Emma’s Building Spring Term 2023

We hope you have all had a great Christmas and New Year. We are looking forward to seeing the children again and to supporting the children with their learning.

The children will have 1:1 sessions in a morning in order to enhance their learning. We will incorporate targets from their Individual Support Plans into the children’s learning. Sensory activities and Physio activities will be followed for some children. Our class book this term will be Paddington Bear by Michael Bond with a variety of reading, writing and sensory activities planned around this character and his adventures.

Every Monday we will be cooking, with an exciting range of dishes using different skills, tastes and textures planned to learn essential life skills. We will be cooking Chinese food and eating in a ‘restaurant’ decorated for Chinese New Year.

Weekly PE is an opportunity to join our class peers for a variety of activities. Outdoor kit will be needed-joggers and sweatshirt as some work will be completed with the Sports Partnership outside.

The geography topics for this term are - For children in year 3 and 4 Rivers and looking at the River Eden in Appleby. For children in Year 5 North America will be studied. The science topics are Year 3 and 4 Healthy Food and Year 5 Animals including Humans. The children will be supported to access their learning with their class peers. RE will look at Hinduism for all in key stage two.

Computing will continue with activities from purple mash for children in reception to Year 2 with children in Year3-5 following their class targets and activities.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries or concerns.

Mrs Barker, Mrs Rooke, Miss Johnston, Mrs Chieze, Mrs Bewley, Miss Hewitt, Mrs Garrs, Miss Idle and Ms Hayes.