Eastgate Academy

We have had an incredible start to the term.

In Math's we are learning our numbers to 100 and counting in 10s .

We are working on the book 'The Owl who was afraid of the Dark' in Literacy.  We have been learning lots of vocabulary, learning to write independent sentences and have even been to a virtual fireworks display.

History this half-term is learning about the Roman Invasion of Britain.

In Art, we are exploring Shape, Colour and Texture and have incorporated lots of lovely outdoor learning sessions with this. We have also had some hands-on learning investigating different types of textures.

We have been learning about what animals, including humans need to survive in Science and have begun to look at the different 'systems' within the human body.

We also enjoyed some time in the Autumn sun picking and eating the last of the Outdoor Classroom pears.  

Just a reminder:

Monday is PE

Friday is Outdoor Learning.

Eagles have been very busy since returning after the Easter Holidays.

We have begun learning about 'Powerful Voices' in History, looking at why Ghandi and Rosa Parks have been influential in our lives.

We finished working on Fractions in Maths and will be moving onto learning about Time.

We are starting our independent big write for Literacy, creating our own fact files linked to our Plants, Seeds and Trees encylopedia.

In Science, we are learning about Materials and Matter.

In Computing, we are creating our own murals in an Impressionist style.

In Art, we are learning about Murals and Tapestries, both in Historical and Modern Art and have begun to make a class piece.

In Spanish, we are starting to learn the names of jungle animals and trying to sing the songs in Spanish.

We continue to learn about polysyllabic words in Phonics.  

Outdoor Learning will move to a Friday until the end of the Summer term.

Please continue to listen to your child read and practice tackling tables.

This half term in Eagles it's all about Plants.  We are combining our Science, DT, Literacy and Outdoor Learning lessons to help shape our writing, run experiments and investigations as well as taste and grow!

In Geography we are learning about the British Isles.

We are learning about new beginnings in RE and how this is celebrated in different religions and countries.

In Music we are listening to new sounds, instruments and styles.

In DT we spent our first lesson discussing dips and dippers, we tried lots of new shapes and textures and spent time learning what each dip was made from.  Everyone was amazing at trying everything.

Eagles have been learning how circuits work and making their own in Science.

We have also been learning about The English Reformation and the Dissolution of the Monastries in History.

In Maths, we are working on Division and Multiplication.

In Art, we have been working on our self-portraits.

In Computing, we have been learning how to code and write algorithms.

We hope you have all had a lovely holiday.

Just a few reminders:

Eagles PE will now be on a Monday afternoon.

Outdoor Learning will move to a Friday morning.  Please send in appropriate clothing including wellies on Friday's now please.

Let us know if you need logins for Purple Mash or Tackling Tables.  The children will begin having a Tackling Table Test weekly in this Spring Term.

Spellings will begin again for homework.

Please continue to enjoy stories and reading together with your child.

Eagles Team would like to wish you all a very happy New Year :-)

In Outdoor Learning this term, Eagles have been working on some of their RE Curriculum.

We spent the afternoon in the ODL classroom gathering resources to make Sukkah.  A tent which was created by people of the Jewish Faith, and are still made today for the celebration Sukkot.