To develop our writing we will continue to use stories in literacy. We will write labels, lists, make posters, we will write character descriptions, think about characters feelings and settings of stories. We will retell stories and plan our own narratives to write longer pieces of writing. 

We will continue to use our Monsters to help us practise phonics and reading new sound sin words. 

We will be focussing on reading words with split digraphs:

a-e, e-e, i-e, u-e

You can help your child at home by reading words with these sounds.

Our focus across the Summer term is our local history. We will look closely at Warkworth Castle and find out why the castle was built is Warkworth, what the building was used for and its features. We will find out about the conditions living in the castle and make comparisons to other castles in our country.

We hope to go on a visit to Warkworth Castle to support our learning. 

The children will learn to dribble a ball with their hands and know why they need to keep it away from a defender,  sending a ball in different ways, accurately and with different force and speeds with their hands.

The children will learn to stop a ball with their hands and combine sending and receiving skills to keep possession of a ball.

By the end of the unit the children will understand how to attack and defend and know what ‘attacking’ and 'defending' means and why we do it in a game situation.

We will learn how to recognise, perform and compose music that uses rythmic contrasts, contrasts in pitch and dynamic contrasts.

We will begin the half term with a focus on Number: Multiplication and Division then introduce fractions.

Help your child to practise counting on and back in 2's, 5's and 10's.

Plants: Introduction to plants

Venturing outside, children identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees. They use magnifying glasses to observe and name plant parts and sort leaves into groups based on appearance.  Children investigate if beans need water for growth and identify edible plant parts.

Why do we like being beside the sea so much?

Children will identify and begin to understand the key physical and human geographical features of the seaside. We will make comparisons to different coasts in the United Kingdom using maps to identify these.

The children will focus on what it means to be in a faith community. They will revisit knowledge from prior units about Muslims, Christians and Jewish people considering how members of these communities show how they belong. Children will look at artefacts, places of worship and symbols. 

 

We will use our skills with different lines and painting techniques to create a puffin painting for the Puffin Festival.

Why not follow this video to learn how to draw a puffin. 

The children will continue with textiles, joining fabrics and designing, making and decorating their own puppets.

In our Jigsaw learning we will be focussing on relationships.