First of all, I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year! I hope that you all had a fantastic Christmas, I was very lucky to receive some wonderful gifts and cards  from the children and I want to say a huge thank you for your kindness. I also wanted to say how proud I was of the whole class, who asked that rather than being given a Christmas card, they would rather I donated the money to a charity, I was very happy to do this on their behalf, and so a donation was made to RNLI, the charity that Lennon has championed this term.

Spring term is always very exciting, with the children well settled into KS2 we can now set our sights high and aim to make great progress in all areas of work. We will be studying the great Roald Dahl this term, leading up to the new film version of The BFG in the summer, We will be exploring different text types, both fiction and non-fiction, using Roald Dahl’s amazing creations as our stimulus. Our book for this half term is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, so keep an eye out for those Golden Tickets!

We will begin our maths work with a “Week of Inspirational Maths”  where we are going to look at attitudes to maths, as well as engaging in different investigations. As you may have seen on the tv, times tables are once again in the news, as ever we will be reflecting our school’s belief in the importance of mastering these building blocks of mathematics. We will be exploring different methods and approaches in class, bur keep singing those tables songs from the Internet.

The Spring term’s topic is entitled “Eureka” and we will be finding out about a local hero, George Stephenson. as we follow the development of the railways in Britain. Who knows, we may even discover an inventor in our own class!

As you can see this is a busy term with lots to look forward to, as always, if you have any queries or concerns please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Thank you for your continuing support and enthusiasm.

A. Lenney