Welcome to Cherry Class!
The staff working in Cherry class are Mrs Rees, Miss Wykes and Mrs Bennett. 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!
Spring Term
Our topic this term is 'Communities'. During this term we will be learning lots of things daily such as English/Phonics, Maths, Spelling and Maths Meetings. We will also be learning about our topic.
In Geography, we are going to be finding out all about Bentley and our local area. We will use geographical vocabulary such as field, church and landmark. We will look at maps and symbols and use this knowledge to create maps and plans at birds-eye view and also aerial. We will also be going on a walk around our local area looking at what is in our community. Do you know what is special about our community? Do we have anything in Bentley that is special to Bentley?
In Music, we will be learning songs from around the British Isles and understanding how they are special to each area. For example, we will learn some Folk songs like 'My Bonnie lies over the ocean.' We will learn music that is from around the British Isles and then use this to compose our own music. Do you know any special songs and which community they come from?
In Design Technology, we will be learning about designing packaging and making biscuits which we will sell to our grown-ups to celebrate Mother's Day. What is your favourite type of biscuit? What does the packaging look like?
In other areas of the Curriculum, we will begin to find out about 'dream and goals' linked to New Years in PSHCE, answer questions in RE such as 'What makes some places Sacred?', learn gymnastic balances on the floor and on apparatus and learn to count to 10 in French.
Please see below our Parent Forecast for more information and if you have any questions just ask!
PE Kits
PE will be on Monday each week.
Children will need to bring their PE kits on a Monday and we will send them home on a Friday. Anybody who wears earrings will need to remove them either at home or be able to do this in class independently. Any questions please just come and ask!
Homework
This term in Cherry class we have a homework menu about ‘Our Community’ which links to our topic in class about Communities. 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.
Autumn Term
Our topic this term is 'Animals and Ourselves'. During this term we will be learning lots of things daily such as English/Phonics, Maths, Spelling and Maths Meetings. We will also be learning about our topic.
In Science, we are going to be finding out about animals including humans. We will be able to identify a range of different animals and compare how they are similar or different to us humans. We will find out about what different animals eat using the vocabulary 'carnivore', 'herbivore' and 'omnivore'. Do you know what these words mean and can you think of an animal for each group?
In Geography, we will find out about animals - what they are called, where they come from in the world and what continent they are on. We will look at maps on the World and add them to our class map. Do you know where Panda's come from? What continent is the country in?
In other areas of the Curriculum, we will begin to find out about 'Flight' and learn who the Wright Brothers are, answer questions in RE such as 'Who are Christians', create dances linked to fireworks and create artwork linked to the Australia.
Please see below our Parent Forecast for more information and if you have any questions just ask!
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.
In Cherry class we will have the 'Reading Superstar' system. This involves you and your child sharing a book; they will get a tick for each day they read which will earn them a prize.
3 times (days) a week - your child will earn 1 dojo point.
4 times (days) a week - your child will earn 2 dojo points.
5 or more times (days) - your child will earn 3 dojo points and a prize from the prize box.
Please see below for a range of useful documents to support you with your reading at home.
Summer Term
This term in Cherry class our topic is called 'Walk on the Wild Side ' and we are going to be finding out lots of things about animals, living things and their habitats.
In Science, this half term we will find out what living and non-living means, identify and learn about life cycles, habitats and food chains. We will learn what a microhabitat is and what makes it suitable for the minibeasts to live in. Do you know what a microhabitat is? What do animals need to live and why are their habitats are so important?
In DT, after finding out about life cycles of animals we will create our own moving picture/ book using different mechanisms. We will research and learn what a slider, lever and wheel mechanism are and use these in our designs. I wonder if your book will be interactive and appeal to Ash/Beech class!
We will also be learning about relationships in our PSHCE work. We will think about what makes an effective relationship, what relationships we have with our family and friends and all about things such as trust, conflict and secrets. Do you keep secrets from people? Why/why not? Do we have any special relationships with people? What makes them special and important to us?
In RE, this half term we will be finding out about Christians and Jewish People and using ideas that we know to answer our key question - How should we care for others and the world and why does it matter? We will find out about special people from these religions and also important people in the world, which will help us to answer this question.
Other things we will be doing this term are daily Maths lesson, daily Maths meetings, daily Times Table Rock Stars sessions (TTRS), daily RWI Spelling, daily English/ Phonics lessons focusing on the skills we need, PE lessons, ICT lessons, Music lessons, Geography lessons and most importantly of all spending time with our friends and learning about ourselves as people and citizens.
For more information please see our Parents Forecast below or please come and speak to an adult in Cherry Class!
Spring Term
This term in Cherry class our topic is called 'Explorers and Expeditions ' and we are going to be finding out lots of things about significant people.
In History, we will find out about some famous people who were significant in the exploration world. We will find out who Matthew Henson, Ibn Battuta, Felicity Aston, Neil Armstrong and Christopher Columbus are. These people are all famous in History and I wonder what we will learn about them. Do you know anything about these people? Who they are famous or what they explored?
In DT, after finding out about Christopher Columbus we will research boats and then in groups design and make our own boat to go exploring. We will research what features our boat needs to have, what materials we could use to make it and how we can make it float. I wonder if the boats they create will float or sink?
In Science, we will continue with our work on materials and their properties. This half term we will find out what happens when we heat and cool materials, which materials sink or float and take part in investigations about materials and their properties. We will then find out what scientists who invented new materials – Charles Mackintosh, John McAdam’s and John Dunlop. Do you know who these scientists are and what they created?
We will also be learning about pulse and tempo in music through our unit – ‘Under the sea’. The children thoroughly enjoyed acting like sharks exploring the sea in our first lesson. We will continue to work on this throughout the term.
In RE, this half term we will be finding out about Christians and why the festivals of Easter and Christmas are particularly important to them. This will then link with our work on the festival on Easter in the 2nd half term.
Other things we will be doing this term are daily Maths lesson, daily Maths meetings, daily Times Table Rock Stars sessions (TTRS), daily RWI Spelling, daily English/ Phonics lessons focusing on the skills we need, weekly PE, ICT lessons and most importantly of all spending time meeting our new friends and learning about ourselves as people and citizens.
For more information please see our Parents Forecast below or please come and speak to an adult in Cherry Class!
Autumn Term
This term in Cherry class our topic is called 'Our Wonderful World' and we are going to be finding out lots of things about it.
In Geography, we are going to find out about the wonders of the world! We will find out about mountains, rivers, cities, names of the oceans and names of the continents. Do you know what man-made features or physical features are?
In Music, we are going to be 'Going on a Safari' by creating music using a jungle or animal rhythm. We will learn some little songs using call and response and play instruments and body percussion whilst doing it. Using your body can you make a lion sound?
In History, we will find out about some famous people who helped to make the world the place it is now such as Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela. These people stood up for what is right and their actions meant that things changed. Is there anything you have stood up for and made a change?
In Art, we will be thinking about our African Music work and looking at different types of sculptures. Do you know what a sculpture is?
Other things we will be doing this term are daily Maths lesson, daily Maths meetings, daily Times Table Rock Stars sessions (TTRS), daily RWI Spelling, daily English lessons focusing on the skills we need, weekly PE, ICT lessons and most importantly of all spending time meeting our new friends and learning about ourselves as people and citizens.
For more information please see our Parents Forecast below or please come and speak to an adult in Cherry Class!
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