RE Day
We’ve had a great RE day! As part of our current topic, we have been learning about the belief systems of the Aboriginal people of Australia. We enjoyed a sensory story called ‘The Rainbow Serpent’, which is all about how the world came to be. We also enjoyed making our own cave artwork to retell … Read more
Fun in Phonics
We have been reading a story called ‘Over in Australia: Amazing Animals Down Under’. In Phonics, we listened to the sounds made by animals such as crocodiles, parrots and koala bears, and chose musical instruments to represent them. We especially liked using the Boomwhackers to mimic a crocodile’s jaws snapping!
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back! We hope you have all had a lovely Christmas and a great start to 2025. Although we have had quite an unusual start to the term with the recent snowfall, the pupils in Chatsworth seem happy to be back at school, and we are eager to see what they achieve over the next few months.
The topic for this term is: ‘Our World’. As always, we will be exploring the topic through lots of exciting multisensory ways to foster curiosity and engagement. Our core text is ‘Where the Forest Meets the Sea’, which is set in a tropical rainforest in Australia and considers the ways in which humans may impact upon the environment. We will be using the story to develop our mark-making skills, early writing composition and emerging reading skills. The text also links closely with our Geography work, as we will be exploring different environments and habitats that exist in our world and looking at how these have changed. In RE, we will learn about various cultures from across the globe, including those less well-known, such as the belief systems of the Aboriginal people of Australia. Excitingly, our Music sessions will introduce us to some interesting new instruments – we can’t wait to try out the digeridoo!
In our Maths sessions, we will continue to encounter early numbers through a range of activities such as tuff tray exploration, songs and rhymes and water and sand play. There is also a particular focus on measure this term and we will be working hard to develop our understanding of concepts like big and small, long and short, and full and empty. There will be lots of opportunities to make multisensory links between our Maths learning and the current topic, for example by using modelling dough to create big trees and small trees. In Computing, we will be focusing on programming skills, which will mainly involve building on our awareness of cause and effect using a range of equipment like switches, touch-screen resources and Beebots.
You will receive your child’s new termly targets shortly, and we hope you will find these an encouraging clarification of their next steps. Of course, if you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with a member of the team and we will be happy to help.
Best wishes,
The Chatsworth Team