Welcome to the Marvellous Meerkat’s Class Page!

Our teachers are Mrs McArdle (Monday - Wednesday) and Mrs Ratcliffe (Wednesday – Friday). Our wonderful Teaching Assistant is Mrs Hawkins (Monday – Thursday) and our Learning Support Assistant is Mrs Allam.

History

In the Summer term, we will be learning all about the fascinating Romans answering the thought-provoking question ‘The Romans – how did they impact Britain?’. We will be kicking off our new historical learning with a Roman day where we will become Roman legionaries! As part of our learning, we will be exploring what do we know about the early Romans, who was in charge of the Roman Empire and how powerful was the Roman army. Also, we will be learning about key individuals Emperor Claudius and Boudicca.

Writing

In our Writing lessons, we will be focusing on non-fiction. During the first half term, we will be focusing on the text ‘Where the Forests Meets the Sea’ and we will be writing a non-chronological report. During these lessons, we will be developing our use of rich vocabulary choices in addition to using organisational features.

For the second half term, we will be writing an explanation letter, with the text ‘Blue John’ by Berlie Doherty as our stimulus. We will write a letter as an expert describing and explaining cave formation. In these lessons, we will be learning to articulate and justify answers as well as participate in discussions.

Spellings

Spellings will be tested every Friday and will be accessed from the website Spelling Shed. In addition, all spellings will be sent home via a paper copy and Seesaw too. 

Reading

In Reading lessons, we will be focusing on developing our reading skills and linking this with answering questions about a text. We will spend lots of time looking at new vocabulary and thinking about these words in the context of the text. We will answer a range of question types including vocabulary, retrieval and inference.

Maths

This Summer Term, we will be focusing on continuing to develop our multiplication knowledge and improving our recall of multiplication facts up to 12x12.  During our Maths lessons, we will be learning all about decimals and measurements, including time and money. In our decimal lessons, we will be learning how to make a whole with decimals, partition and order decimals, in addition to rounding decimals to the nearest whole number. During our measurement lessons, we will be calculating with money and comparing amounts. We will also be learning about time and converting between 12 and 24 hours. 

Science

In Science, we will be learning all about Sound during the first half term. We will be learning about how sound is made and how it reaches our ears. During our lessons, we will be making sounds using instruments and by creating our own instruments. Also, we will be exploring how we are able to change sound and what happens when we move away from a sound source.

For the second half of the Summer term, we will be learning about the classification of plants and animals. We will be learning how living things are classified including vertebrates and invertebrates. We will also be using a branching key when classifying living things.

Art

During our Art lessons, we will be focusing on Recycled Art. We will explore different ways to join materials to create a simple animal sculpture. We will also create a piece of art to convey a message. 

DT

Our summer DT project will be textiles, where we will design and create a Roman purse. As part of our lessons, we will research and develop design criteria to create a Roman purse; know and practise different types of stitches; generate two designs and clearly communicate the final design, before creating our end product. At the end of the unit, we will evaluate our product against a design criteria.

Computing

In our Computing lessons, we will firstly be focusing on Programming - Repetition in games. In our lessons, we will develop the use of count-controlled loops in a different programming environment and develop a design that includes two or more loops which run at the same time. We will also design and create a project that includes repetition.  

After the half term break, we will move on to Creating Media - Word Processing. In these lessons, we will format images for a purpose; use a spell check tool and insert and format a table in a word processing document.  

RSHE

During our RSHE lessons, we will be focusing on the theme ‘Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds’. We will be exploring healthy influences and making healthy choices. We will also be understanding how to deal with our feelings. In our lessons, we will also know about diversity: what it means; the benefits of living in a diverse community and about valuing diversity within communities. As always, we will continue to learn and promote #bekind with our E-safety learning. 

PE

This Spring Term, we will have PE on Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday, we will be exploring Games, focusing on striking and fielding with cricket. On Thursday, we will learning how to do vaults, cartwheels, handstands and round offs with our dance teacher Lauren! Children will need to come to school in their PE uniform as outlined in the school’s newsletters.

Homework

Weekly homework and spellings will always be on Seesaw. The homework activities will be uploaded on a Friday and they are to be completed for the following Friday. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings, complete their homework to the best of their ability and read at least three times a week in line with our home/school agreement.