Halfacres
Welcome Halfacres!
Hi, my name is Mr Mudhir and I am so excited to be teaching Halfacres this year!
I love reading and I am hoping I can share that with you all. My favourite book is Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. I can’t wait to hear more about what you all love to read. I love animals and I have two pet rats called Bruce and Malcolm and I also have a cat called Rocky. This is my first year as a teacher and I am so excited to start my journey at Templars.
English
In the Autumn term, our key theme will focus on the film ‘Elemental’, which came out last year (2023). As I am sure many of you have already seen it, I loved it! If not don't worry we will have lots of different opportunities to watch snippets that will link to our learning!
Within our key theme, we will be looking at and strengthening, deepening and understanding a range of skills:
-Capital letters and full stops
-Use the forms ‘a’ or ‘an’ according to whether the next word begins with a consonant or a vowel
-Expanded noun phrases to add description and detail
-Focus on setting and character description
-Proofreading our work for spelling and punctuation
-Consolidate knowledge of word classes: noun, adjective, verb and adverb
-Use of progressive verbs e.g. She is sprinting.
Autumn term 1 Maths
In the Autumn term, we will be looking at Place value within 1,000. This unit builds on children’s work in Year 2 on 2-digit numbers. This unit is essential for the work that they will be doing in Maths for the rest of this year. We will also be looking at the four key operations, fractions, measure, shape and time.
Children begin with learning how to count in 100s. They will learn that a 3-digit number is made up of 100s, 10s, and 1s. They will be able to represent this in many ways (for example, on a place value grid with counters or in a part-whole model). They will compare and order 3-digit numbers as well as count in 50s. It is important children must gain a solid understanding of the key concepts within this unit. In the next unit, children move on to adding, subtracting 3-digit numbers with exchanging.
Things to remember:
- PE kits are to be in on Monday and to be taken home on Friday to get washed. PE days are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
- Earrings must be removed on PE days before children arrive at school. Staff are not allowed to remove these for the children. Without the correct PE kit, children will not be able to participate and will need to do other alternative work.
- School water bottles are to be brought in every day and taken at the end of the day to be washed.
- Uniform
- At Templars, we take pride in our uniform, and we expect the children to maintain the high standard they have shown so far. Please ensure all uniforms are labelled with the child’s name, as alternative uniforms cannot be provided should theirs go missing.
- Homework will be set on a Thursday and is due the next Thursday. There will be an English and Maths activity to complete.