Turtles – Sheringham Woodfields School

Welcome to Turtles

Teacher Claire Carnall

Turtles class has 10 fantastic children who are all in Key Stage 2. Each day we have a teacher and four adults who support us with our learning.

Our focus in Turtles Class is independence. We are learning to do things for ourselves and by ourselves including personal care skills, cooking, and jobs as well as reading and writing. We are also learning to identify and communicate our emotions and begin to find appropriate strategies to deal with those which affect us . We have wonderful friendships and are always welcoming to new people who visit us.

Turtles timetable – Summer 1 – 2025

Term: Summer Term 1 24/25	Curriculum Info for parents
Subject	School learning	Ideas for home learning
Phonics and Reading	Turtles class will have daily Phonics using Twinkl Phonics to help us read and write new sounds and words. We will read books matched to our Phonics levels each week. We will visit the Library each week to read books that interest us and have the opportunity to check books out and bring them home.	Sounds and words taught each week will be sent home for pupils to practise at home. Please return library books each Friday to be changed at school Friday afternoon.
English	In English this half term we will be learning about autobiographies and biographies. We will explore autobiographies texts and discuss key information about ourselves before putting them into our own writing. We will then explore biographies of other people e.g. famous people/characters. We will then spend some time researching famous people/characters and write/explain key information about them in written biographies. We will then present these biographies to our friends and adults.	Can you research any of your favourite characters at home? Who is your favourite TV character?
Maths	In Maths we use our scheme of ‘White Rose Maths’. Our learning this term will be continuing our learning on Money. We will continue learning about the value of money and how to use it to make amounts. We will then move on to learning about Measurement – Length and Height. We will measure our own heights and compare each others. We will also measure objects around the classroom using standard and non-standard units of measure.	Can you measure objects around home? Do you have a ruler/tape measure to measure items around the house?
PSHE/Personal development.	This half term in PSHE we will be learning about keeping safe within the home and community. We will explore many ways to keep safe such as crossing the road/stranger danger/electricity. We will then get ready to put this knowledge into practice when we go on our trips and community visits.	Put your learning into practice when out and about in the community or at home with your family.
Science	In Science this half term we will be learning about electricity and making circuits. We will explore how to connect circuits and the cause and effect of creating light. We will explore which materials conduct electricity and which do not. We will conduct fair tests and use equipment safely in our lessons.	Can you draw a diagram of how to connect a circuit? Can you demonstrate safe knowledge of plugs/electrical items?
History	In History we will be learning about Ancient Egyptians. We will explore the history of ancient Egypt together through books, videos and artefacts. We will look at hieroglyphics – exploring codes, creating your own codes and trying and crack some. We will also do lots of artwork around this subject
Art	In Art we are going to be learning about Hans Holbein and the skills of drawing portraits. We will look at different portrait work and then create our own self-portraits using materials and resources. We will then do silhouette portraits as a class.	Can you draw a portrait of someone in your family?
Computing and P.E.	Computing and P.E. will be taught by Jason on a Wednesday morning while Claire is out on PPA. In Computing we will be creating posters using words and images on different technology devices. In P.E. we will be looking at multi sports and preparing our skills for sports day.	Can you complete some exercise at home?
DT	In D.T. we will be learning about moving pictures. We will explore pop up books and look at the mechanisms to make pictures move. We will also make some clay figures and make them move by picture/frame stills. We will explore how Wallace and Gromit shows are made and replicate these skills.