Ready, Respect, Safe. 

In Eagles class, we all make sure that we respect others by listening carefully, showing kindness and compassion, thinking of others and remembering our manners.

In our class, we make sure we are ready to learn, try our best, encourage bravery, embrace mistakes and ask questions. 

We keep everybody safe by making good choices in our words and actions, adapt our behaviour in different situations and places and follow instructions. 

Term 1

This term, we have been reading the book 'Little Red Reading Hood' by Lucy Rowland. We have been exploring the plot points and writing our own parts including repetition, alliteration, complex sentences, personification and onomatopoeia. The children are really enjoying the twist on a traditional tale and will be writing their own versions at the end of the unit. There are other books by the same authors that the children might enjoy, too! 

In maths, we have been looking at place value. Numbers are made up of thousands, hundreds, tens and ones and we have been exploring partitioning numbers in different ways using manipulatives, placing numbers on a numberline and ordering numbers. 

Topic

This term, our topic's big question is 'How has Canterbury changed over the years?' We have explored where Canterbury is located in the world (looking at continent, country and county), looked at maps to find different human and physical features and enjoyed our trip to Canterbury where we explored Canterbury Cathedral, the Roman Museum, the Beany Library, Westgate towers and gardens, the River Stour and the Marlowe Theatre. The children were very well behaved and asked great inquiry question. 

Reading

The children love listening to and reading different stories and poems, and our current class book is a classic - Dick King-Smith's 'The Sheep Pig'. Children are encouraged to bring in books to recommend to the rest of the class and are enjoying reading aloud to the class. If your child has read a great book recently, please send it in to share with us.