English
This term our learning in English lessons will centre around the book...
This half term, children in Year 1 and Year 2 will be exploring the novel 'Clean Up!' by Nathan Bryon, illustrated by Dapo Adeola.
The story follows Rocket, a lively and passionate young girl who visits her grandparents in the Caribbean. While enjoying the beach, Rocket discovers plastic waste harming sea life, including a baby turtle in trouble. She inspires the whole community to take action, creating a “Clean-Up Crew” to restore the beach and protect the animals. The book delivers an uplifting message about teamwork, caring for the environment and the power of one small voice to make a big difference.
In English this half term, our focus will be on developing children’s skills in reading, writing, and speaking through the book Clean Up! by Nathan Bryon. The children will explore the story’s characters and setting, practise retelling events in sequence, and use Talk for Writing strategies to help plan and write their own sentences and short stories. They will also have opportunities to write for purpose, including letters, posters and messages about looking after the environment. As we explore the book, there will be plenty of meaningful cross-curricular links woven into our learning: children will reflect on responsibility and teamwork (PSHE), think about the different places and settings described in the story (Geography), and consider how pollution affects animals and their habitats (Science).
Handwriting
Handwriting is really important for making us proud of our work and helping to remember spelling. Here is the handwriting policy in case you would like to do any practise at home.
