Welcome to Jays 5!

Teacher: Miss Jackson

Teaching assistant: Mrs Akhtar

Welcome back!! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas break. We can't wait to hear all about it! This year will be full of excitement, new experiences and new challenges. We have some fantastic topics this half term, that we have no doubt you will love.

In Reading, our class novel is The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson.  The The House with Chicken Legs follows Marinka, who has grown up with her grandmother, Baba, in a magical, sentient house that roams the world, settling in new, remote places. Every night, Baba cares for the spirits of people who have recently died, offering the spirits food and comfort before guiding them into the afterlife with a blessing.

In English, we will be focussing on the novel The Explorer by Katherine Rundell. This book is full of adventure and excitement. We will be using the book to inspire a descriptive piece of writing about the rainforest and creating a non-chronological report on the animals that live in the rainforest. 

In Geography, we will be looking at the Rainforest. We will be delve into the layers of the rainforest and discover what happens in each layer. Additionally, we will look into deforestation and the effects this has on our world.

In Science, we will be investigating the properties of materials. We will be doing many investigations to determine different properties and categorise materials based on these properties.