Owls
Class teachers: Mrs F Sanders and Mrs C Cooper
Emails: fsanders@stjohns.bathnes.sch.uk and ccooper@stjohns.bathnes.sch.uk
Mrs Sanders teaches Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Mrs Cooper teaches Thursday, Friday
Welcome to Owls class page!
We will post useful information here, such as project letters and webs, and links to learning resources.
Please find below the class timetable for 2023-24
Thank you to all the parents that attended our Maths Workshop on Tuesday. It was great to see such a large turnout. Here is the PowerPoint that we went through and helpful websites can be found at the bottom of this page.
Home Learning Books
Home learning books are due in each Monday. The children’s learning will be checked and we will put another sticker into their book. Please ensure your child puts their home learning book into the tray in the classroom.
Library Day
Our class library day is Tuesday. Your child will have the opportunity to change their library book on this day. Please ensure your child puts their library book into the tray in the classroom.
PE Days
Our class PE days are Wednesday and Friday. Please ensure your child comes dressed in their PE kit with suitable, weatherproof trainers on both of these days. Please ensure your child has blue jogging bottoms and their school jumper for cold days.
Reading Book Changing Day
Your child needs to bring in their reading book and reading record book every day. We will change books each week on a Thursday. Please read at least three times a week with your child, and jot it down in the reading record book.
Term 5
The Great Fire Of London
This term we will be learning about The Great Fire of London. We will be using it as inspiration for our Writing, Art and DT as well as History, Geography and Computing. We will be looking at where it started, what London was like then compared with now, studying artwork and diary entries from that time and looking at fire safety!
Term 4
Our Planet - How Does Your Garden Grow?
Our project this term will be focusing on growing plants and sustaining our environment. We will be reading Jack and the Beanstalk and other garden and growing books, and looking at features of fairy tales and instruction writing. I wonder if we will manage to grow a beanstalk all the way up to the giant's castle!
Thursday 7th March - World Book Day
So many amazing characters in our class today! We have enjoyed spending lots of time reading. We have listened to poetry and we have written our own poems about the seaside. We also had a visit from Yvonne Gilroy, an author, who came to read us one of her books about Tatty Tot and she also answered our questions.
Term 3
Life on the Ocean - Island Life
This term we are focusing on what island life is like. We will be continuing our learning about the UK, the 4 countries it is made up of, its capital cities and surrounding seas. We will also be learning about animal migration, weather patterns and about artists who painted seascapes and we will have a go at making our own stormy sea artwork.
Friday 2nd February - NSPCC Number Day
Thank you for all coming in with such amazing moths hats! We've had a great day today using our times tables, working out doubles, cooking, measuring, solving problems and much more...
Term 2
Our World - Dinosaur Detectives
This term in science we will be learning about dinosaurs. We will be learning about things that are alive, used to be alive and have never been alive. We will learn about Mary Anning, who used to look for dinosaur fossils in Dorset. We will also be learning that Advent is a time of preparation for the birth of Jesus, and preparing ourselves for Christmas.
Monday 30th October - Dinosaur Day
We had an exciting start to our new term - a rather large and roarsome visitor had been in our class during the holidays. We found a set of footprints and a video that captured the dinosaur in our class! We spent the day investigating fossils, hunting for dinosaur bones, dressing up and creating our own dinosaur inspired art.
Friday 13th October - Viking Day
A fearsome bunch of Vikings turned up today! They learnt Viking Songs, made stew, created brooches and pastel pictures. We'd also like to say a big thank you for all the amazing costumes - seeing them really made our day!
Friday 6th October - Bath Children's Literature Festival
We had a wonderful visit to listen to Dapo Adeola - a book Illustrator. He read us his most recent book: Speak Up! And he taught us to draw one of the characters: Luna the Cat. Thank you to all the brilliant parents who came on the trip with us.
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Term 1
We Are Time Travellers - Vikings
In Term 1 we will be learning about the Vikings. We will have a wow day to begin this exciting project and also have a wonderful Viking Day, where we will dress up, take part in activities across KS1 and join an online workshop led by the Viking team at the Jorvik Centre. We will be learning how to write using the Viking runic alphabet and making longboat figureheads and longhouses.
Resources
Please find below some useful documents and links to help you child with their learning at home.
Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised
Handwriting Patter - Pre Cursive
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-1
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/free-ebooks/
https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0