Welcome to our class page! My name is Miss Patchett and I am the class teacher based in Lapwings full time. We also have Mr Ball teaching forest school and Mrs Jarrett, who will both cover my teacher planning time on a Friday Afternoon. Mrs Jarrett will also greet Lapwings at the classroom door on a Wednesday morning.
On this page, I will outline what our Autumn Term 2 curriculum looks like. If you have any questions about this or anything else, please do not hesitate to contact me; my door is always open. Otherwise, please email: admin@starcross-primary.devon.sch.uk
Key information
- PE days are Tuesday and Thursday. Please come in wearing your PE kit.
- Spelling is set on a Monday via Spelling Frame, where children can practice their spelling. We will then complete a spelling test at school on a Friday.
- TTRS is to be completed at least three times a week as well as reading at least 4-5 times a week. Please record any reading at home in their reading records. Records are checked every Friday morning.
- Pixie’s Holt residential 2nd December-5th December
- KS2 Christmas Carol Concert Tuesday 16th December 2pm and 6:30pm
Here is a weekly timetable for Lapwings. This term our topic is ‘What secrets do the pyramids of Egypt hold?’
Reading
Our Whole Class Reading focus on a Monday and Friday will be ‘The Ancient Egypt Sleepover’ by Stephen Davies, an action/adventure story about a boy called Mo who won a prize to take part in an Ancient Egyptian sleepover at a museum.
Our WCR sessions are supported by the Ashely Booth reading scheme and this term, Tuesday-Thursday, we will be looking at texts exploring Egypt, pharaohs, Armistice Day, sound, picture books and Christmas.
In English this term, our text is called ‘The Sun God’ which is a focus on myths and Legends. Our key objectives will be to:
- Use noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases e.g. the teacher expanded to: the strict maths teacher with curly hair.
- Use fronted adverbials e.g. Later that day, I heard the bad news.
- Make appropriate choice of pronouns and nouns
- Use inverted commas for direct speech
- Plan, draft and proof-read a myth story with the purpose of entertaining the reader
Maths
This half term in Maths, our focus will be addition and subtraction and area. We use the White Rose Maths scheme for Maths lessons, as well as daily flashbacks to ensure that previous learning is embedded. We also have a times table focus every afternoon in preparation for the multiplication times table check in the Summer.
Science
Our Science unit this half term will be ‘Sound’. This unit teaches children about sound, how sound is made and how sound travels as vibrations through a medium to the ear. They learn about pitch and volume and find out how both can be changed.
History and Geography
Our history and geography this term is ‘Ancient Egypt’ where we will explore what life was like for Ancient Egyptians and this will be supported by our trip to Torquay museum.
PE
Lapwings PE days are: Tuesday and Thursday. This half term our focus will be gymnastics and tag rugby.
French
In French this half term, our focus is ‘Les Saisons.’ By the end of the unit pupils will have the skills and knowledge to say which is their favourite season and why.
Music
In Music, our focus will be ‘Christmas’ we will be rehearsing to celebrate Christmas for our annual Christmas Carol Service.
Computing
We are now using a programme called ‘Purple Mash’ to teach computing as well as enhance other subjects. This term our focus will be ‘Coding-a crash course.’ Children will explore coding, algorithms, timers and number variables.
Art
In Art, we will be focusing on Egyptian tomb paintings, exploring and responding to art from that time. We will experiment with warm and cool colours as well as paint textures, before replicating, planning and creating our own piece of Egyptian tomb art.
PSHE
In PSHE, we use the scheme Jigsaw. This half term, we will be looking at ‘Celebrating Difference’ exploring the respect for similarity and difference, antibullying and being unique.
RW
In RW this half term, we will be exploring the key question ‘When Jesus left, what was the impact of Pentecost?’