Eagles Class

Mrs Terry, Mr Staddon, Mrs Foote and Miss Stewart

Welcome back Eagles! Mrs Terry, Mrs Staddon, Mrs Foote and Miss Stewart hope you had a lovely Christmas break and are ready for the spring term ahead. We have lots of fun lessons planned for you.

We will begin our English lessons by looking at the book ‘That Pesky Rat’ by Lauren Childs. We will link some of our writing to our Geography topic by writing setting descriptions and poetry based on the beautifully illustrated ‘A River’ by Marc Martin. After half term, we will focus on non-fiction texts relating to our history topic, The Romans.

In Maths lessons, we will move onto geometry, measurement and decimals. This will include acute and obtuse angles, exploring decimal equivalents and finding the area and perimeter of shapes. We will continue to focus on times tables to prepare children for the Multiplication Times table check in the Summer term.

Prepare for some exciting and disgusting experiments in science, as we will be investigating how animals and humans digest food! We will also look at the different types of teeth in animals and humans and how food chains can be used to identify producers, predators and prey. After half term, we will be looking at states of matter. Experiments will include making careful observations to see how materials change when heated or cooled.

In Geography, we will be looking at water and rivers, including a workshop from Wessex Water. This will include looking at the physical geography of our planet and the water cycle. Our History enquiry question is ‘How did the Roman Empire change Britain?’ A trip to Taunton Museum will be an excellent way for children to explore artefacts and learn history through a hands-on experience.

Our new religion study in Religious Education and Worldviews is Christianity, where we will explore Salvation, linking with Easter. In computing, we will be focusing on producing media for an audio production. In PSHE our topic is Being aware of Dangers and Hazards. Children will look at who keeps them safe and how to look out for dangers. Mrs Morton will continue to use her expertise to deliver exciting art lessons whilst Mrs Gomes will also continue to teach our modern foreign language, Portuguese.

We are really looking forward to having you back in the classroom for an action-packed term of learning!

Eagles Team