Our topic this half-term is Wild Animals! We will be discovering all sorts of different wild animals! In topic sessions we will be learning about jungle, safari and British wild animals. Peacock Class will discover what types of animals live in each setting and what features they have. 

In our off-site activities the children will be accessing the local community shops, parks and some spring walks. In World Views we will be discussing the theme ‘What do Christians Learn from the Stories of Jesus?’ and looking at some well-known Bible stories. This term our off-site activity is swimming. We are looking forward to some more sessions building on our skills from last term! Please remember swimming kits on Tuesdays!

Peacock Class will be taking part in phonics sessions three times a week in Literacy where we will be learning new sounds and alternative graphemes. We will continue to use our ‘Rhino Readers’ reading scheme and enjoy time in the library. 

During our topic of wild animals our English lessons will be based around 3 key texts:

‘The Tiger who Came to Tea’ is a tale about a wild tiger visiting a little girl at teatime and eating everything it could! ‘1,2,3 to the Zoo’ is a counting book we will use to support our learning in Maths. In the second half of the term, we will be learning about British wild animals using the ‘Percy the Park Keeper’ series.

Peacock Class have continued to enjoy the White Rose Scheme of Learning in Maths and the accompanying resources. This term we will be working on addition and subtraction. Please see some ideas below to support learning at home: PSHE and ICT:

For Personal, Social and Health Education, Peacock Class will focus on the fourth Jigsaw Puzzle piece, Healthy Me. We will be learning about how to keep our bodies healthy and what our bodies need to work well. Peacock Class will also be learning about medicines and how to store and take these safely, keeping safe, and the role of emergency services.  Our ICT coding sessions will be based around ‘Preparing for Turtle’. Children will be giving and following  instructions and starting to input these into the computer.

In Creative Development, children will be using a range of materials and art processes to create images and models of wild animals. We will make wild animal masks and clay hedgehogs as well as collage foxes and bouncing bunnies!

In Science, Peacock Class will continue with their learning on animals and their habitats using the White Rose scheme of work. We will be learning about the different types of places wild animals live and how they survive.    Some children in Peacock Class will continue to see Anusha for their Akademi dance and learn how to express themselves through movement, as well as Gymnastics lessons in PE with Charlene on Friday afternoons. In music we will be learning about rhythm and beat.

We look forward to a fun half-term!

The Peacock Class Team