Happy New Year! I hope you have all had a great Christmas.
The first two terms of the year have flown by, and the children of Fox Class have already achieved so much. Their enthusiasm cannot be faulted, and they approach every lesson with passion and motivation. I am sure these positive learning attitudes will continue into the new term.
This is an exciting term as we welcome Miss Webb into Fox Class as our new Learning Support Assistant. I am sure we will all make her feel very welcome!
Our Learning this Term:
In Maths, we will be learning about co-ordinates as part of a Geometry module. We will then move on to working on decimals and percentages. This will include multiply and dividing fractions by 10,100 and 1000. This will be useful place value revision. We will then move onto to percentages, learning to find percentages of amounts using diagram and bar models to support. We will then bring the learning together, revising the relationship between fractions, decimals and percentages. A secure times tables knowledge will be essential for all of these skills, so please continue to practise these whenever you can!
Our Science topic for Term 3 has a Physics focus, as we investigate light. We will be learning about how we see. We will also learn about shadows and how they change form. In Term 4, we will be learning about the human body. We will learn about the circulatory system as well as how lifestyle can affect our body’s function.
Our Humanities lessons will have a History focus in terms three and four. We will continue to build on last year’s learning about the Anglo-Saxons as we investigate the ‘struggle for the kingdom’ between them and the Vikings. This will include Viking raids and invasion, and Anglo-Saxon resistance.
In DT, we will be learning about and building our own automata machines. Like our work last term on pulleys, this will require us to become familiar with new terminology such as ‘cams’ and ‘followers’.
In Term 3, our PE topic will be gymnastics. Here we will develop skills in sequencing, balancing, rolling, jumping and travel.
Our Learning Journey So Far:
Creating dance motifs in PE 
Building scarecrows with electrical components 
Making our own Christingles 
Debating how the cost of a banana should be split in Geography 
Testing electrical circuits 
Learning to use hacksaws in DT 
Enjoying the Fantastic Fred well-being experience 
Using role play activities to better understand the motives of Moby-Dick in English 
Christmas Jumper Day 2021