P4DY & Mrs Duncanson & Mrs Young

Welcome to P4DY

Teacher - Mrs Duncanson Monday/ Tuesday, Mrs Young Wednesday- Friday

Gym days - Tuesday and Friday

Outdoor Learning - Tuesday

NOVEMBER

What a busy term we have been having. We have been working very hard on our targets and we really loved having those of you who could make it, in to see all our hard work so far.

We learned all about remembrance day and poppies. We looked at poppy fields and re created our own using wax resist and watercolours. We thought carefully about the colours that would blend together and stand out in our paintings.

We have been working so hard on our writing and creating our own talk 4 writing stories based around Jack and the Robbers. We have been using our story maps to help retell the story and innovating the text with our own characters and places.

We have been learning all about the water cycle and the words, evaporatation, condensation and precipitation. We have been thinking about all the different ways we use water everyday and how we can conserve it. We have also been finding out about water sources and how these feed into our water supply.

Term 2 - Learning Targets

Numeracy and Maths

This term we will be focussing on addition and subtraction strategies. We will be able to use number bonds and place value to add and subtract a 1 or 2 digit number from a 3 digit number. We will be learning the part, part , whole method as well as learning how to use an empty number line and partitioning to help us.

We will also be learning about Time this term, and will be learning to tell the time using half past, quarter to and quarter past, in both analogue and digital form.

Literacy

This term in talking and listening we will be reading the novel Fing by David Walliams as a class. We will be able to say and show what respectful listening looks like and respond appropriately to questions based on our novel.

In writing we will be focussing on using different sentence openers, be able to use connectives in sentences as well as make and use notes to help us to structure our writing clearly with a begginning , middle and end.

IDL

Our IDL for this term is water. We will be finding out about the different ways we use water, how to preserve water and how the Water cycle works.

We will look at different sources of water around the world and how important water is in our daily lives.

We will also be looking at the diferent states of water, boiling, freezing, melting and linking this to solids, liquids and gases in science.

We have had a great first term so far, with everyone working so hard towards their targets. We have all settled in to our new class and are working on our growth mindets and trying to have a can do attitude to our work.

Literacy

We have been working very hard on our writing. We have been learning about adjectives and have been practising using these in our writing to make it more interesting. We have been writing dragon adventures and character descriptions.

Numeracy

In Numeracy we have been working on our mental maths strategies every day, trying to work out a variety of questions quickly. We have a great understanding of place value and understand the value of each digit . We can now add and subtract 1,10 and 100 to and from any number.

We have also been learning to sort 3D shapes by their properties using a Venn diagram.

I.D.L

We are almost finished our novel, the boy who grew dragons and have been showing great listening and understanding. We have been finding out about dragon folklore from around the world and have been designing our own dragons as well as thinking what it would be like to look after a dragon of our own.

August 2025

Term 1 - Learning Targets

Literacy

I can create a piece of writing connected with a class context

I can confidently use capital letters and full stops in my writing.

I can use commas to separate items in a list.

I can read my sentences aloud to check that they make sense.

I can use adjectives in my writing to make it more interesting to the reader.

I am practising reading with expression.

Numeracy

I can count forwards and backwards in 1s 10s and 100s from any given number

I can use my knowledge to explain the link between a digit, its place and its value

I can name and sort 3D shapes

I can sort 3D shapes using the terms edges, vertices and number of faces

I can use 2D shapes to create a tessalation pattern.

I am becomming more confident with my 2,3 and 5 times table.

Health and Wellbeing

I can discuss the differences between having a fixed and growth mindset.

I can explain why it is important to have a growth mindset.

I am developing a can do attitude.

When I am stuck I can find ways to figure out how to complete a difficult task, for example, ask a friend, use the resoures available or ask the teacher.

I am building my resillience to challenge myself

I.D.L.

I can use clues from the story to make sensible predictions about what might happen next.

I can explain my ideas about a character or event using evidence from the text

I can listen to others’ ideas and compare them with my own.

I can use my imagination to design and decorate a dragon egg.

I can choose colours, patterns and materials to make my dragon design eye-catching.

I can make repeating patterns using tessellation to decorate my dragon

I can explain how shapes can be used in art and design.

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