Welcome to Dragonflies class page!

Class teacher - Miss Theobald otheobald@inspiream.org.uk

Teaching Assistant - Mrs Hart and Mr Bonnici 

Forest School is on a Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Vosper. Children should bring in their Forest School kit every Tuesday. 

PE is on a Thursday afternoon. Children should come into school dressed in their PE kit. 

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What are we learning this term?

Main Experiences 

Crack the code- In this ICT experience, the children will be using Scratch software to create a Little Red Riding Hood themed game for the Year 1 children to play. Please see below for the launch page for further information.

Going down in History - In this History and English experience, the children will learn about The Titanic, including the causes and consequences of its sinking. The children will write a narrative from a child onboard The Titanic, considering class and how they would feel. 

Sports Week - We will finish the term with sport week. In this week we will focus on a specific skill and will have our annual Sports Day. Throughout this week we will also be learning about how to create a healthy snack to share at Sports Day. 

Discrete Experiences

English - We will be focussing on the story of Little Red Riding Hood, in order to use this for the theme of our Scratch games. 

In Reading - pupils will either continue with their Read, Write, Inc. phonics sessions. Children in guided reading are focussing on the story of the Owl who was afraid of the dark where they will be focussing on the skills of vocabulary. 

Maths- Pupils will learn about fractions and measure (mass, capacity, temperature, length and height). 

PE - This term our PE focus is rounders. We will focus on throwing, catching and the rules of rounders. 

RE - In RE we are focusing on Islam. We will be learning about who a Muslim is and what they believe. 

Wellbeing - This term's wellbeing focus is focused on understanding feelings. Focusing on the alibility to describe a wider range of feelings and what children can do if they feel them. 

How can you support at home?

Please talk to your child about their learning. Key knowledge that the children need to know is detailed on the launch pages below.