About our class

Welcome to Oak Class!  Mrs Lancaster is the class teacher Tuesday to Friday and Mr Lewis teaches the class on a Monday.  Our TAs are Mrs Davis, Miss Green and Miss La Monica.  

We are encouraged to always be kind and to respect each other, as well as to always have a positive approach to our learning and do our very best.

Homework is given out on a Thursday and due in the following Wednesday.  It consists of Reading, Spelling, Times Tables and Maths, linking in to our learning in class.

We follow the Twinkl Spelling scheme and learn a different rule each week.  Our spelling tests are on a Thursday.

A few Forest School sessions for Oak Class will be led by Mr Lewis on a Monday afternoon during the Summer Term.

PE is on a Thursday afternoon and is taught by Mr Bufton.  This term's focus will be on Football and Tennis.  In addition, Oak Class will be undertaking an intense course of swimming (10 sessions over 2 weeks).  This will be in November.  

Information for Autumn Term 2024

English

Our first class text for this term is Stig of the Dump by Clive King and we will also be reading Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian in the afternoons.  Much of our writing will be linked to our texts and topics for the term.  We will be covering several genres including writing character and setting descriptions, a play script, an adventure story, a biography, diary entries and letters.

Children are regularly taught punctuation and grammar skills and are encouraged to use these skills accurately in their written work.

Reading is so important.  Children are given the opportunity to read at school daily, both individually and with reading buddies.  In addition, Mrs Lancaster reads to the children every day.  

Comprehension work is completed every week with Mr Lewis.  Children read and analyse a range of texts and answer questions, further developing their deduction and inferential skills.

Maths

We follow the Hamilton Trust scheme of work for Maths.  

This term we will be focussing on Place Value (to tens of millions), Addition and Subtraction, Decimals, Multiplication and Division, Fractions and Shape.  

Quick recall of times tables facts is so important and children are encouraged to practise regularly at home.

Science

Our topics for this term are Evolution and Inheritance and Classification of Living Things.  We will begin the term by understanding what fossils are and their significance.  Whilst learning about fossils, we will look at the life and works of Mary Anning and explore different types of fossils.  We will then learn about the life and works of Charles Darwin and consider what we mean by the terms evolution and adaptation.  Next we will move onto looking at Inheritance before learning about the Classification of Living Things.    

Humanities

In History, we will begin by studying World War Two, including what led up to the war, what happened during the war and the effects and after-effects of the war. 

In Geography, we will be improving our mapping skills including on Ordnance Survey maps, using the eight points of a compass and using four and six-figure grid references.  We will continue to improve locating countries and describing their features.

Mr Lewis will teach RE on a Monday afternoon. 

Art and DT

In Art, we will be experimenting with colour using a range of media as we study the artist Kandinsky.  Later in the term we will learn about the aritst Esher and practise our mark making skills.

In DT we will be designing and creating Stig's den as well as building our own Anderson shelters.  

Computing

This term's topics are Systems and Searching and Communication and Collaboration.

French

Our topics in French this term are Family and Friends and Our School.

Included in our PSHE lessons is our Values Education.  The Values for this term are:

September   -  Creativity 

October        -  Cooperation

November    -   Flexibility

December    -   Gratefulness

Please see below for the topic plans for Oak Class for the whole academic year.