This Autumn half term our topic is ‘Gaming and Media’. Each week we will look at a different aspect of media, from YouTube to playing online games. We will also be discussing what is positive and negative around being online for longer periods of time. Each week we will add more work to our display board.

This term our physical activity is tennis. We will be playing tennis on a Monday at the Ebbisham Sports Centre, improving on the skills that we have already learnt and trying some new techniques. Please send your young person in with the needed items.

In our Jigsaw PSHE sessions this half term, we will focus on the new topic “Being Me in My World”. We will be discussing who we are as individuals, thinking about our families and the power of first impressions. We will be learning how we are all different and how to work together.

In cooking we will be making a range of different delicious treats such as cheese twists, sub sandwiches, jacket potatoes, hash browns, pizza or garlic bread, nachos and milkshakes. This term we will be working on our fine motor skills by cutting, mixing, pouring and weighing our  ingredients.

This term we will be reading ‘The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh’ by Helen Rutter: Billy Plimpton has to has a big dream to become a famous stand-up comedian when he's older.

and

‘Gamer: Virtual Combat’ by Chris Bradford: street kid jumps at the chance to be a virtual Kombat gamer…..if he can battle his way up the ranks.

Learners will be continuing our White Rose maths groups, some focussing on fractions whilst our Kaleidoscope learners will be working towards matching items and grouping categories. Our World Views focus this term will be Christianity and we will be looking at religious items.

Admiral Class will be investigating light in Science, looking at its relationship with different objects and how it can change depending on what it is shining on.

In our outdoor learning lessons we will be thinking about how we can use our natural environment, looking at materials that animals use to keep themselves warm and safe. We will be investigating how we can build bridges out of branches and leaves and will design and make wildlife homes to help look after our wildlife as we enter the winter months.

If there is any other information you would like me to provide you with or if you have any questions, please do get in touch.

Gavin and The Admiral Class Team