Welcome to Indigo Class

Welcome to Indigo Class

Welcome to a new academic year. Our class name is Indigo class (Year 3). The class teacher is Funmi,  and the supporting adults are Tina, Jo, Vanessa and a PPA cover (Brittany). If you have any questions or concerns you are welcome to reach out to me either through the communication book or via email fkomolafe@haymerle.southwark.sch.uk).

Please send in a PE kit for your child. We will keep the PE kits at school and they will  be returned every half term to be cleaned and returned to school. We will be having PE every Monday afternoon.. As a class, we engage in many different activities (wet play, messy play, creative arts etc) which result in clothes becoming dirty. It would also be helpful to have an additional change of clothes at school.

As we are following the Little Wandle Reading program, we will be assigning books online that we have been reading in class. We will also be sending homework once a week.

Please send in a snack/food for your child to eat. At school, we promote 'Healthy Eating' and will be encouraging the children to explore (mixing, tasting, touching) the school meals provided at school. We will also be introducing a new fruit or healthy snack each week to encourage Healthy Eating.

If your child wears nappies and receives support for intimate care, please do send in the appropriate supplies. We will keep you posted as to whether additional clothes and nappies are needed.

Thank you.

From

Indigo class team

Numeracy and Problem Solving

We will be expanding on our numeracy skills both through indoor and outdoor education.

Throughout the term, we will be looking at all the areas of maths as well as working on our individual goals, which you can see on the Curriculum Goals sheet.

Number 

  • we will be linking our counting, addition and subtraction to the pirate topic – counting gold coins, sorting treasure and other pirate themed maths activities

Measure

  • we will be measuring masts for our ships and making big and small boats.

Geometry

  • we will be focussing on positional language e.g. in, out, on, next to, behind, inside as well and some directions e.g. forwards, backwards, left and right linked to pirate activities.

Literacy and Communication

In Literacy we will be working on our individual goals throughout the term, which you can see on My Curriculum Goals Sheet

Every day we will be focussing on Reading, including phonics, Writing and communication as well as working on our individual tasks at our workstations.

The class will read a selection of pirate stories together which will allow learners to sequence events and engage through images. We will read: Ten Little Pirates, Portside Pirates and Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC during the term.

We will be enjoying our reading corner in the classroom too, sharing books with each other and the adults in our classroom.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

(Science, Geography, History, RE, ICT)

Science

  • this term we will learning about forces and motion, specifically ‘pushing’ and ‘pulling’, linking this to our topic on Pirates. We will be learning about how things move and how we can make them move in different ways.

History

  • we will be looking at Tudor Exploration and what life was like on a ship then. We will be looking at the food that they ate, where they travelled to and how it was different to today.

Geography

  • we will be learning about life on an Island and how it is different to where we live in London. We will explore how islands are made. Hopefully we will find some treasure on our desert island too!

RE

  • we will be learning about stories that Jesus told and what these stories mean.

Computing

  • we will be learning about how to control things e.g. a robot to make it move forwards, backwards etc linking to our maths.

Physical and Social Development

(PE and PSHE)

PE

  • we are learning about dance this term and ‘moving stories’. We will be looking at different ways that we can move. We will be creating some Pirate dances too!

PSHE

  • we are learning about rules this term and how they are important in our lives. We will be learning about rules that we follow to keep us safe as well what happens when we follow them or don’t. The class will also focus on healthy eating. The learners will be encouraged to explore different fruits and vegetables.

We will continue to encourage learners using Let’s Make a Deal.

Creative Development

(Art, Music, DT)

Art

  • this term we are learning about painting techniques and what happens when we add water to our paint. We will be painting sea and boats and looking at the work of Turner to see how he painted stormy seas. We will be painting some pictures of pirate ships too!

 

DT

  • we are learning about mechanisms and how we can make things move using a balloon, pump and some tubing to make moving sea creatures!

 

Music

  • we will be creating some pirate music and sound effects to go with stories. We are also learning to tune into sounds and to select instruments using PECS.