Literacy

Our key text in literacy this half-term is Big, Bad Owl by Steve Smallman. We will use the text to write character descriptions, focusing on using adjectives to describe nouns, and describe the setting of Cupcake Wood. Our final written outcome is to retell the story. 

We are enjoying reading more of Steve Smallman's books in story time. We think he is a very funny author! Here is a link to his website: 

http://www.stevesmallman.co.uk/

We will also write information texts for people visiting Nelson. We will include different non-fiction features in our writing and publish them by making videos.

Maths

In maths, we will learn about place value, addition and subtraction, measuring length and mass, and shape. We will work practically and pictorially to practise our skills and solve calculations and problems using efficient methods.

Science

In Science, we are investigating health and growth in humans - discussing how humans change as they grow. We have compared our bodies, measuring the size of our hands, and found that the oldest people do not always have the largest, and are not always the tallest!

To investigate the spread of germs, we will carry out an experiment involving touching bread with clean and unclean hands.

We will investigate and describe what happens to our bodies when we exercise and learn about the importance of healthy eating.

Art

We are studying two artists this half-term - L.S. Lowry and Paul Horton. We will observe their work, compare their styles and looked at the different colours they use in their pictures. We will look closely at the buildings in their pictures and replicate the lines and shapes they use. We will practise mixing and blending the colours of the two artists in our own artwork. Finally, we will create our own artwork, inspired by Lowry and Horton. 

Follow the links to find out more about the artists:

L.S. Lowry - LS Lowry Prints Art and Paintings - Limited Edition Prints - Lowry Art

Paul Horton: Paul Horton – Artist (hortonfineart.co.uk)

Music

Mrs Brunton is working with us to teach us a new song, 'Hands, Feet, Heart.' It is an Afro-Pop song. We practised call and response and put actions to the lyrics. We will learn to perform the song with instruments.

We also joined in with our singing assemblies, learning the songs 'Sunshine' and 'We Run the Show.'

Geography

We explored our local area to find human and physical features, recording the things we found along our route. We looked closely at the buildings that we walk past regularly but never have the chance to study carefully. We will study where we live and talk about the human and physical features in Nelson, using aerial photos and online maps. We will create our own maps to show the human and physical features in our area.