Dear Parents and Carers,

Last term we were busy writing stories set during WW2 where we thought about how communities can work together to save things. In this instance, it was the village library. We had to consider how people were feeling, and how responses can be emotional. In Maths, we finished our work on exploring Fractions, which led into working with Decimals and Percentages. We are now really able to see how they are all linked together. We finished our work about Tudor Monarchs, we can now talk about the similarities and differences between them. We have also started our learning about Biomes in Geography and how they are all different. Earth and Space had us learning about the Sun, Earth, Moon and the phases of the Moon.

Next term we will begin our English by going back in time to the time of the Egyptians, where we will be writing the biography of a Pharaoh. We will then move onto creating persuasive pieces of writing around the topic of Plastic Pollution. In Maths, we will complete our work on Decimals, look at Properties of Shape, and investigate Position and Direction. In PSHE we will be learning about ‘Food for Life’.

Across the rest of the curriculum, we are growing our learning in:

Science	Humanities	Art/Design Technology	Computing	Music	PE
Earth and Space     Forces	Geography: Biomes (the diversity of habitats)   History: Battle of Britain	DT: Using Electronic Motors   Art: Study of Surrealism	Selection in Quizzes-using programming on Scratch	Living on a Prayer - Glockenspiels	Indoor: Latin Dance Outdoor: Rounders

How can you help with your child’s learning in school and at home?

This term we would like you to help the children to find out about different toys which use motors to power them. Have the got any examples at home which they will be able to talk about?

To share in our learning, please follow us on twitter to keep up to date @CroylandKS2

Mrs Wright and Miss Anderson

CPSwright@croylandprimary.org.uk

MissAnderson@croylandprimary.org.uk

Timetable

PE DAY Indoor Outdoor	Indoor-Tuesday Outdoor-Thursday
LIBRARY DAY	The children are able to access the Library daily during Morning Work time, and during Lunchtime.
MUSIC DAY	Monday with Miss Beavis
SWIMMING DAY	N/A
HOMEWORK CLUB DAY	Wednesday
HOMEWORK EXPECTATION	Read with your child a minimum of 3 times a week Complete a minimum of 3 games on Spelling Shed each week Complete a minimum of 3 games on TTRockstars each week
HOMEWORK TO BE HANDED IN	Journals will be checked every Friday, as will Spelling Shed and TTRockstars.

PE Kit

	Boys	Girls
Indoor	White t-shirt Black shorts	White t-shirt Black shorts or black cycling shorts
Outdoor	White t-shirt Plain tracksuit Trainers (Yrs 1-6)	White t-shirt Plain tracksuit Trainers (Yrs 1-6)

Long hair needs to be tied back for PE.

Jewellery should not be worn for PE or swimming or after school clubs

Please remember:

• Child’s water bottle and snack – we are a nut free school- please do not send nut products in
• To book meals on ParentPay
• Update contact details (mobile numbers, email addresses, home address) at the office
• To advise office of any illness for your child