Autumn 1

Who was Brunel and why was he important?

This term we will spend time settling the children into Dickens class with their new classmates, whilst learning all about the famous Victorian engineer and inventor, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The children will learn all about the famous landmarks, still around today, that he designed and built such as The Great Western Railway, The S.S. Great Britain, The Clifton Suspension Bridge and Paddington Station. Learning about the era he lived in and what life was like in the Victorian times will also engage the children’s curiosity

The book “Rosie Revere, Engineer” will feature in our reading and writing lessons and the children will become engineers themselves as they design and build bridges capable of holding a heavy weight.

P.E. will take place on a Monday and a Thursday and children should come in dressed in their P.E. kit.

Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately when they come to school, with a coat when necessary, and ensure they bring in their reading folders and have a water bottle in school every day.

We would love the children to read regularly at home, at least 3 times per week ideally. When children read at home or bring in any homework, they will receive a raffle ticket in school, which puts them in the draw for winning a raffle prize on a Friday. These children will also have 5 minutes extra play on a Friday.

Year 2 children will be learning their 2x and 10x tables, so lots of practice at home would also be excellent! Mathletics and Topmarks (website) are excellent resources for practicing Maths skills for both Year 1 and Year 2 and the children really enjoy playing the games, hardly realising they are learning and consolidating valuable skills at the same time!