Hello, I'm Mrs Dwyer and I'm delighted to be back at St John's teaching Raven Class. I can't wait to explore our History and Geography topics and our amazing English texts this year.

Outside of school I love reading, walking and trying hard to learn to knit!

 

Other staff working in our class are:

Miss Walker (teaching all day Fri), Mrs Wallace (Weds afternoon) and Mrs Bates (all day Weds).

 

Important dates for the diary this term for Raven Class:

PE will take place on Tuesday afternoons.  We will be doing tag rugby outside so please send your child to school in school PE kit plus extra layers on colder days.

 

Our learning this term: 

English: We are reading  The Last Bear, a story about adventure and friendship in the Arctic circle. Our English lessons will include writing a non-chronological report, a setting description and a narrative.

Maths: We are learning Multiplication & Division, Perimeter & Area, Statistics and Fractions.

Science: We are learning about Living Things and their Habitats, focussing on plants.

Topic: In Term 3 and 4, we will be studying South America and Deforestation as our Geography topic. This term, we will focus on the geography and environment of South America, including learning about the Amazon Rainforest.

RE: We are learning about People of God and focussing on the question How does following God bring freedom and justice? by learning the story of Moses from the Bible.

German: We are learning to talk about countries, activities and holidays.

Music: We will be learning about samba music from South America to link with our Geography topic.

 

Learning at home for Raven Class :

• Reading AR books 

• Spelling shed 

• Times Tables Rockstars 

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Be ready for learning! In Raven class your child will need to have these items in school: 

• water bottle (no squash or juice) 
• small rucksack (big enough to hold lunch box and reading books) 
• wellington boots (to leave in school) 
• coat (weather appropriate) 

Please don’t bring other items to school, as we do not have space to store them, and it can cause upset if things are lost or damaged. 

 

Term 1 highlights

Some of our favourite moments from Term 1 include:

DT

We enjoyed designing and making kites in DT- some of us tried flying them at home too!

 

Outdoor learning

In Science, we acted out the movement of the planets in the Solar System. We also explored how the movement of the earth relative to the Sun can be tracked throughout the day.

 

History artefacts

We enjoyed exploring replica artefacts from the Bronze Age; being able to see and touch them really helped us understand how they were made and used!