Welcome to Icarus!

Teacher: Miss Kirwan Miss Ward

Teaching Assistant: Miss Kemp, Mrs Teasdale, Mrs Jefferson

Email: rspicarus@southbankprimary.co.uk

Contact number: 01642 453451

 Please leave a message in your child's home-school book or speak to one of us at the beginning or end of the day. 

Please be aware that contact may be made outside of teaching hours.

We have an exciting year ahead of us with some great topics to catch the children's interest! Our topics include: In Autumn we will look at the history of  Ancient Greece and Greek Gods. In Spring term we focus on bee conservation and sculptures. Finally, in the Summer term the Roman Empire and land use. 

Our Learning 

Below is a snapshot of the learning Icarus have completed this year. 

Autumn learning

In English we will begin by focusing on our presentation and handwriting. We will also be working on our place value of punctuation and grammar. During this we look at proper and common nouns, verbs and subjects to help our sentence structure. 

This will follow on to learning about non-chronological reports and recounts in the second half of autumn term. 

During the year children who access reading skills will have use of Reading Plus to develop fluency and comprehension skills. Children who access phonics and Fresh Start will have use of virtual classrooms to develop their skills. 

We will also be encouraging children to 'read for pleasure' and to support  this we will have a weekly library session for children to explore a range of books. Children also have the opportunity to take a book home to share and this will get changed during our weekly library slot. 

Maths - This term the children will be working in their maths groups.

Some children will be working on numbers to 10, part-whole to 10, addition within 10, subtraction within 10 and 2D/3D shapes. 

Some children will be working on numbers to 100, addition and subtraction and properties of shapes.

Some children will be working on place value within 1,000, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division. 

Some children will be working on place value of 4 digit numbers, addition and subtraction, area and multiplication and division. 

Children will also have access to Times Table Rockstars and Numbots to practice their times tables and addition and subtraction skills. 

In Science, we will be looking at rocks and materials and their properties. The children will also be looking at forces and magnets. 

In Music we will listen to and appraise a song called 'Let your spirit fly'. We will learn to sing the song and play glockenspiels along to the music. We will develop our understanding of pulse and pitch. We will also be continuing to learn how to play the recorder and ukulele with Tees Valley Music Service.

In Geography we will be learning all about Greece and our local area. We will be comparing Greece to our local area. We will also be looking at bee conservation and land use.

In History we will learn all about Ancient Greece, their achievements and the important artefacts they left behind. 

In Computing we will be learning about coding, creating our own codes and changing codes. We will also be learning about creating spreadsheets. 

In French we will learn all about French greetings and also adjectives of colour size and shape.

In PSHE the children will look at how they can be themselves in the world and also celebrating our differences

In RE we will be exploring Hinduism, looking at the celebration of Diwali and the different Gods and Christmas - why is advent important to Christians?

In PE  we are going to be developing our balancing skills. We will then use these skills to perform a sequence in partners. We will also be looking at problem solving to develop our teambuilding skills!

We Are A Rights Respecting School

We are currently on our journey towards achieving the Gold Rights Respecting Award. We explore our rights across all areas of our learning. Autumn 1 we will focus on Article 28 - Access to Education. All children have the right to an education.  Autumn 2 we will focus on Article 14 - The freedom of thought and religion. 

Important information and reminders:

• PE will be taking place on Tuesday. Please can children come to school wearing appropriate footwear. They will be getting changed at school into PE kits that have been provided by school.
• Books will be changed on a Monday each week, please ensure that your child has their book bag in school on this day. Your child will be given a reading for pleasure book to take home and a phonics book suited to their level if they continue to access phonics. Also, please make sure to sign your child's reading record each time you read with them!
• Children must wear their school uniform everyday and have a suitable coat for outdoor play. Please ensure you write your child's name inside their uniform and coats.

Key dates

• End of half term 25th October 2024
• PD Day - school closed 22nd of November and 25th of November.
• School break up for Christmas 20th of December.