Welcome to Rabbit class! Our teacher is Mrs Wren, who has been teaching at Bedwell for three years. She is really good at music and English, and wants to make her lessons fun, interactive and memorable.  

• Our curriculum map - find out about our current topics
• Our latest school newsletter
• Meet our School Councillors, Ola and Darcie

Home learning ideas:

• We’re working on tables facts this term, so it would be brilliant if you could work on learning these at home. Focus on one table at a time and try: 
  • Making-up rhymes to help remember number facts (“4 x 6 is 24, bears growl and lions roar!”)
  • Looking for numbers in that table in the world around you - on doors, car number plates, in phone numbers or when you’re out shopping.
  • Writing-out tables with finger paints, chalk or water-on-tarmac, or make them from playdoh.
  • Chanting, singing, whispering... Say tables out loud together whenever you have the chance.
• Each week we are set spellings to learn. Click here for guidance on strategies you can use to support your child in learning these at home. 
• It’s World Book Day on 5th March, so keep an eye out for the tokens that will be coming home soon, which you can exchange for a free £1 book at most supermarkets and bookshops. You can find out more about this year’s line-up of books at www.worldbookday.com/books-and-tokens/books/
• We’re learning about plants this half-term, so see how many different types of plant you can spot while you’re out and about. What’s the same (and what’s different) about the flowers, trees, crops and grasses you can see?
• In geography this term we are learning about the USA. There are loads of resources online to help you find out more about the climate, people, landmarks and landscapes found across this enormous country - a good place to start is the BBC Bitesize website, where there’s a unit focussing on Florida which you can find here.
• There’s some great advice on talking to children about online safety on the NSPCC website at www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/ We also use lots of resources from the UK Safer Internet Centre: saferinternet.org.uk/ 

Our latest news:

• As part of our history topic on Roman Britain, we made our own Roman shields. We cut out cardboard for the base of our shields and then added card shapes and patterns to make them look as authentic as possible. We finished the project by marching out onto the field in a classic Roman ‘tortoise’ formation! 
 

 
• We were delighted to be joined by so many of our parents and carers for our Stay and Read event in October. We talked about the reasons why reading regularly at home is so important, explored some of the things we can do to make it an enjoyable experience and shared lots of our favourite books. A big thank you to everyone who made time to join us in class. 
 

 
• At the beginning of December, we went to our school trip to Hazard Alley. Through hands-on scenarios - like crossing roads, spotting fire risks, and learning about stranger danger - we discovered how to stay safe in everyday situations. The immersive environment gave us the chance to practise real-life skills in a fun and memorable way, boosting awareness and confidence. It was a day filled with teamwork, laughter, and valuable lessons that will stay with us long after the visit. 
 

 

We have been learning about... 

History - Our history topic this term has seen us learning about Roman Britain. We began by discovering who the Romans were, where they came from and what made their army so powerful. We then focussed on the Roman invasion and conquest of Britain in the first century AD.

English - We have covered lots of different types of writing this term, including personal narratives, calligram poems, character descriptions and dialogue. We particularly enjoyed our work on persuasion, exploring posters and persuasive letter writing techniques before drawing together all of our knowledge to write speeches, trying to convince our teachers that we should cut down on the amount of paper that we use.

Do you think that we should be cutting down trees? Did you know that we have spent £6000 on photocopying in a year? You know that paper is made from trees. If we keep cutting down trees there will not be anything left! 

Do you believe that cutting down tree is important? You are destroying the happy trees. You are never too small to make a decision. You should consider using online work. We could do online homework. Do you want to harm the poor animals? In class we could use whiteboards. Please do the right thing and make this change. 

By Sadaqat

This term's topics

English - Our next unit is based around the brilliant story Jabari Jumps, by Gaia Cornwall. Jabari has just passed his swimming test and is keen to jump off the highest diving board, until the doubts start creeping in… We will use the story to explore the use of speech, learning to punctuate dialogue correctly in our own work, and will also investigate the use of similes to build description. We will then use all of these skills to write recounts of significant moments from our own lives. After that, we will move on to focus on poetry. Our core text will be Love that Dog by Sharon Creech, and we will be using it to explore calligrams (poems where the words are arranged in a shape linked to the subject) and free verse (poems with no set rules),

Maths - Our big focus for the next few weeks will be on developing our understanding of fractions. We will draw, cut and divide up shapes to secure our understanding of what common fractions ‘look’ like. We will then use fraction walls and simple calculations to find equivalent fractions (2/5 = 4/10 etc.) and to calculate fractions of quantities. Finally, we will develop our ability to add and subtract fractions, first with the same denominator (1/4 + 2/4 = 3/4) and then with different denominators. Throughout the term, we will also continue to practice and learn our tables facts, which are fundamental to all the calculations in this topic.

Science - We will be investigating the way that plants grow over the next few weeks. We will begin by identifying and describing the function of different parts of flowering plants (including roots, leaves and flowers), and will then explore the different things that plants need in order to grow well. Finally, we will learn about the life cycle of plants, discovering how they make and disperse seeds.

Humanities - We will be continuing our amazing road trip around the USA, making stops in cities such as New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles and Dallas. We will also be taking a look at the wider picture of America including its history, traditions, climate and people. Along the way, we will be practicing our map skills by locating states, cities and landmarks on a variety of maps, as well as enjoying a fantastic USA Day!

Take a look at our curriculum map for more information on our topics.