Topic

Our topic this half term is The Seaside in which we will be building up to a summer trip to the beach – more details to follow! In topic sessions we will be learning about rockpools, sea life and water. Peacock Class will discover what types of animals live in or near the sea and how their bodies help them to survive. 

Off-site activities

In our off-site activities the children will be accessing the community through the church, shops, parks and local businesses. This term our off-site physical activity is swimming, which will be every Tuesday morning.             

Literacy              

Our phonics learning will continue with reading tricky words and learning trigraphs (3 letters that make one sound).

In English lessons, we will be reading books to reinforce our topic work:

'Billy’s Bucket’ is a story about a boy with a marvellous imagination, which will help us to create our own stories of the worlds in our buckets.

‘What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside’ has beautiful descriptions and will inspire us to use adjectives in our speaking and writing.

‘Sharing a Shell’ is a classic Julia Donaldson story which promotes teamwork and friendship.

Maths

Peacock Class will be developing the skills they have learned so far this year and applying them to numbers to 20. We will be learning about place value and what each digit means in a teen number. We will use different resources to help us count, order, add and subtract these numbers and know why this is important in everyday life.

PSHE, World Views and ICT:

For Personal, Social and Health Education, Peacock Class will be thinking about relationships. We will learn about families and the people who work with us. We will also be learning about how we can make friends and be a good friend to other people.

In World Views we will be thinking about what makes a good leader and reading stories about people who have helped others.

Our ICT sessions will be based around computer art, where we will draw pictures using technology.

Creative Development

We will be creating some masterpieces this half term, based on seaside images and sea creatures.  Peacock Class will be using different materials to collage, print and paint.          

Science                

We will be looking at seasonal changes in our science lessons, then focussing on how we care for our planet by recycling and saving water where we can.

We look forward to fun half-term!

Linda and The Peacock Class Team