This half term's learning

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Our topic for Spring 2 will be Out of an Egg

English We will be:            Reading  'The Sulky Vulture'.            Learning how to write a compound sentence using 'sticky words'.            Completing reading and writing missions as part of 'Spy Week'.            Writing information leaflets.            Writing and sharing poetry as part of Book Week.           Focusing on correct and varied punctuation in a sentence.            Changing our library books every Thursday.            Continuing weekly guided reading sessions.          Continuing daily phonics practice.           Working on our reading and writing targets.

Maths We will be: Looking at addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and using and applying the different strategies appropriate for the bigger numbers Practising our times tables: 2x, 5x and 10x facts to be recalled automatically Using number lines to support our addition and subtraction. Practising telling the time. Reinforcing our earlier work on halves and quarters. Completing Maths Missions as part of 'Spy Week'. Problem solving so that the children can use and apply all the concepts they have been learning Working on our Maths targets.

Science We will be: Finding out about different types of weather Conducting our own investigations and making predictions.

Art & DT We will be: Developing our collage skills. Cooking - what can you do with an egg?!

Music We will be: ·         Using percussion ·         Thinking about rhythm

History Not this half term.

Geography We will be: Following Sam Sparrow on his journey around the world. Using atlases to develop our mapping skills.

PE We will be: Continuing to use the large apparatus. Developing our teamwork skills in outdoor games.

RE We will be: Thinking about signs of new life in the Springtime. Thinking about eggs as a symbol of Easter. Retelling the Easter story.

Computing We will be: Developing our programming skills using Scratch.

PSHE We will be: ·       Thinking about our Rights and Responsibilities ·       Looking closely at our new playground charter.