Burntstump Seely C of E Primary Academy

Doves

Our teachers are Mrs Smith (AM) and Miss Atkinson (PM).

Miss Simons, Miss Price and Mrs Cooke  will also be working in the Doves class. 

Mr Thomas will teach P.E on  a Wednesday. 

 

English

This term we will be writing instructions and  recounts and will write a story linked to our science topic 'habitats'. After half term we will be writing a biography of Amelia Earhart and poetry about spring.

 

Maths

Year 1

Spring 1 - 2D and 3D shapes, place value,addition and subtraction

Spring  2 - length and height, mass and volume

 

Year 2

Spring 1 - 2D and 3D shapes, money, multiplication and division

Spring 2- multiplication and division, length, mass ,capacity and temperature

 

Humanities

This term we are exploring the question 'How Did We Learn To Fly?'

We will  be learning about the history of flight and the lives of significant individuals such as the Wright brothers and Amelia Earhart.

 

Science

Spring 1- Living things and their habitats

Spring 2 - Habitats around the world

 

PE days

Our PE dates this term are Wednesday and Friday.   Please come to school in PE kit on both of those days.  Details of our PE kit can be found on the website. 

EARRINGS MUST BE REMOVED ON PE DAYS PLEASE.

 

 Art and Design/ Design and technology

Summer 1- Painting and mixed media: Colour splash.We will be learning about primary and secondary colours and creating art work inspired by Clarice Cliff. 

Summer 2- Mechanisms: fairground wheels. We will be learning about how axels and wheels move a vehicle and we will then design and make our own fairground wheel.

 

RE 

Summer 1: This term we will be exploring the enquiry question: stories of Jeusus: What can we learn from them? How do religious stories make a difference to peoples lives?

summer 2- This term we will be exploring the enquiry question: who made the world? 

 

Computing 

Summer 1- Algorithms and debugging. We will be learning to write clear and precise algorithms to solve problems. 

Summer 2- Word processing. We will be learning about the keys on a keyboard, typing sentences using word processor and then making simple text changes. We will be creating documents with images and texts and learning how to copy and paste.

 

Music

Summer 1- Music on this island. We will be learning some British folk songs from memory. We will then perform our songs, exploring pitch, dynamics and tempo. 

Summer 2- Tempo snail and mouse. We will be using sound to help to tell a story, using instruments and our voices. 

 

Homework

The most important homework is to read at home.  We recommend this is done at least 3 times a week, please record reading at home in reading diaries.

 Phonics homework will be sent home weekly and new spelling words will be sent home every Friday - please help your child to learn their spelling words. Spelling tests will be on Fridays.

This term there will be a new homework menu, linked to our science unit on habitats. The children are encouraged to complete at least one of the activities on the menu by the end of term and then bring their completed work ( or a photo) into school to show everyone.

Children are also able to access TT Rockstars at home - login details are in their diaries.

 

Dates

Look out for dates of other exciting activities  and events on the website or in our newsletter Burntstump Bugle.

As always, we love to hear from parents or carers, so if you'd like to get in touch via email to the office@burntstump.snmat.org.uk  by phone or in person, please do not hesitate.  We're always happy to help and love to hear successes that the children have had outside of school.

 

 

If you have any questions about your child's learning, please come and find us.