Welcome to our class page! My name is Miss Samuel and I am the class teacher based in Lapwings full time. We also have Mrs White who covers my teacher time out of class (Wednesday morning).

On this page, I will outline what our Autumn Term 1 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 Monday and Wednesday. 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 in school on a Friday
• TTRS is to be completed at least three times a week
• Reading should be done at home at least 4-5 times a week. Please record any reading at home in their reading records which will be checked each friday

 

Here is a weekly timetable for Lapwings. This term our topic is ‘All About Me’

Reading

Our Whole Class Reading focus on a Monday and Friday will be ‘The Last Bear’ by Hannah Gold. A beautiful heart-warming story of an unlikely bond between a polar bear and a little girl, April. Our WCR sessions are supported by the Ashely Booth reading scheme and this term, Tuesday-Thursday, we will be looking at texts exploring Disney song lyrics, witches and wizards, poetry, teeth, digestion and Black history.

English

In English this term, our text is called ‘Swamp thing’ which is a focus on character description. 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.
• Use commas after fronted adverbials.
• Plan, draft and proof-read a descriptive piece of writing

Maths

This half term in Maths, our focus will be place value and addition and subtraction. We use the White Rose Maths scheme for Maths lessons, as well as daily flashbacks to ensure that previous learning is embedded. We will start Mastering Number in the afternoons to build strong confidence and fluency in key number skills.

Science

Our Science unit ‘Animals including humans’ will explore different types of human and animal teeth, we will understand why it is important to look after our own teeth and bodies as well as understanding the important role our digestive system plays in our every day lives.

Art

In Art, we will be focusing on printing and researching two artists, Andy Warhole and Barbara Jones-Hogu. We will be exploring their techniques and styles of layers and texture and evaluating our own pieces of art.

PE

Lapwings PE days are: Monday and Wednesday. This half terms focus will be playground games and we have a coach joining us to teach rugby on a Monday.

French

In French this half term, our focus is French phonics and understanding how to pronounce sounds and perfect our accents.

RW

In RW this half term, we will be exploring the key question ‘What kind of world did Jesus want?’

Computing

PSHE

In PSHE, we use the scheme Jigsaw. This half term, we will be looking at Being me in my world.’ This will explore being a class team, rights and responsibilities, democracy and rewards and consequences.

Music

In Music, our focus will be’ Harvest’ we will be rehearsing to celebrate Harvest at the church as well as celebrating Black History.