Chestnut Class
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Miss Bowsher Class Teacher |
Miss Bartlett Teaching Assistant |
Welcome to Chestnut Class
Hello and a big warm welcome to our Chestnut Class page!
We are a happy and hardworking mixed-age class full of curiosity, kindness, and creativity. From our enthusiastic Year 3s to our fantastic Year 6s, we’re proud to be a class that supports each other, learns together, and always tries our best.
This year is going to be filled with exciting learning, big ideas, laughter, and lots of memorable moments. Whether we’re exploring new topics, challenging ourselves in Maths, diving into great books, or getting creative, we’ll be doing it all with smiles on our faces and a sense of adventure in our hearts. Keep checking this page to see what we’ve been up to!
Learning: Curriculum
For more information about what the children will be learning this year, please see on our overview on the long term plan in the documents at the bottom of the page.
General information for term 1
PE
Our PE days are currently:
Tuesdays: Gymnastics – Miss Bowsher
Thursdays- Football- Mr Kiely
Homework
In Key Stage 2 we we actively encourage students to complete home learning with care and consistency it is set on a Friday 3:20pm and is due in by 9am the following Friday.
Homework comprises of a set of online tasks: weekly spellings set on Spellingshed and times tables set on TTRockstars. The children will be practicing the timestables that best suits their learning and the number of games required will depend on accuracy and speed.
Your child will have a login sheet that they can use to remember their passwords. Please encourage your child to organise their time themselves. Spelling tests will be done on a Friday.
Being a fluent reader when reading out loud is really important for self-esteem, especially when the children move up to secondary school and need to read aloud in class. Please find time to hear your child read at least three times a week. Reading magazines, newspapers, websites and recipes are also all good sources of reading material as well as much-loved reading books. When you have heard your child read then please sign their reading record.
An optional creative homework is also set in the second week of term and it is due in on the week before the half term. This allows an enthusiastic child to show off what they can do and give an opportunity to share it with their teacher and their classmates in a celebration. Please find this term's copy in the documents below.
Teacher cover in class
Miss Bartlett and Mr Kiely will cover Chestnut class on a Thursday afternoon when the children are doing Music, French and PE.
What are we doing this first term?
This term in History, we are focusing on the Ancient Egyptians. The children are discovering what daily life was like, learning about their fascinating beliefs, and understanding the importance of the pharaohs. This links closely to our English lessons, where we are exploring the story of Tutankhamun. We will be learning about his life, his journey into the afterlife, and the incredible discovery made by Howard Carter, as well as the mysteries surrounding Ancient Egypt.
In Reading, we are working with a range of different texts to build comprehension skills. Alongside this, we will be looking at our school reading book and even exploring Disney songs, using them to practise retrieving information and answering comprehension questions.
In Science, our focus is on circuits and electricity. The children have already been busy building their own circuits and carrying out experiments to see how they work. Later in the term, we will also be learning about magnets and investigating how different forces work in the world around us.
In Computing, the children are learning about how computers work and developing their foundational skills. This will give them a strong understanding of the basics they will build on as they move through school.
In PE, we are enjoying both football and gymnastics. The children are practising their football skills while also creating different shapes, moving like animals, stretching their bodies, and having fun with physical challenges.
In RE, we are asking the big question, “What makes us human?” This will involve some deep thinking and discussions about ideas such as the soul and what makes each of us unique. In PSHE, we are continuing to celebrate individuality, learning about how we all have different personalities, strengths, and qualities that make us special. In Art, we have been sketching and creating charcoal drawings of English animals, really developing our creativity and observational skills. Most recently, the children have been preparing for our Harvest Assembly by making imaginative 3D food items and learning our class poem together.
It has already been a busy start to the year. The Year 6 children enjoyed a fantastic school trip and have taken part in fun team-building activities
It is a very exciting term ahead, with plenty of opportunities for the children to learn, discover, and enjoy new challenges across all subjects.
