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. 

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

Key Information

Class Teacher - Mrs J Burrows

Classroom TAs - Miss Dickinson & Mrs McBroom

1:1 TA's  - Miss Smith & Miss Barlow

P.E Days - Monday (Swimming - remember your kit & bus money!) and Friday (Tri-Golf). 

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. 

Autumn Term

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