Welcome to Spring 2025,

Centaur Class!

Hope you enjoyed a great break, having time with family and friends.  Didn't it go quickly, though!

This term our theme is "Ancient Egyptians," discovering why Ancient Egypt is so significant to history, understanding lifestyles and belief systems plus physical features of Egypt. Be prepared for stories of mummification and pyramids coupled with Egyptian dance moves. In RE we are learning about Christianity and the question, "Is forgiveness always possible?" linking to preparations for Easter.  We will be finding out about Ramadan and the Hindu festival of Holi.  Healthy Me will be the focus during Jigsaw, discussing our thoughts on smoking, drinking and healthy friendships.  Maths will be focussing on the four operations and continuing to consolidate our times tables knowledge.  We will also cover various types of angles.  This term includes different themed weeks, including Arts week, Science week, Shakespeare week plus World Book Day, St David's and St Patrick's day.

Please provide a named PE kit (PE on Wednesdays), named clear water bottle, named wellington boots (for OPAL), a named coat, as our weather is so changeable and their house badge pinned securely.

With regards to homework, children are expected to:

• Read at home for 20 minutes (as a minimum) every day, the reading record also needs to be completed on the GoRead app, (https://parents.boomhub.app/) with the book and the pages read.  We are aiming for all children to receive a minimum of 6 x 30 reads per year.
• Practise spellings every day, these will be tested on a Friday and new spellings will be posted on DoodleSpell the same day.  These are in addition to the Spelling Bee words, which are mainly the Government Y3/4 statutory spellings and are available on the class page. The Spelling Bee occurs at the end of each long term and the children will need to achieve a minimum of 35 correct from this list in order to be able to take part.
• Times tables every day, try online games like: www.timestables.co.uk/7-times-table.html or songs like those on Scratch Garden or BBC Supermovers.
• Complete twenty minutes of DoodleMaths (as a minimum) every day to aid mental calculation and to earn rewards within the platform. Assignments will also be set regularly with specific deadlines (All children are expected to complete these).

I will update the class page once a week to celebrate all the amazing learning the children have been part of, so please take a look.  We also will put achievements on the school Facebook page, so make sure you are able to access this.

Communication is key, so please use the "contact the teacher" form, catch me at the door or leave a message at the office.  Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much!  

Mrs Brock