Welcome to Cherry Class!

The staff working in Cherry class are Mrs Rees, Mrs Godlewska, Miss Evans, Mrs Zdrava and Miss Booth. If you have any questions or issues please come and speak to us.

Remember to check out Cherry classes Long Term Plan on the website under curriculum for more information!

Summer Term

Our topic this term is 'Walk on the Wild Side'. During this term we will be learning lots of things daily such as English/Phonics, Maths and Spelling. We will also be learning about our topic.

In Science, we will be our learning about...Animals and their Habitats! We will identify and name a variety of habitats around the world and learn which animals and plants live there. We will investigate microhabitats around the school grounds after the find out what a microhabitat is. We will also learn about food chains and how they are important within the different habitats we have investigated. What habitats do you know? What animals live in those habitats? Could you explain to someone what a microhabitat is? Why are humans often the top of a food chain?

In Music, we will learn about a coastal habitat. We will create vocal and body sounds to represent movement of animals in habitats, we will create seaside soundscapes and we will use instruments to create sea sounds. What body sounds could you make to represent a seagull? What vocal sounds could you make to represent a crab?

In other areas of the Curriculum, we will work on 'Relationships' linked to our PSHCE, answer questions in RE such as ' How should we care for others and the world and why does it matter?', learn the months of the year in French and in Art we will work together to create paintings in the style of Henri Rousseau. Who is Henri Rousseau? What type of Art does he create? What animal will you create your artwork about?

Please see below our Parent Forecast for more information and if you have any questions just ask!

PE Kits

PE will be on Monday and Thursday each week.

Please remember from this half term children should come to school wearing their PE kits. Anybody who wears earrings will need to remove them either at home or be able to do this in class independently before the lesson. Any questions please just come and ask!

Homework

This term in Cherry class we have a homework menu about ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ which links to our topic in class. Please complete an activity each week and return the homework by Wednesday. 

The children will also need to complete their spellings to for a spelling test on Monday’s each week! Any problems please come and see an adult in Cherry class before Wednesday.

Spring Term

Our topic this term is 'Explorers and Expeditions'. During this term we will be learning lots of things daily such as English/Phonics, Maths and Spelling. We will also be learning about our topic.

In History, we will begin to learn about … Famous explorers and their expeditions! We will study significant individuals who have explorer the world and space including Matthew Henson, Neil Armstrong, Felicity Ashton and Ibn Battuta. We will be looking at where they went, why we remember them or what was special about their expedition. Do you know anything about any of these famous explorers? Do you know why they are famous and where they went to explore or where their expedition was to?

In Science, we will be continuing with our learning about... Everyday Materials! We will identify and name a variety of objects and learn what material they are made of. We will investigate materials and describe the simple physical properties, finding out how objects change shape if they are squashed, twisted, stretched etc. We will also look at the suitability of different materials for particular purposes as part of our investigations. What materials do you know? What materials is the most absorbent?

In other areas of the Curriculum, we will continue with our work on 'Celebrating Differences' linked to our PSHCE and then begin to think about 'Dreams and Goals', answer questions in RE such as ' How and why do we celebrate special and sacred times?', learn to count to ten in French and in DT we will work together to create our own transport linked to our History work on explorers. What type of transport will you create for Christopher Columbus to travel around the world? Who is Christopher Columbus and what transport methods we available when he was alive?

Please see below our Parent Forecast for more information and if you have any questions just ask!

Autumn Term

Our topic this term is 'Our Wonderful World'. During this term we will be learning lots of things daily such as English/Phonics, Maths and Spelling. We will also be learning about our topic.

In Science, we will be learning about... Everyday Materials! We will identify and name a variety of objects and learn what material they are made of. We will investigate materials and describe the simple physical properties, finding out how objects change shape if they are squashed, twisted, stretched etc. We will also look at the suitability of different materials for particular purposes as part of our investigations. What materials do you know? What materials could you use to make a spoon?

In Geography, we will be learning about … Our Wonderful World! As well as looking at our local wonders we will explore and compare national wonders. We will identify countries that we come across in our learning, and add them to a map. We will be starting to learn the names of the continents. What are the wonders of our world? Do you have any special places that you like to visit which you would recommend to us?

In History, we will begin to learn about … Standing up for what is right! We will study significant individuals who have stood up for what is right including Rosa Parks, Emily Davison and Nelson Mandela. We will be looking at how they fought for change and what the outcomes were once they had stood up for what is right. Do you know anything about any of these famous people? Do you know why they are famous and what they did to make changes in History?

In other areas of the Curriculum, we will begin to find out about 'Being me in my world' linked to our PSHCE, answer questions in RE such as 'Who is Jewish and what do they believe?' learn greetings in French and find out about the artist 'Paul Cezanne' in Art. Do you know who he is or what type of art he created?

Please see below our Parent Forecast for more information and if you have any questions just ask!

Reading at home

Apart from the obvious benefits of improving reading skills, by encouraging children to read regularly, it can improve their imagination, spelling and punctuation accuracy. Reading also improves their concentration and vocabulary. The habit also makes children more stylish writers, as they copy elements of authors they have enjoyed and adopt these as their own. Children who read for pleasure are far more academically successful than those that don’t. So it really is a no-brainer: good reading habits make successful children.

By reading regularly with you and discussing the situation that characters find themselves in, children have an invaluable opportunity to help build empathy skills. For example, if a character in a book is being treated unkindly by a classmate, it gives a ‘safe space’ for relationships and treatment of others to be discussed in a situation where children can be objective and measured, rather than approaching the issue with bias and heightened emotion, as may often be the case when these situations arise in their real lives.

Remarkable   Readers

Our new Reading recognition system, Remarkable Readers, aims to ensure that all our children are remarkable with their Reading throughout the year. Each time a child reads they achieve a ‘Reading Point’. Depending on age, this could be:

• Reading at home to an adult
• At home independently

Reading Points are cumulative and will be added up weekly throughout the year.

35 points = Bronze Award (Certificate and a message home)

70 points = Brilliant Bronze Award (Certificate, message home and prize)

105 points = Silver Award (Certificate, message home and prize)

140 points = Super Silver Award (Certificate, message home and prize)

175 points = Gold Award (Certificate, message home from Mrs Clifford and book prize)

210 points = Glittering Gold Award (Certificate, message home and an Afternoon Tea in The Reading Nook with our Reading Ambassadors)

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