St Vigor and St John Church School and The Mill Nursery
being adventurous,
being ethical,
being connected,
being unique
Term 1
Welcome to Term 1!
Our Quest this term:
From Rainforests to carnivals, how to Brazil similar/different to the UK and Somerset?
Below is a curriculum breakdown of what Elder Class will be learning this term. For a closer look, open the PDF saved below.
Elder's Curriculum Term 1
Elder's Homework Menu Term 1
French
Today, we revised our numbers up 20 and then we learned how to count in tens up to 100. Here we are, having a go! (Please excuse some of our pronunciation, Mrs Dutton let us try it by ourselves!)
National Poetry Day
Today we studied the poet Zaro Weil. She has written over 300 poems. We looked at three of her poems and identified the features.
The poems we looked at were called,
I choose poetry
Think of it
Hide and Seek.
We watched a live video with Mr Dilly interviewing Zaro. Mr Dilly chose his top children's poems:
Ning, Nang, Nong by Spike Milligan
Life Doesn't Frighten Me by Mia Andrew
Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen
Jim (and the lion) by Hilaire Belloc
Talking Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah
Hide and Seek by Zaro Weil
Why not see if you can find any of these poems yourselves?
National Poetry Day 7th October 2021 - Zaro Weil
Elder created the layers of the rainforest, EMERGENT, CANOPY, UNDERSTORY and FOREST FLOOR
Class challenge - What's the quickest way for us to count out 1,000 lentils?
Valuable sculptures
Reading poetry
PE
Children in Elder have PE on Mondays and Fridays. Please come to school dressed in PE kit on those days.