Clarkson Class, are you ready to immerse yourself in some new, exciting topics for this term? 

Be transported to the time of civil war, plague and fire? Become ecologists and learn about the water cycle ? Understand the role of the Thames in London for Romans? Will you become an expert in Byzantine mosaic in our art lessons? 

Your child will become immersed in and study: The Stuarts time period in history (including the union of the crowns, the English Civil War and the Great Plague); London and the south east and Japan in geography; ecology and states of matter in science and look at embroidery and geometric patterns in art! This is just to name a few....

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane will lead us all into a world of adventure and hope in guided reading, while we will be writing tales of fear, monsters being defeated, explanations and instructions in English.

Meanwhile in Maths, we will revisit the 4 operations, become experts in bar and line graophs and extend our knowledge of geometry, decimals and measure.

Delve into the curriculum overview to find out what else your child will be learning about this term!

In this area, you will also find the homework menu for this term. At your own pace, in addition to reading daily and practicing your statutory spellings and multiplication tables regularly, work through the range of activities and upload your masterpieces to your class dojo portfolio. We look forward to seeing them!

Recommended Websites and Apps

A selection of websites and apps used in the classroom to support and consolidate understanding of key concepts. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/ordering

A website with a great selection of maths and literacy based activities for all ages. Place Value Basketball and Funky Mummy are firm favourites for the children! Free to access and a great parent's area. 

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

A selection of free interactive games to support your child’s developing phonic knowledge (some games do require a paid subscription).

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

A great website with a range of free to access e-books, support and guidance for parents, a range of maths games and much more!

https://www.ictgames.com/

A selection of free to access interactive games to support home learning in all subjects. 

 https://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/

A good website with lots of useful resources. It is designed to raise standards of numeracy across the country for both children and adults and it has specific areas for parents who want to help their children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJx1NSineE

A video which clearly models and demonstrates the pure sounds of the English language. A great resource to support parents in modelling the correct articulation of each sound.