Minerva

Welcome to Minerva!

Teacher: Mr L Hurrell

LSAs: Miss K Lamont and Miss E Clarkson

Minerva takes its name from the Roman goddess of wisdom. We are inquisitive and love learning about the amazing world around us. We might also have some fun along the way!

Our PE day is currently Monday but this issubject to change so we would advise to keep PE kits in school for the week.

Connected Curriculum

This term we will be looking at the Anglo-Saxon period and how its influences can still be felt in this country today. We will be covering key skills used by historians to uncover and understand the past. We will be going on a trip to the Anglo-Saxon village at West Stow to experience life our the settlers from overseas. Later in the term we will be applying the skills we have learned to the Viking period and working on independent stage 3 projects.

English

In English, we will be looking at instruction texts and myths and legends. Children have already produced a set of instructions for cooking Viking soup and another one on a topic of their choice.

Spellings

Spellings should be stuck in reading records on Monday and practised at home.

Maths

In the first half-term we will be looking at the place value of numbers up to 10,000. We will be using the Power Maths programme which is a mastery approach encouraging children to apply their skills to a variety of problem solving questions.

Science

Our science topics this year will be:

• Living things and their habitats
• Animals, including humans
• States of matter
• Sound
• Electricity

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