Our topic this half of the Summer Term is ‘Land, Sea & Sky.’  Our learning will be based around this theme and subjects will be linked where possible. We will be learning about different forms of transport, in particular, trains, boats and aeroplanes and developing language associated with each.

In English, we will be focussed on the following texts:

Ty’s Travels: All Aboard 

An exciting adventure story where Ty goes on a make-believe train journey through countryside, farms, tunnels and stops to pick up members of his family…and ends his journey in the kitchen ready for dinner!

All Aboard The Words Train

A train journey going to the seaside, with lots of new vocabulary to learn related to the sea, beach, food and boats.

Maisy Goes by Plane

Maisy has an adventure travelling by plane.  She learns how to check in, how to find her seat, what it feels like to fly and all the other experiences associated with flying.

The children will be developing their reading (decoding and comprehension) skills with activities such as answering simple questions about a story; joining in with refrains/predictable phrases; recounting a short sequence of events in the story by use of pictures; matching pictures to the text and re-enacting the story with props.  They will be developing their writing (handwriting and compositional) skills with activities such as describing a character or object from a story using a single descriptive word; describing a picture using a subject, verb and object; learning to form lower-case letters correctly and spelling words using their phonics knowledge. Meadow Class will continue to follow the Twinkl Phonics Scheme, currently working on Level 3 and Level 2.  They will be practising to blend and segment words and learn the tricky words ‘by sight’.  The children will continue to read books from ‘Rhino Readers’ which are books matched to the level they are working on in the phonics scheme. 

In Science, Meadow Class will continue to follow The White Rose Scheme where the topics are: Seasonal Changes and Planting Out.  We will be looking at the changes in each season and collect data on the weather over a short  period of time and do some planting and observe the plants growing.

In Maths, we are continuing to follow the White Rose Scheme and will be focussing on length, height and time, building 9 and 10 and exploring 3D shapes.  We will be completing lots of practical activities for measurement.  We will also begin the half term with ‘Money Week’, using coins to create a class picture, explore coin rubbing, look at all the different coins and order them, make a money box and learn what money is and why it matters.

For ICT, Meadow will be learning about word processing, including typing, different symbols used, saving work, the undo function and editing.  We will begin to use BBC Bitesize Dancemat Typing to practise touch typing.

In Art/Making, we will be using a range of mediums to create art around our topic of ‘Land, Sea & Sky’. Activities will include making paper aeroplanes, 3D boats, trains and tracks.  The children will create their own train design using a large box big enough for them to sit inside! We will be making summer foods in cooking, including chocolate crisp cakes; ice cream cupcakes; tomato, cucumber and ham pasta salad; fruit and marshmallow kebabs; watermelon boats and fresh lemonade.

In Music, we will continue to follow Charanga Music.  Our topic will be: Anyone can play.  The children will be experimenting with a range of instruments, including drums, rain makers/sticks and wind chimes and will be exposed to different genres of music.

We will be following the Jigsaw Scheme of Work for PSHE and our topic will be ‘Changing Me’ where the children will be learning about the different parts of their bodies, how to respect and look after their bodies, changes that occur and how to keep healthy.

The children in Meadow Class will be a focussing on athletics in PE with Charlene on Friday afternoons and off-site activities this half term include swimming at Dorking pool on Tuesday mornings.

Our community visits will be on Thursday afternoons and the children will have the opportunity to experience the local community shops, parks, garden centres, libraries and other local places of interest. We will be enjoying a whole day trip and will inform you of this nearer the time. 

We look forward to an exciting summer half term!

From Klara and the Meadow Team.