Welcome to Fox Class!G

We have lots to get through in the Summer term!  

Our Geography topic in the first half-term is rainforests, and in the second half-term we will be learning about mapping and land use.  Have a look at our rainforests learning journey in the key documents section of this page to see what we will be learning.  We are planning to celebrate our learning by inviting parents and carers in to hear rainforest inspired stories we will be writing.   We'll also perform some music using Bamboo Tamboo, which is great fun to play and mesmerising to listen to! 

In English we will be using two wonderful picture books to support our Geography learning; The Tin Forest by Helen Ward and The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry.  As well as writing our own 'dilemma' stories, we will be writing persuasive letters.

In Science we are studying how plants grow, from seed to shoot.  We will be looking at the processes which take place in the life cycle of flowering plants.  We have already planted beans in jars with cotton wool and we're enjoying checking on their progress every day and recording our observations.  We've been really surprised by how quickly the roots appeared and how quickly the shoots are growing.  

In Maths this term we will be focusing on money, time, shape and statistics.  

The children are delighted that it is their turn back at Forest School this term! 

We will continue to have our PE session on a Friday afternoon so the children will need their PE kit and trainers every Friday.

As per our new homework regime, spellings will be checked every Friday.  Please encourage your child to practise in their pink book - it is particularly useful if they have a go at writing the words in a sentence to give context.

Please do contact me via Class Dojo if you have any questions and I will be happy to help!

Mrs Gent  😊

 

The children in Fox Class have created content for the class webpage as part of their computing lessons.  This is what they would like you to know!

 

In English we used an animation called A Day in Pompeii to inspire some poems.

We were very proud of our work, and we put it in a book to keep in our reading corner.

 

Example of our weekly timetable

Please scroll down to the bottom of the page, or look in the key documents section (from the menu on the left).

 

 

 

Content from previous years...

Summer term 2022

We conducted an artist study on Henri Rousseau, and we looked in particular at his painting Tiger in the Jungle, Surprised!  After some initial workings in our sketch books, we collaborated to create this!  We took a tile each, looked at the original painting to find which section we had, chose appropriate colours and then rebuilt the picture.  We are very pleased with the result!

Summer term 2022

We were inspired by The Wild Robot to create our own version of the front cover.  We used lots of art skills to do this; first we created a pale blue water colour wash for the background.  Then we experimented with creating different shades of green for the trees and different shades of red and orange for the sun.  We painted three blocks of green on a piece of paper and when it was dry we cut different shapes for the trees.  We painted a spiral of our chosen shades of red and orange and when it was dry we cut a perfect circle for the sun.  Next we positioned the sun on the background and then layered the trees on the background before sticking carefully in position.  The final step was to paint another piece of paper in a shade of grey, and then to cut the rock and finally Roz.  Cutting the shape of Roz was definitely the most challenging part of the project!

Spring 2022 - To celebrate our learning about robots and electricity, we made robots with light up eyes!