1. English Maths History ICT DT Music Taught by Miss Keen. PE We will be going to Hartpury College for PE. Please make sure you have your kit in school. RE We will focus on The story and celebration of Easter. Art Science Materials Learning about the different materials and carrying out experiments. PSHE We will be looking at our new value Forgiveness. Also looking at our community. Trips & Workshops We are hoping to have a fantastic school trip to the National Space Centre. If you are available to help out Let us know. Special Days This term we will have a dress up day for our topic. Come to school as an astronaut or an alien. Date to be confirmed soon. We will be Making galaxy paintings. Design and construct a rocket model. We will be learning how to make algorithms, using floor robots. We will be learning all about Neil Armstrong and the first moon landing. Reading and writing a range of poems, Non-chronological report on space, making stories for Astronauts adventures. Continuing with calculations, Digital time, Symmetry and patterns, Money – giving change, fractions. Data Handling in Maths Week. Space To infinity and beyond!

2. Welcome back Class 2! I hope you all enjoyed the half term break and are ready to get back into the swing of things! This letter is to inform you about what we are up to in Class 2 this term, if there is anything that is unclear or you have any other questions or queries – please do not hesitate to contact me at school or via email: srock@hartpury.gloucs.sch.uksrock@hartpury.gloucs.sch.uk The Classroom For this term the special topic role play area is set up with lots of space themed things. We have a rocket tent and den where you can become an astronaut and go on adventures. All the planets, sun and moon! Alien slime in an activity tray for you to get your hands messy! Miss Edwards will be teaching us lots of fun and interesting things along with Mrs Haigh and myself. Homework Spellings Spellings for your child this term are attached to this letter, please check the date of the test above the list. For this term spellings will be linked to phonic families, using the same focus sounds in words, or spelling rules. Children will have different spellings depending on which phonic phase they are working on. Spelling tests will always take place on a Friday morning, spelling books will come home on Friday so you can see which words need to be practised further. This needs to be returned and handed in by Thursday. Fun ideas for learning spellings: using a special pencil/pen, play memory games where the children can earn points towards a reward, use chalks or water and a paintbrush outside on the floor to write the spellings or make a treasure hunt where the children have to spell a word correctly before they can have the next clue. Reading Books Children can have as many reading books per week as you would like, please feel free to change your books before or after school. Children will have a colour sticker on the front of their reading record book so you know which books are the right level for your child. Remember to record when you have read at home as I award a merit for each time. Maths Children will be given a mental maths target to practise, this will be noted in their yellow communication book. The children earn a bronze, silver and gold star then are given a new target to work on. These are also kept on the front of their maths books. The targets may be writing certain numbers correctly, learning number bonds or times tables off by heart. Occasionally there might be an online activity or game pack sent home (there will be a note sent home in this case). Other information Please ensure all your belongings are named to avoid confusion, anything unclaimed will be placed in lost property at the end of the day. If you have any space themed books/toys/figures we could use this term please bring them and make sure your name is on them. Many thanks Miss Rock