English
In English this term our learning will centre around the book ‘Jack and the baked bean stalk’ by Colin Stimpson.
This alternative traditional tale will provide many opportunities for us to discuss themes and compare the similarities across traditional tales whilst also being the stimiulus for some producing some more fantastic writing. We are all so proud of the progress the children have made in their writing last term we are excited to see what they can produce this term.
We will first use the idea of an ‘alternative‘ tale to help us plan and write our own version of another traditional tale before using our upcoming science unit to inspire some instructions writing. We will explore some more poetry, this time we will learn and re-write our own version of the Nut Tree by Julia Donaldson. Finally, we will finish the year by a non-chronological report likely linked to our science unit all about plants!
Here are some great websites that allow your child to practise using punctuation!
BBC Bitesize Small Town Superheroes
Top Marks also has a variety of games and activities to support learning at home.
Here's a link to listen to free stories. Don't forget our books too in the story time section of the website!
Here are some websites with games on you could play to help with phonics and spelling:
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/picnic-on-pluto
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/dragons-den
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/6/planetary-plurals
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
Handwriting!
Handwriting is really starting to come on in Class 3 which is great! Please keep doing lots of fine and gross motor skills practise at home to help support this. This could include playing with play doh, painting, using pegs and tweezers and playing on the monkey bars!