Hello and welcome to our class page! Here you will find lots of information about our curriculum, photos of our learning and key information. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on the class email below:

elms@gladehill.nottingham.sch.uk

Thanks, Miss Marshall 

Key Information

Mrs Fowler and Miss Bacon are our teaching assistants.  Mrs B-T teaches our class on Tuesdays (alternating mornings and afternoons). 

PE will take place every Tuesday and Wednesday. Please send your child into school wearing their PE kit and with earrings removed on these days.

Read at least 3 times per week and get your diary signed by an adult. Please bring your book and diary into school each day. Reads will be checked weekly on Fridays.

Practise spellings on your colour spelling band each week - the words are in your diaries. 

Complete your homework on the MyMaths website.  This will be set on a Friday and needs to be handed in by the following Thursday. Log in details are in the back of your diary.

 

Curriculum - Autumn 1

Writing

Our core text this half-term is "Malala’s Magic Pencil" by Malala Yousafzai. We will be writing a poem to inspire people to make the world a better place! We will also be learning how to write biographies and setting descriptions.

Maths

In Maths this half-term we will be focusing on place value and addition and subtraction. Each week we will also have two arithmetic lessons and a problem-solving lesson.

Science

We will be learning about skeletons, bones and muscles and planning and undertaking our first experiment of the year.

DT

We are learning about seasonal foods and cooking a savoury tart.

Art

We are learning about the artist Kelvin Okafor and developing our drawing skills.

Geography

We will be learning all about cities and counties in the UK.

RE

We will be learning all about the beliefs of others.

PSHE

We will be learning about friendships and also recapping our Golden Rules and British Values to start the new school year.

Computing

We will be learning how to code.

PE

We will be learning about team and invasion games.

Music

We will be learning about ballads.