English

Spring 2

The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth 

In English this half term, our focus story is The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth by Ellie Hattie. This is an exciting adventure story all about a little boy named Oscar who finds a wooly mammoth named Timothy outside his house. Together, they go on a magical adventure through a mysterious museum to help find Timothy's baby brother. The children will eventually plan and write their own version of the story, with the aim to include the mastery keys below. 

Mastery Keys are the key skills and learning objectives children work towards in our Pathways to Write scheme. They outline the specific writing skills—such as grammar, vocabulary, structure and creativity—that pupils need to master in each unit. The Mastery Keys listed below show the exact skills your child will be developing and help you understand what they are working towards in their writing.

Mastery Keys 

• Join words and clauses using 'and'
• Punctuate sentences using a full stop, capital letter, question mark and exclamation mark
• Add suffixes to a word (where no change is needed in the root word) - er, est, ing, ed. 

Our Class Read: Hotel Flamingo and Call the Puffins

This half term we will aim to read three exciting class novels together: Hotel Flamingo and Call the Puffins. Each story offers something different — from laugh-out-loud humour and role reversal, to themes of kindness, teamwork and caring for the environment — helping us build a love of reading while exploring important ideas through engaging characters and adventures.