English

In English we studied the book ‘Meerkat Mail’ which is about a meerkat who is looking for the perfect place to live. He visited lots of hot countries so we wrote about him visiting a cold place. The children wrote postcards home to the family about where he lived and we created a comic strip about his journey.

We then looked at a non-fiction text which was a non-chronological report about meerkats. The children have been learning how to structure the text and use a range of vocabulary.

Maths

We have been working on number and place value using a range of concrete apparatus such as tens frames, dienes, rekenrek and cubes. The children are now working on adding and subtracting two two-digit numbers crossing a 10.

Reading

We started our reading sessions with a book called ‘Look Up.’ The children were enthused to learn about meteors and space. They also enjoyed role play and empathising with different characters. We then moved on to a non-fiction book about The Great Fire of London which has sparked lots of interest from the children about their upcoming trip to The Tower of London.

History

The children really enjoyed our history topic on The Great Fire of London and are particularly looking forward to their trip to The Tower of London. Next they will be learning about important monarchs in British history. They will find out why William was called William the Conqueror, what gave Bad King John his reputation and why Queen Elizabeth was adored by the British public.

Art

The children had a great time in our art lessons! We looked at ‘Nancy McKrosky – Suite in Black and White, 1992’  mural and have been practising different methods of shading. The children have also had a go at some observational drawings.