Dragonflies 2025 - 2026
Welcome back Dragonflies, and Happy New Year 2026!
We hope you all had a great break and are ready for the Spring term.
The Dragonflies class teacher is Miss Suarez, supported by our teaching assistants Mrs Gaily, Miss Vaz, Miss Fisk and Miss Morgan.
Our Learning in Dragonflies
In the Dragonflies provision, we continue to work hard on developing:
- Understanding written texts
- Asking and answering questions
- Using a range of tenses and personal pronouns
Spring Term Curriculum Overview
English
This Spring, we will be reading I Used to Be a Tree. Through this text, children will develop their reading comprehension, vocabulary, and sentence-building skills.
Maths
We will be working on - Addition, subtraction with regrouping, multiplication and solving word problems.
Science
We will be learning about plants and exploring the life cycle of a plant. We will also learn about the processes involved in digestion and about the types of foods we can eat.
Geography
Children will explore different plant habitats around the world.
Art
In Art we will continue working on our drawing skills with a range of materials. We will also learn how to create stained glass decorations with transparent colour paper.
Religion and Worldviews
This term we will learn about several religious celebrations that happen in Spring: the Al Isra wal Mi´raj celebration in Islam and the Lunar New Year Celebration.
PSHE
Following the Manchester Healthy Schools curriculum, this term we are exploring the topics of how to keep ourselves safe in school and outside, and how to manage strong emotions.
Music
In our daily music assembly, we will continue enjoying singing the songs in our Charanga creative curriculum.
P.E
If your child does P.E in Year 2 or Year 3, this is on Tuesday. If your child does P.E in Year 4, this is on Wednesday. Dragonflies will do an additional P.E lesson on Friday. Year 4 will continue going swimming on Monday.
In our additional P.E. lesson, we are practicing a wide variety of fine motor and gross motor skills, like bouncing a ball, skipping, moving in different directions, and following a circuit.
Reading
Every child reads daily with an adult in school using a book matched to their ability. Children will also bring home a reading book.
Please encourage 10 minutes of reading at home each day. Reading books and book bags should be returned to school by Wednesday each week.
Homework
Homework for Maths and English can be requested directly from your child’s teacher, depending on individual needs.
Speech and Language Therapy (SALT)
Every Monday, our Speech and Language Therapist, Mehreen, works within the provision. She supports individual pupils based on their SALT targets and also provides training for staff so that activities can be delivered throughout the rest of the week.
Communication, Language and Interaction Targets
Each afternoon, children take part in target time, where they work on activities linked to their:
- EHCP targets
- SALT targets
- Individual class targets
Each child has three key targets focused on communication, understanding, and social interaction. These targets are reviewed at the end of every half term by the teaching team and SALT. Please speak to your child’s teacher if you would like more information about your child’s targets.
Communication Books
Your child’s communication book is updated daily with information about how they have been and what they have done at school. Please check the book every evening and write a short message to let us know how your child has been at home.
Communication books must be brought to school every day and will always be returned at the end of the school day.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to speak to us at the end of the school day or contact us via email.
We look forward to a fantastic Spring term together!