Welcome back to a new academic year!

During this half term, we have lots of exciting learning happening. The children will be learning how to use glockenspiels, about Hinduism, spatial sense in geography, line in art and the human body in Science. 

The class will have PE on a Wednesday afternoon and they can come to school wearing their kit. 

We have sent reading books home this week and it is expected that they will be brought in each day as we listen to them read across the week. We would also like the children to read their books at home to an adult as this will greatly help to develop their reading.

Doves class have had a really busy week! The class enjoyed a trip to West Stow on Tuesday and explored the Anglo Saxon site. We went inside some Anglo Saxon style houses and saw how they lived.  We were very interested in how they

Doves have been fortunate enough to visit the mosque recently and have been learning more this week about the features of a mosque. The children have learnt a lot about Islam and have been enjoying gaining knowledge about another world religion. During our RE lessons, the children have been learning about how a mosque is decorated and that human and animal imagery are not allowed in a mosque, so patterns and shapes are used instead. The children have also been learning about prayer and were able to observe a prayer being carried out when we arrived at the mosque.

This week has been another busy week for Doves class. 

On Tuesday, we celebrated Safer Internet Day by looking at the theme of 'Positive Influence'. The children looked at different scenarios and had some wonderful conversations about whether this is considered a positive influence, a negative influence or whether it depended on the situation. The discussions were fantastic to listen to.

Next week is assessment week so we are looking forward to seeing how much they have all learnt and celebrating their success with them!

Doves class are learning about friction as part of the Science unit on forces and magnets. The children tested the time taken for a toy car to reach the bottom of the slope with a variety of surfaces, such as bubble wrap and towels. The children really enjoyed taking part in the experiment and learnt about the need to make sure the test was fair. 

Doves class have been busy since returning back to school after the holidays. We have been learning about circuits as part of our DT project on torches. The children made their own switch to then use on a torch they have designed. We will then assemble the torches and test out our circuits and switches in them.

Please remember to read regularly with your child as it makes such a difference to their progress. Also, use the Tackling Tables online learning as well as resources such as Percy Parker to help your child learn their multiplication tables.