Birch Class – Term 4 – 2022/2023
Through an active, rich and diverse curriculum, we continued to make excellent progress in our learning during this term. Maths During this term, Birch students
Through an active, rich and diverse curriculum, we continued to make excellent progress in our learning during this term. Maths During this term, Birch students
What a fun term it has been! We started it off concentrating on learning about animals but we also took some detours into our planting
Our Topic this term was all about ‘Recycling and Reusing!’ We learnt about how we can recycle materials and food waste, reuse unwanted things. We
English Cedar finished reading The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The class held a debate on the character
English Elm class worked on an Elements of Drama unit this term, looking at how plays are written and presented and how playwrights direct their
English Oak class have been celebrating the arrival of Spring in their Nature Journals. We have taken the time to stop and look at the
GREEN FINGERS This term our topic “Green fingers” refers to gardening or growing plants, and our ability to make plants flourish and thrive. So we
Literacy Elm are currently reading The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd and have enjoyed trying to work out the whereabouts of Salim, the boy
Literacy Cedar are currently reading The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, their second Victorian novella following last term’s
Literacy This term’s lessons were built around the book The Firework Maker’s Daughter, which we will continue to read next term. The class have enjoyed
We had a lot of fun this Term with our topic ‘Stories people tell’. We read many classic stories but we mainly focused on “The
What is it made of? This term, the whole class have worked together to build upon their speaking and listening skills. It has offered the
Through an active, rich and diverse curriculum, we continued to make excellent progress in our learning during this term. The Circus is coming to town!
What an amazing term we have had! Our time together has flown by. We have had some super cool adventures and learnt lots of new
English Oak focused on the presentation of information. The class looked at various non-fiction texts, observing how they are structured, from contents pages through to
English Cedar read Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol this term, delving deep into the familiar story of the cold-hearted Scrooge whose exclamation ‘Bah! Humbug’
English This term Elm studied figurative language in poetry, learning how to identify such devices as simile and metaphor, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia. They also
Let’s celebrate! This term we learned so much about how people celebrate and we focused on preparing for our Christmas show. We collaborated with Maples,
During this term we continued to make amazing progress. We have played, explored, learned, sang, danced and made Christmas crafts. We all worked as a
Our Topic for this term has been ‘Stories People Tell: Myths, Legends and Fables’. We have been learning about myths, legends and fables. The Class
Celebration This term has been challenge for the children and for me as I started workig with them with the help and support of Ms
English This term Cedar focused on Narrative, examining closely the elements that make it effective through close reading and annotating of short stories and excerpts
English This term Oak learnt about genre, identifying a wide selection of books into the different categories. They focused on adventure and fantasy and noted
English Elm class began the term learning about different genres of writing and their respective characteristics. We began the year with this unit to remind
This term, Walnut class have learnt about what makes them unique and individual. They have learnt that being different is a good thing. The children
Who Am I? We started by exploring parts of our body and that everyone has two legs, feed, arms, and hands; we all have a
What a fantastic start! This term we learned all about ourselves and made new friends. We took advantage of the nice end of summer and autumn weather to spend as
This term our topic was ‘All about me!’ We explored our emotional and physical selves as well as our relationships, communities, and customs. We practice
English This term Elm studied the Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank as part of their learning about World War II in Europe
English In this term’s book When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, the young girl Anna flees Berlin with her brother and parents in 1933 when Hitler