• Who were the Wright brothers?
• When was the first flight?
• Why is Bessie Coleman significant?
• Why is Amelia Earhart significant?
• Why was the moon landing special?
• How did we learn to fly?

In Science this term we will look at  Animals, including humans and Plants.

The children will learn:   

 - How to identify common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

- How to identify a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores or omnivores. 

- How to describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals.

- How to identify and name common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees. 

- How to identify the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees.

Homework

Weekly Homework Grid

• Children to complete an activity from different sections on the Homework choice grid in their yellow book and return their books by Wednesday.

• Children can record their work using writing, pictures, drawings etc. appropriate to the task.

• Children to colour in the task on the sheet once completed. Each task is to only be completed once.

• These grids will change after every half-term.

Reading

Children will take home a reading book matched to their phonic assessments.  Please use this record book to record when they have read and a short message about.  There is no set day for reading so please ensure children have these in their book bags daily. 

Spellings

This term we will begin to send out spellings to practise. Please do not panic, this is just a great way for the children to develop their segmenting skills. Words will be matched to their current phonic knowledge using split digraphs from phase 5c.