Welcome to Garnet Class

Class Teacher: Miss Legg

LA:                    Mrs Day & Miss Walters

HLTA:               

Homework Days   

Homework is set on a Monday and handed in the following Monday.

PE Day

Garnet Class PE lesson is on a Monday

PE Kits

Pupils will need to bring in a PE kit, for changing into for PE lessons and ideally these kits will stay in school all week should pupils need to change for PE clubs or club training sessions. Pupils must be able to change themselves without assistance. As part of their PE kit, pupils will need to bring a separate pair of trainers in, to change out of school shoes. For outdoor PE sessions, particularly during the Autumn and Winter months when lessons are outside, an old pair of trainers would be good, as the field will be muddy. Black trainers are part of the school uniform policy, but black or white trainers for PE are acceptable. PE kit will need to taken home at the end of the week to be washed and returned ready for the following week.

Class Councillor:        TBC  

Deputy:                        TBC     

Class Ambassadors:  TBC

Maths

In Maths, we will focus our learning on number, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and fractions. We will use our times table knowledge and remember the value of numbers through revision from previous years. We will apply our skills to be able to complete multiplication questions involving multiplying larger number by 2-digit numbers and use long multiplication for this. We will use the inverse of multiplication to help us when we are learning the skills for long division. Fractions can be a bit tricky, but our knowledge of the four operations will help us for this too.

English

In English, we will study ‘Matilda’ by Roald Dahl, looking at the language and vocabulary used by Roald Dahl in his writing and use our reading skills to identify useful words and phrases. We will use our summarising skills to make notes from the text. We will apply these skills within our writing and will produce a retelling of a section of the text which will show our skills in writing from a main character’s point of view and using speech to show character. We will apply our journalistic skills, from previous years to create newspaper reports about an unforgettable incident where Matilda uses her powers to teach Miss Trunchbull a valuable lesson! We will be consolidating our knowledge of spelling, punctuation and grammar through fast paced activities that will improve our writing stamina and editing skills and we will complete units of work from the RWI Spelling scheme.

Science

Science will be really interesting for us. We will study the life cycles of plants and living things, including the dissection of flowers. Drawing diagrams and using scientific language will help us explain how plants reproduce and help us understand the life cycles of living things.  

Foundation Subjects

In Geography, we will learn about South America, looking at the geography of the country and investigating the people, plants and animals that inhabit the area. We will find out how deforestation has affected the lives of these living things. Art will focus on still life, encouraging children to use different shading techniques; hatching, cross-hatching, circular technique and blending. The aim of this is for children to be able to make their work appear 3D. Hinduism is our focus for RE, thinking about the key question of how Hindus make sense of the world. For French, we will consolidate learning from previous years and develop skills needed to be able to talk about ourselves and introduce ourselves to others, saying who we are and talking about things we like and dislike. We will use Purple Mash in Computing and we will be able, eventually, to use spreadsheets to store and retrieve data efficiently. Self-esteem and Zones of Regulation have been our continued focus in PHSE and we have been working on ways and strategies to manage our emotions to live a positive life and strategies to use when things do not go according to how we want them to. Finally, Music where we are focussing on melody and harmony through listening and appraising different styles of music using the online platform Charanga.

Homework

The homework expectations are as follows and pupils will need to access online resources to complete their homework as well as reading frequently. Purple Mash and Doodle Learning are interactive, child friendly programs that can be accessed via the internet on any device, pupils will use their log on details given by their teachers to access the online sites.

Homework will be set weekly, and class teachers will upload information regarding homework to their class blog on Purple Mash. For pupils unable to access online resources, please contact your child’s class teacher so that alternative arrangements can be made. 

Children who enjoy reading and are able readers achieve better at school on average, and have a larger vocabulary which in turn supports them with their writing.

Homework expectations for Years 1- 6 are:

Weekly reading- children are expected to read 3 x per week at home. This can be from a home book, a school book or from online texts.

Weekly spellings/ task- these will be posted on the homework blog on Purple Mash and pupils will be tested weekly, on words from the statutory words list.

Weekly Maths task- Set as a task on Doodle Learning.

Weekly times tables- Set as a ‘Monster Multiplication’ 2do on Purple Mash.