The Holy Brook School

Spring Class

Welcome to the Spring class page!

Here you will find information on what we are learning in school.

Your child should have taken home with their Purple Mash log in details to use at home to access games, resources and activities to support your child's learning.

 

Please click the link below to access their purple mash account. 

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/theholybrook 

 

 PSHE

In Spring class, we aim to teach the children to identify their emotions and provide them with a range of strategies to help regulate their emotions and feelings. We have been looking at the Zones of Regulation and continue to focus on the use of four colours to help children identify how they are feeling. The children have also been learning different ways to manage their emotions, based on which colour zone they are in. 

                                                                                                           Phonics

 In Phonics, we are working on Phase 2, Phase 3, Phase 4 (no new sounds) and Phase 5 in our class.We have daily phonics lessons to support the child’s phonetic knowledge, which consists of engaging activities for the children to participate in. Please find the sound mats below to support your child. 

 

             

 

             

      

                         

 

Below are some helpful links for games and resources to support your child with their phonics. 

 

Phonics Play

Buried Treasure - phonics game

Phonics Bloom

Twinkl Phonics 

Topmarks 

Time for Phonics

    

 English

In English, we are focusing on writing a recount using the text Dear Dragon: A pen pal tale written by Josh Funk. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiCIF0I5YZk

 

 

Maths

In Maths this term, we are working on our times tables including 2s, 5s, 10s, 6s, 8s.  We will be using practical resources to show our times tables. 

 

 

Each term we focus on: 

1) Number and Place Value 

2) Measure/ Shape 

3) Calculation

Below are some links for some maths activities/ games that you can play at home to support your child's maths learning.  

 

 Number and place value basketball

Top marks games

Paint the squares 

 

 Science

In Science, we will be looking at classifying animals into groups based on their diets, adaptations or animal type. We will then look at animal habitats and learn about what an animal needs in a habitat and how these habitats vary depending on the animal and provide for the basic needs of an animal.

Thank you for visiting our class page, I hope you find some useful extra resources on here. Thank you for your continued support. 

 

If you have any queries or questions, please do let me know by calling the school office on 0118 937 5489 or emailing me directly.

Many thanks, 

 

Natasha 

Spring Class Teacher

 

145 Ashampstead Road, Southcote, Reading, RG30 3LJ

0118 937 5489

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