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Our topic this half term is Britain is Great!

 

In geography we will be learning how to:

 

• Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.
• Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features and key human features.
• Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the UK + countries.
• Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognize landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key.

 

Check out our Class Dojo for updates on what we are learning. 

 

 

In Science we are going to be learning all about what grows in our garden:

 

• To identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees
• To  identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees
• To ask simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways
• To observe closely, using simple equipment
• To perform simple tests
• To identify and classify
• To be using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
• To be gathering and recording data to help in answering questions

 

Our Quality Texts for our topic this half term

     

 

              

 

 

Our Recommended Reads for Year 1

Our Recommended Reads for Year 2

Things to remember

 

Reading

Please remember to read lots at home and record in your diary. Please read other things besides your school reading book- the more the better- for example, other story and non fiction books,  poems, magazines, signs, even ingredients on packets!

 

Times Tables 

Please remember also to practise your times tables- focus on the 2X 5X and 10X tables in Derwent Class.

 

Remember:- Bronze means you can say the whole table in order- eg "one times two is two, two times two is four....." fluently.

 

Silver means you can say the answer to any sum from the times table eg "what's 4 x 5?   What's 8 X 5 ?

 

Gold means you can say the reverse division fact- eg in five times table, what's 20 divided by 5? how many fives in 15?

In ten times table, what's 50 divided by 10?

 When you practise spellings, it's a good idea to write  a sentence  including the spelling word you are learning. Then you are more likely to remember it !

This week's Spirit stars are..........

 

You'll have to wait and see!