Welcome to the Clownfish class.

Dear Clownfish,

Welcome back!
We hope that you all had a wonderful half term holiday and are ready for an exciting term. Our learning will be focused on the enquiry question: How have sea sides changed and how has this affected us?

PE will be on Wednesdays and Thursdays, please come to school in your PE kit on those days, and make sure that any earrings are either removed or covered with surgical tape or plasters. This term in PE, we will be learning a range of ball skills and Kwik Cricket.

In English, we will start by focusing on a range of fiction and nonfiction texts about the sea. Looking at the history of seaside holidays and the animals that live in the sea. We will be exploring writing letters, stories and recounts and continuing to look at spelling patterns.

In Maths, we will be working on multiplication and division, fractions, numbers to 100, time and money. We will be looking at grouping and sharing to support multiplication and division. We will investigate fractions of shapes and numbers using manipulatives to support mathematical investigation.

In art, we will be working on a collaborative piece of artwork in the style of local artist Geraldine Segre. We will collect visual resources for art making and practice making observational drawings using charcoal as well as experimenting with colour washes and mixed media. Before we create a final mixed media artwork in the style of Segre.

In music, we will be developing our skills through listening and appraising sea shanties. We will be exploring pitch and rhythm as well as using body percussion as well as using a range of tuned and untuned instruments.

In history, we will be learning about Mablethorpe in the past and how holidays in the past were different to holidays now. We will be looking at artefacts and images that reflect how seaside holidays have changed.

In computing, we will be working on understanding what data means and how this can be collected in the form of a tally chart. We will be using the term ‘attribute’ and use this to help us organise data and to presenting data in the form of pictograms and block diagrams. In science, we will be learning about living things and their habitats. We will be learning about living things and their habitats. We will describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other.

Thank you for your continued support, The Clownfish Team.