This half term we will be continuing with our learning linking to the Supertato theme. 

In Literacy, we will be changing our story to tell with a new setting and different characters. We will be creating a new story map and writing some of our very own Superhero stories using the tales toolkit symbols. 

We have been exploring different kitchen utensils. We have been thinking about what they look like, how they work and what they do. 
 

The children have been looking at different foods that Supertato can travel across during his super search for the evil pea. 

We received a video from the Evil Pea to say that he had left

India and was on his way to Stoneyholme.              
Some children made their own posters and displayed them around school so everyone could look out for the Evil Pea.

We have been discussing heroes and villains in different stories including the story of Holi. The children had to sort the different characters into heroes and villains.

To celebrate World Book day, the children used everyday objects and made them into a book character. 
We used socks to make Simon Sock and balloons to make Gordon. 

To link in with our literacy, our learning about The World will be about India. Evil Pea travels to India and sends us a video of him exploring different parts of India, transport and patterns. We plan on visiting the steam hub to create some clay tiles using Indian patterns. 

During Engineering, the children will be designing and making

traps to try and capture the naughty evil pea!

We will also be writing instructions on how to make a trap. 

The Rail Project

We took part the The Rail Project. We were engineers and had to creat our own train. We worked together in teams and followed the instructions and making process.  We had to make our train brake and stop at 2m. Look how much fun we had.

During Maths, we will be representing amounts using own marks and symbols. We will be learning how to double numbers up to 5 and how to share objects into equal parts. We will be developing our number sense and developing our understanding of using a numicon.

We will also be learning the different properties of shape and looking at pattern. We will be continuing a pattern and creating a repeating pattern. We will be revising length and height, and sequencing objects by length/height.

As part of our learning about The World, we will be doing some fun and exciting science.

There will be lots of different experiments inside and outside the classroom which will create lots of awe and wonder and wow moments!

During RE, we will be reading lots of stories from the Bible. We will be looking at the different features of a church and how it is a special place for Christians. 

The children will be learning about the Hindu festival of Holi. This is the festival colour and celebration of spring and new beginnings. 

The story of Holi links with our PSED learning. We will be looking at behaviour, consequences and forgiveness. 

We will be discussing our key question in more detail:

Should you do the right thing even if others don’t?

We will be comparing the different festivals, celebrations and religions we have learnt about. The children will be thinking about how the celebrations are similar and different. 

During our PSHE, we have been reading Ruby’s worry. Ruby’s has a worry, but it gets bigger as she doesn’t talk about it. We discussed what might be a worry and what you need to do when you have a worry.

The children drew their worry and fed it to the worry monsters.

During Music, the children will be exploring and listening to different types of music and moving in different ways to music. We will be exploring and learning to play the Indian Drums. We will be looking at keeping the beat, playing the drum in fast and slow tempo.

P.E

In P.E, we are working very hard on our 5 Fundamental Movement Skills: running, jumping, hopping, catching and throwing. We are also travelling over, under and through climbing equipment. 

Click here to see our amazing P.E work!