St Lucia

Class Teacher: Miss Wells

 Teaching Assistants: Mrs Cropley and Mr Brookfield

 Welcome to St. Lucia class!

As a church school and family, Christianity is at the heart of everything we do – we are all kind, caring and friendly, and we look after each other.

Reading

Your child will bring home two reading books, an ability book (linked to your child’s current reading level) and a challenge book. Please ensure your child reads at home, daily, as this is vital to them developing their comprehension of text, widening their vocabulary as well as supporting them with their writing. For each day they read at home, children will receive two Smarties to spend in the Smartie Shop. As an extra incentive, their name will also be entered into a draw to win a book, which will take place at the end of each half term.

Maths

Your child will bring home a weekly homework focussing on key facts around the four calculations. The questions are deliberately repetitive to encourage fluency with the aim being that they can answer them almost without thinking. They will become increasingly challenging throughout the year, in line with the children’s skills improving. Please encourage your child to set themselves their own mini-challenges such as trying to beat their previous score or time taken to complete.

This homework will be sent on Friday and marked together the following Friday.

If your child is struggling with any aspect of their homework, we are always available to support them: they just need to ask.

PE

Our PE day is Thursday. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit, which is suitable for outdoors (including appropriate footwear). Your child must also wear their blue federation hoodie. Children with long hair need to have this tied up for these lessons and any jewellery, including earrings, needs to be removed.

Autumn term topics:

Topic – History

This term’s topic is : The Tudors.

In this topic, children will travel back to Tudor Britain to learn about Henry VIII and the changes that took place during his reign. They will investigate Henry’s six marriages, explore why he broke away from the Catholic Church and discover how his decisions changed religion and society in England. Children will also explore what life was like for rich and poor Tudor people, using historical sources such as portraits and inventories to make deductions about the past. Throughout the topic, they will compare Tudor life with life today and consider how events from the past continue to influence Britain today.

Other subjects

Science – Animals Including Humans

Geography – How do physical geography, climate and people shape places?

Computing – Webpage creation

Art – Tudor portrait drawing

D&T – Mechanisms

R.E. – Expressing Beliefs

Music – singing  ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ Bon Jovi

M.F.L. – French – Have you got a pet?

P.S.H.E. – Being Me in my World

If you have any questions or concerns, please come and see us, or alternatively you can email us at stlucia@griffinfederation.co.uk.