Term 1

Welcome back to school Otters! We hope you had a wonderful Summer Holiday and we cannot wait to get started this term! 

In our Writing lessons, we will begin by learning all about Treacher-Collins Syndrome and writing our own non-chronological reports about the topic. Wonder is our class text which influences our reading and writing lessons. The boy in Wonder suffers from TCS and we want the children to have an understanding of what he has to go through. We will then move on to linking our science topic of space travel and writing a balanced argument answering the question, 'Was the moon landing real or fake?' Finally, we end the term creating our own plants and writing descriptively about them. 

In Maths this term, we start with begin the term with place value before moving on to addition and subtraction and then starting our multiplication and division unit. 

Throughout our learning this term, we will focus our History learning around the topic of space travel. We begin by looking at the first examples of space travel and how progress has been made over time. 

In RE, our question is, 'What does it mean if Christians believe God is holy and loving?' Our theme in and Science will be learning Earth and Space. Our Computing is Computer Systems and Networks. Art will be studying Peter Thorpe to create own space-inspired pastel pictures. 

Our PE days are Tuesdays (Dance) and Thursdays (Basketball). Please ensure your child(ren) have a complete kit each week. We will be inside and outside each week so the children will require joggers and a jumper too. 

We are very fortunate to have Mrs Boler in Otter Class this year as she trains to be a teacher. As the year progresses, she will teach the class more. We hope you welcome her as part of the team and wish her well this year. 

Just a little reminder that Mrs Cutts will be teaching Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and Mrs Miles will be teaching on a Thursday and Friday. Should you need to contact us please email; jcutts@lyminge.kent.sch.uk.

Thank you so much for your continued support, 

Mrs Cutts, Mrs Miles, Mrs Boler and Mrs Miller