Our Values: Ambition, Compassion and Resilience
Let Your Light Shine - Matthew 5:16
Explorer Class
Staffing:
Miss Howe (Teacher), Miss Gooding, Miss Arnott
Welcome to Term 3!
Happy New Year!
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and restful break. We have an exciting term ahead with lots of new learning. Our topic is ‘Around the World in 30 Days’.
Term 3 starts on Tuesday 6th January at 8:45am.
🌟Forest school continues to be every Friday – they can wear joggers/leggings and trainers.
🌟Our PE days remain on Monday afternoon. They have been brilliant at getting themselves ready for PE so they can now come into school wearing their PE kit.
🌟Children will need a healthy snack, a water bottle, a coat and full school uniform (please make sure this is labelled).
🌟 We will go to the school library every Wednesday afternoon.
🌟 My PPA will continue to be on a Thursday afternoon. Mrs Comley will be teaching the class.
This term, we are going around the world in 30 days. We will be exploring the similarities and differences between countries. We will focus on the UK, Polar Regions, Africa and Asia.
We will continue with Drawing Club on a daily basis. We will be focusing on Lost and Found, Little Red Riding Hood, The King’s Pants, The Great Race and Handa’s Surprise.
We will also continue with daily Phonics lessons. They will be grouped based on regular assessment to ensure they are all getting the appropriate support and challenge. They were all assessed at the end of the last term. They have also been given a yellow Reading Record – please record when your child has read to you (this could be sound cards, words or a short sentence) or when you have shared a story with them. Reading Records will be checked every Wednesday and all children will be read with once a week.
Please ensure they are wearing full school uniform on non-forest/PE days. Information on uniform can be found here: https://www.stbarnabasprimaryschool.co.uk/uniform/.
Our units each term will be:
- Term 1 – Marvellous Me
- Term 2 – Dinosaurs
- Term 3– Around the World
- Term 4 – Traditional Tales
- Term 5 – Down on the Farm
- Term 6 – At the Seaside
Term One:
Explorers had an excellent start to school life. They settled in so well and had a brilliant term. Our topic was Marvellous Me. We shared our Marvellous Me bags with special items from home, learnt about our new friends, shared who was in our families and what our homes were like. Please see pictures from our learning in Term 1 below:
Term Two:
We had a fantastic term and loved learning all about dinosaurs. We enjoyed exploring the dinosaur museum, learning about fossils and paleontologists, making our own fossils and seeing a volcano explode. We loved getting into the Christmas spirit with Christmas activities, making reindeer food, Christmas dinner and our EYFS Christmas concert. We ended the term with a brilliant trip to the park. Please see the pictures of our learning below:
