What we do in the Swifts.........

In the Swifts, the children are involved in a range of different learning experiences. Often the class topic is linked with our English focus. During many of the lessons, the children are practicing reading and writing. Please work with your children at home to practice their reading and writing.

English

In English we will be reading the story 'Little Red Reading Hood'. We will look at how it connects to known traditional tales. We are going to focus on understanding the events that happen in the story and why they happen. We will use ideas from the stories to help us write a series of different sentences. We will be working on using a range of punctuation, lots of adjectives to add description and conjunctions to further extend our sentences.

Maths

This term the Swifts will be investigating numbers by looking at their place value. We will think about numbers which are bigger and smaller and we will learn how to partition numbers into tens and ones.  We will later look at simple calculations using addition and subtraction.  We will be learning to record the calculations by writing a number sentence.  We will learn the strategy of counting on. 

Hot and Cold Places

For our topic we will learn all about hot and cold places.  We will think about the different climate zones, identifying where the hot and cold places are. We will look at both the North and South Pole and compare these to Kenya. We will also explore different weather conditions within both the hot and cold places and also our local area. We will use the four compass points to help us navigate around the hot and cold places.  

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Children must come into school wearing their PE kit on the days that they have PE. Children in Swifts Class will have PE on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Homework

• Reading everyday!

• Spelling homework is given out on Monday. Please complete and return the following Monday. Please practice spellings over the week, ready for a test on Friday.

• English and Maths Homework is given out on Fridays. Please complete and return the following Friday.

Thank you for supporting your child. 

Thank you for your on-going support.

 If you have any questions or queries, please email the school office schooloffice@livingstone.bedssch.co.uk