Class Teacher - Mrs L Hastings

Welcome to the Dolphins class.

Welcome back to Dolphins class. This page will give you all the information you need, such as PE days, homework, trips, events and the areas that we will be learning about during the term. We are thrilled to welcome all pupils back, ready for an exciting term ahead.

Welcome back We hope you have had a wonderful holiday and are ready for an exciting term ahead! This page will give you all the information you need such as PE days, homework and the areas that we will be learning about during the term.

Library visits have been organised for Y5 and Y6 on the 15th January.

In English and Guided Reading, we will continue reading Journey to the Sea which will help us to discover more about the wondrous Amazon Rainforest. We will be reading various non-fiction texts and using websites to research and write an explanation text to explain why the Amazon rainforest is so crucial. As well as this, we will write a non-chronological report about the Mayan Civilisation.

Y6 English Homework: We will continue to revise and build our grammar knowledge. This website includes videos, quizzes and activities that can help children practise their skills on conjunctions, relative clauses, fronted adverbials and passive verbs. www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn. Children have the Y3/4 and Y5/6 spellings lists to continue learning, alongside the book for letter formation and joining; please ask should you need another copy.

In Maths, we will be working on imperial units and metric measures, ratio and proportion and algebra. We will continue to revise and revisit fractions and the four operations through Daily Maths each morning as soon as the children arrive.

Y6 Maths homework: This website includes videos, quizzes and activities that will help children revisit and refresh their fractions knowledge (www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb) alongside KS2 Maths - BBC Bitesize for games on factors, prime numbers and multiples and percentages. For times tables, please use TTRS and https://urbrainy.com/mtc/test .

We will continue to link our learning in History, Geography and Art through learning about the Mayan Civilisation. In Geography, children will explore deforestation and its causes; also children will find out how rainforest destruction contributes to climate change. In History, pupils will continue to compare the major Mayan achievements to those of the Vikings. Also, they will discover the similarities and differences between Mayan and Viking housing, society and food and will create their own boardgame, in groups, to show their understanding. In Art, our enquiry question is: How do masks connect to stories and emotions? Children will consider different card construction techniques and how they use them to make their Mayan mask.

In Science, we will study forces. Through practical experiments, they will work in teams to develop skills in fair testing, observation, and drawing conclusions to answer these questions: What is gravity? What are the effects of air resistance? What are the effects of friction? What is water resistance?

PE (gymnastics and indoor fitness and athletics) will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays – please send pupils into school wearing their PE kit (dark coloured plain joggers and black jumper/hoody or academy school jumper) and remember to remove earrings before the lesson.

We look forward to a term full of fun, creativity and memorable learning experiences together!

Best wishes

Mrs Hastings and Mr Hyde