Welcome to Year 5/6 Elder Class!

Elder Class are taught by Miss Jackson,  Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Couchman

Mrs O'Shaughnessy teaches Elder Class on a Friday afternoon

Our PE days are:

• Tuesday (indoor PE)
• Thursday (outdoor PE)

Our Assemblies are:

• Monday - Mrs O'Shaughnessy
• Tuesday - Mrs Hall
• Wednesday - Mrs Gipson
• Thursday - Miss Jackson, singing assembly
• Friday - Celebration Assembly

What are we working towards this term?

This term we are learning about South America. In geography the children will be locating the countries and cities within South America and researching their different climates and biomes. They will explore the relationships between the physical features of places and the human activity within them as well as researching the trade and industry that occurs there. In English Year 5/6 are writing to persuade. They will learn about the different language features used in a persuasive text and discuss, plan and write their own persuasive text based on South America. 

Our science this term will focus on different materials and their properties. The children will be learning about a variety of everyday materials including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water and rock and the physical properties of these variety of everyday materials. They will then compare these properties and find out how the materials are suitably used. They will also investigate the roles of melting, evaporation and condensation and the role temperature has on the rate of evaporation.

Welcome to Year 2, Acer Class!

Acer Class are taught by Mrs Hall and Mrs Haylock. 

Mrs Jones teaches Acer Class on Tuesday afternoon, and Mrs Brown teaches Acer Class on a Wednesday morning.

Our PE days are:

• Tuesday (indoor PE)
• Thursday (outdoor PE)

Our Assemblies are:

• Monday- Mrs O’Shaughnessy
• Tuesday- Mrs Hall
• Wednesday- Mrs Gipson
• Thursday- Miss Jackson, singing assembly
• Friday- Celebration Assembly

This term we are explorers and looking at the life of Christopher Columbus.  We will use our geography skills to find locations he visited and compare one of these to the Isle of Wight.  The children will order a timeline of significant periods in history and his life.  Once the children have found out knowledge of Columbus’s adventures they will explain what they think of his legacies.

Year 2 Curriculum Overview

Welcome to Year 1 and 2  Maple Class!

Maple Class are taught by Ms Frost and Mrs Huston. 

Mrs Walker teaches Maple Class on a Wednesday. 

Our PE days are:

• Monday (outdoor PE)
• Thursday (indoor PE)

Our Assemblies are:

• Monday- Mrs O’Shaughnessy
• Tuesday- Mrs Hall
• Wednesday- Mrs Gipson
• Thursday- Miss Jackson, singing assembly
• Friday- Celebration Assembly

This term we are explorers and looking at the life of Christopher Columbus.  We will use our geography skills to find locations he visited and compare one of these to the Isle of Wight.  The children will order a timeline of significant periods in history and his life.  Once the children have found out knowledge of Columbus’s adventures they will explain what they think of his legacies.

Year 1 / 2 Maple Curriculum Overview

Welcome to Reception and Year 1 Willow Class!

Willow Class are taught by Miss Lawe and Miss Bangs. 

Mrs Walker teaches Willow Class on a Tuesday. 

Our PE days are:

Monday (indoor PE)

Thursday (outdoor PE)

Our Assemblies are:

• Monday- Mrs O’Shaughnessy
• Tuesday- Mrs Hall
• Wednesday- Mrs Gipson
• Thursday- Miss Jackson, singing assembly
• Friday- Celebration Assembly

This term we are explorers and looking at the life of Christopher Columbus.  We will use our geography skills to find locations he visited and compare one of these to the Isle of Wight.  The children will order a timeline of significant periods in history and his life.  Once the children have found out knowledge of Columbus’s adventures they will

Year 1 Curriculum Overview

Dear Parents/ Carers,

Happy New Year to all our lovely families, we hope you had a wonderful Christmas break and feel ready for an exciting new year. All the children came back to school very happily and they settled quickly and made a wonderful start to term 3.

This term our learning is based around the season of Winter. We will be thinking about the weather and how we need to keep safe and warm, we will find out about hibernation and we will also look at different polar animals and where they live. We will focus some of our learning around the stories ‘One Snowy Night’, ‘Go to Sleep Little Bear’, ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ and ‘Lost and Found’. We will also look at freezing and melting as part of our Understanding the World area of learning. Later in the term, we will find out about the celebrations of Chinese New Year, Shrove Tuesday and Valentine’s Day.

We will also continue with our daily phonics and maths sessions. We are hosting an information session for all reception parents on how we teach maths at school. This is being held at 9am on Wednesday 10^th January. There will be a short presentation in the hall and then there will be a chance to go though to the classroom to see some learning in action.  We would love to see you there.

Alongside the daily phonics sessions, we will continue to hear your child read so please can we ask that their reading books, along with their reading records, are kept in their book bags and brought to school every day. Please also record any times you read with your child at home in their reading records.  Please do not hesitate to ask a member of the team if you have any questions regarding this.

PE will take place a twice a week this term. However, due to visits from external coaches and timetable changes, the days do vary so please can your child’s PE kit be kept in school all week. Please ensure they have suitable warm clothing for the outdoor PE session.

Please can we remind you to label all of your child’s clothing as we do tend to find lots of jumpers and cardigans left with no names in and it is therefore difficult to return them to their owners!

A little reminder to keep your eye on Tapestry for photos and updates of your child’s learning and please feel free to post any ‘wow’ moments that you might have had at home on there as we love to see some of the wonderful things your child does at home.

If you ever have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to ask. We are always here if you need us. Here’s to a fun and exciting term!

Kind regards,

The Reception Team.

Apple Class Curriculum Overview

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