Welcome to Sharks Class Page 2024-25! 

We have a busy and exciting year ahead full of exciting topics, developing our skills, building friendships and doing our ' little bit of good' where ever we can. We will continue to explore and reflect on our Christian values through our collective worship. We will develop our spiritual understanding through reflecting on our learning and our experiences throughout the year. 

Keep checking back to our page for changes and updates each term! 

Key Information

Class Teacher - Mrs J Burrows

Classroom TAs - Mrs Beaumont & Mrs McBroom

1:1 TA's  - Miss Barlow, Mrs Varlow, Miss Allen (supply) and Mrs Smith (supply)

P.E Days - Thursday & Friday. Please remember to wear your kit on these days. This term we are learning Tennis skills and how to play a simple game. 

Plimsols - remember to bring your plimsols to keep in your locker. This is so that you can use your shoes for outdoor activities such as basecamp. 

Wellies - please bring your own wellies in a carrier bag that you can keep in you locker to use when you go down to the allotment. It can get very muddy especially in the Autumn/Winter seasons.  

Multiplication Check

We will focus on developing children's fluency in times tables and division facts throughout the year to prepare them to participate in the government's times table check in June. If you would like more information on this, please follow this link below, or you can find a copy of the leaflet in the front office.

Information for parents: 2024 multiplication tables check

Times tables and division facts are an important skill for children to have especially as they progress further through their primary and secondary education. These skills are needed for many areas of Maths and to be able to recall them quickly will help children become confident mathematicians. 

Summer Term

We are continuing to develop and consolidate our learning in English, Maths and our foundation topic subjects. We will keep learning and practising our recall of times tables ready for the MTC in June. Keep logging on to TTRS at home to give yourself the best chance to shine! 

Our R.E focus this term is Christianity. We will learn what the key beliefs and concepts are, exploring links with our previous learning of other religions.  We will learn about the holy trinity, holy communion, that there are several denominations of Christianity including Church of England, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Quaker and Evangelical. We will learn how the denominations differ in their practises and the similarities and differences.

In English, we will write recounts, study and create persuasive leaflets linked to our experience at Sherwood Forest last term  and consolidate everything we have learned this year when writing other narrative and non-narrative text types. We will be working hard on improving our transcription skills by continuing daily handwriting and regular spelling lesson. We will become more independent when editing our work and proof-reading and fixing errors.   In Guided Reading, we will read a range of narrative and non-fiction texts to grow our fluency, comprehension and knowledge across the curriculum. 

In maths, our units are further work on Decimals, Money, Time, Shape, Statistic and Position and Direction. We will continue working on times tables through TTRS sessions and revisit and consolidate previously learned Maths topics in Daily Dashboard. 

In the wider curriculum we are learning:

Science - In this topic we are learning all about states of matter. We will learn that everything is made up of particles and that the properties of the particles vary depending whether they are a solid, liquid or a gas. We will investigate the three different states of water and predict how they change. We will revisit our understanding of the water cycle and how states can change from a solid to a liquid to a gas.

History - In this topic we are learning all about the changing power of monarchs.  We will recap what a monarch is and order British monarchs since 1066. Following our visit to Sherwood Forest in the Spring Term, we will learn about Robin Hood’s enemy, King John, what he did and how his actions brought about changes that still exist today. We will look at King Henry VIII and how his power made an impact on Christiantiy and religion in England. We will learn about and compare the reigns of two of the most significant female monarchs Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria. We will find out what they were most known for and how they compared.  

Computing - In this topic we are learning about data logging. We will learn what data is, why it is collected and how it is used. We will use manual and automatic data collection using tallies and data loggers. We will use data loggers to collect data around the classroom as well as planning and carrying out our own data collection linked to our Science topic of states of matter. 

French - How to ask what the weather is and describe the weather. 

Music - We are continuing our singing sessions with Georgia and using Charanga for other music skills. 

Art & Design - In this topic we will be learning what textiles are, how they vary around the world with a focus on African pattern. We will learn how patterns have meaning in different cultures and how resistant prints are created. We will use wax to create colour resistance patterns and then design our own Nigerian Yoruba inspired pattern. We will use these designs to create panels using wax candles and dye. We will learn about Nike Davies-Okundaye aka “‘Nike Olaniyi'” aka “‘Mummy Nike'” who is a Nigerian Batik and textile designer, considered to be the foremost designer in the western region of Africa. 

PSHE - In this topic we are learning all about families and other relationships. We will look at what a family is, understand different relationships through boundaries and appropriate behaviour. Through discussion and reflection we will talk about what ‘belonging’ means and why it is important. We will also look at caring families as well as how other groups or friendships can feel like ‘family’. We will understand that are families are different and be caring and respectful when talking about different families. At the start and end of this topic we will think about the question ‘What is family?’

Our Cultural Day for the Summer Term will be Peru

Spring Term

As always, we have lots of exciting and interesting topics to cover as well as developing our Maths and English skills along the way. Read on to find out more! 

Swimming will continue until February half term (10th February) 

We are having a big push on times tables and encouraging the children to log onto Times Tables Rockstars as much as possible. There will be incentives and rewards for trying hard, making good progress or improving their speed. 

In English, we will create fantasy list poems, study and write our own cautionary tales, and explanation texts. We will continue to learn and apply grammar techniques to include in our writing to make it more interesting. We will be working hard on our spellings this term to increase the number of Common Exception Words we can spell correctly.  In Guided Reading, we will read examples of these text types as well as a range of other interesting narrative and non-fiction texts to grow our fluency, comprehension and knowledge across the curriculum. 

In maths, our units are Multiplication & Division ( factors, multiplying by 10 and 100, dividing by 10 and 100, using related facts, informal written methods and multiplying and dividing 2 and 3 digit numbers by 1) and Length and Perimeter. 

In the wider curriculum we are learning:

Science - Electricity 

In this topic we are learning all about electricity. We will look at appliances in the home and the energy sources they use. Using different components, we will build circuits to light up bulbs and set off buzzers. As mini electricians we will identify why a circuit may or may not work. With paper clips and card we will learn to make simple switches and find out why they turn a circuit on and off.

R.E - Islam 

In this topic we are learning all about the religion of Islam. We will learn what the key beliefs and concepts of this religion are and explore similarities with other religions we know including Christianity. We will learn how they worship at home and within their community. We will learn about some important celebrations and festivals and how they compare to our own.

History - 

In this topic we are learning about The Roman Invasion of Britain. We will learn who, when and where the Romans were, how they used their army to invade and create the Roman Empire across Europe on their way to invading Britain. The main focus will be how the Romans invaded Britain, who Boudicca was and why she fought back and how the Romans impacted Britain then and now.

Computing - 

In this topic we are developing our coding and internet safety skills. We will revisit the coding skills we have learned before using Espresso Coding. We will programme a code to create simple games and animations. New skills we will learn in this unit are what variables are, why they are used in games and how to code them into our own projects. Then we will learn how to identify ‘bugs’ in a code and ‘debug’ them.  We will also learn how to create a ‘loop’ and put one into our code.

French - The days of the week and how to talk about the date. 

Music - We are continuing our singing sessions with Georgia. 

Art & Design - 

In this topic we will be developing our art and design skills whilst learning about the artwork of The Romans. We will explore different Roman works of Art, the materials they used and the function of the items they made. We will look at the most famous Roman art form – mosaics and learn how to create one of our own using different media – paper and ceramic. We will arrange colours and shapes to create an image on a mosaic tile.

PSHE -

In this topic we are learning how to keep our mind and body healthy. We will explore what physical and mental health are. We will learn what makes a healthy lifestyle and the things that we can do to help us. We will talk about the feelings of others and how our actions can impact others by reading ‘The Red Tree.’ Through our discovery education sessions, we will learn about making healthy choices, healthy influences and dealing with feelings.

Our Cultural Day for the Spring Term will be Italy. 

Autumn Term
In English, we will create descriptive poems about our class pet, learn and perform a famous poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade', study and write our own finding tales, portal stories, information texts and how to persuade the reader. We will be learning some new grammar techniques to include in our writing to make it more interesting. In Guided Reading, we will read examples of these text types as well as a range of other interesting narrative and non-fiction texts to grow our fluency, comprehension and knowledge across the curriculum. 

In maths, our units are Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Length and Perimeter and Multiplication and division.

In the wider curriculum we are learning:

Science - Living Things and their Habitats (Autumn 1) & Animals including Humans (Autumn 2)

R.E - Community, Worship and Celebration in Hinduism

History - Ancient Civilisations with a focus on the Ancient Egyptians (Autumn 1) 

Geography - Volcanoes & Earthquakes (Autumn 2)

Computing - Computer Networks (Autumn 1) and Google Classroom (Autumn 2)

French - How to say hello and introduce ourselves (Autumn 1)

Music - Mamma Mia (Autumn 2) 

Art & Design - Drawing skills with an artist focus on Edward Hopper (Autumn 1)

Design Technology - Sewing Christmas Stockings (Autumn 2) 

PSHE - The Colour Monster & Caring and Responsibility (Autumn 1) and The Barnabus Project  & Similarities and Differences (Autumn 2) 

Our Cultural Day for the Autumn Term will be India

We hope that you love being in Sharks Class as much as we will love teaching you! 

Best wishes, 

Mrs Burrows & the Sharks Class team!