Happy November!

This term’s topic is all about Conflict & Resolution and we will be exploring our learning question
“What did Florence and Mary do to help soldiers in the war? 

In English, these first two weeks will be looking at instruction writing. Then we will be revisiting writing a narrative based on the book ‘Billy & The Beast’ with the support of Colourful Semantics. After that, we will switch to explore non-fiction writing with a Christmas theme.

We are still having a huge focus on handwriting and presentation so the more your child can practise at home, the better!

In Maths, Year 1s will be looking at addition & subtraction within 10 and Year 2s will be exploring addition & subtraction within 100.

In Science, we are thinking about everyday materials, exploring their different properties and uses..

In Computing, we will be exploring robots and working out how to control and sequence the Beebots to follow programmed commands.

In History, we will be learning all about the lives of significant individuals in history - Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale. We will be finding out how they contributed to society and why we celebrate them today.

In DT, we will be making stretchers and using our knowledge from our materials topic in Science to help us!

In RE, we are learning about Christianity.

We love reading at Robert Bakewell, so please try to read as much as possible with your child at home- the more they read, the more prizes they can earn! Just make sure you log your child’s reading activity online through the ‘BoomReader’ app. If you have any issues please speak to one of us after school.

Our PE sessions are on Tuesday & Wednesday afternoons

Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on these days. This includes black joggers, a white t-shirt, a plain black hoodie or jumper and black pumps or trainers.

Please ensure your school uniform jumpers, cardigans and hoodies are named. We also ask that the children have a water bottle in school everyday.

If you have any questions or anything that you would like to discuss, please feel free to speak to any of the adults in class at the end of the school day. You can also email the office at office@robertbakewellprimary.com.