Acorns
Hello and welcome to the wonderful Acorns!. In Acorns we now have 2 members of staff, Mrs Brandreth is the class teachers and Mrs Mosayebi is our teaching assistant. Acorns are the youngest children in the school, ranging from Years 2 to 3
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In English, we will be continuing to practice our letter formation and our sentence writing skills. We will be starting the new year by revisiting the features of letters and learn how to write our own thank you letters for our Christmas gifts.
Phonics. We follow the ‘Letters and Sound’ programme to help us recognise, recall and use phonemes. You will find useful free games and resources at the following website: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk
Reading. There is an expectation that all of our children read or share books with you at home. If your child reads at home 4 times in a week, they will receive a Reading Raffle ticket which enters them into a draw held every term. Everyone loves the Reading Raffle, as participants can win games, books and other exciting prizes.
In Maths we follow the White Rose scheme of work. During the Autumn term we will be learning about place value and addition and subtraction. Please explore the website as parents/carers can access free resources for your children: https://whiteroseeducation.com/parent-pupil-resources/maths/free-downloads All of our children have log access to Mathletics and Times Tables Rock Stars, which they can access from home. You will find the sign in information inside the cover of your child’s home-school diary: https://login.mathletics.com/ https://play.ttrockstars.com/
Maths
In Maths we follow the White Rose scheme of work. During the Spring Term we will be learning about shape, addition & subtraction (within 100), mutliplication & division, length & height. Please explore the website as parents/carers and access free resources for your children: https://whiteroseeducation.com/parent-pupil-resources/maths/free-downloads
All of our children have log in access to Mathletics and Times Tables Rock Stars, which they can access from home. You will find the sign in information inside the cover of your home-school diary.
https://play.ttrockstars.com/
In Geography we will be learning about castles in the UK, looking at where they are built and what the human and physical features are that you see at each site.
In History we will be learning about our current and previous members of the royal family, where they live / lived, and how the are celebrated.
In Art we will be experimenting with block printing , using wax and water, creating collage, portraits and using clay.
In Science we will be learning about materials and their uses. We will be identifying material sand describing their properties and explaining why they are suitable for different purposes. We will also be making predictions, gathering and recording data, creating a fair test and drawing conclusions.
Our PE focus for this term is Gymnastics. We will also be learning football skills from our Stockport County coaches. As the weather is getting colder and wetter, please send in an outdoor kit (a jumper, jogging bottoms & trainers). We will send PE kits home every half term. We like to have a lot of movement breaks in Acorns so regularly complete a ‘dino-dash’ or head outside for a ‘daily mile’ to help us to keep really fit and healthy and be ready to learn.
We are really looking forward to making new friends and working as a team to earn the prestigious ‘Class of the Week’ Oakgrove Owl!
If you have any questions please ring the school, email us or write in your child’s home / school diary and we will get back you as soon as we can.
‘Acorns rule- we’re the best in the school
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