Please remember your P.E. kit, pupil organiser and reading book! 

Remember to wear your P.E. kit on Tuesdays! Swimming kit on Wednesdays!

Welcome back to Ockbrook class!

WWI

This half-term our history topic focuses on the World War 1. We will be learning:

• Why did WWI begin?
• What were trenches and why were they used?
• What was daily life like in the trenches?
• How did soldiers communicate during WWI?
• What role did animals play in WWI?
• How did WWI end, and how should we remember those who fought?

In art we will be studying David Bailey:

• To develop techniques, including control and use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of photography.
• To learn about great artists, architects and designers in history in relation to photography.
  
   

This term in Maths we will be learning about the place value and the four operations. We shall continue to use a mastery approach to teaching to develop our fluency, problem solving skills and reasoning, using a variety of pictorial, abstract
and concrete resources.

In Guided Reading we will be reading Warhorse by Michael Morpurgo. Michael Morpurgo’s tender story of Joey, a brave hearted farm horse who finds himself caught up in the horrors of war, cleverly conveys both the violence and the
occasional compassion, which occurs during conflict. A classic story of animal courage and bravery.

We will be studying three units in writing. These are narratives, recounts and narrative poetry. These genres will tie into the topic. Each unit lasts 2/3 weeks. Each unit begins by unpicking a model text, analysing the stylistic and structural
elements of the text before creating a blueprint. Following this we identify and delve into specific grammar conventions found in the text type and the unit culminates in the children writing their own pieces.

This term in science we will be looking at working scientifically. Children will be:

• planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary,
• taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate,
• recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs,
• using test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests,
• reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations,
• identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments.

In PE we shall be taking part in swimming lessons on Wednesdays and orienteering on Fridays.

Dates for the Diary
Jeans for Genes 19/9/25
MacMillan Coffee Afternoon 26/9/25
Parent’s Afternoon 8/10/25
Trip to the Arboretum 23/10/25
Halloween Disco 23/10/25
Harvest Festival 24/10/25

Mr Dale (8/9/25)

Class Timetable

Reminders

Please remember to read every night!

Shardlow Spirit 

This week's Spirit Star is...

Computing

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