice their spelling. Children will receive a reward and raffle ticket each time they read at home (you can sign their link book or they could upload a photo/video to Seesaw). Children can become ‘Maths Champions’ and receive a special pencil when they know all the times tables and division facts up to 12x12 and are able to use them to solve a variety of problems. Children will also receive rewards for doing well in their spellings.

 

We look forward to learning lots of new and interesting things this term!