English

This term we are continuing  to read our class novel ‘Letter from the Lighthouse' by Emma Carroll.

The book tells the story of Olive and her brother being evacuated to the Devonshire coast to stay with a mysterious lighthouse keeper.  There, Olive has to solve a mystery about a coded note and her sister's disappearance. 

All of our reading and writing this term will be based around this story. We will be looking at a non-chronological report and a persuasive speech.

Maths

This term, we are covering a range of skills in our Maths lessons including: fractions, decimals & percentages, ration & proportion, Roman numerals and negative numbers.

Here are some websites that might help:

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/mental-maths

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/maths

Science

Our Science Topic is ‘Electricity'.

During this topic, we will:

Computing

In our computing sessions this term, we will be learning about networks.

We will learn:

•  the difference between the World Wide Web and the internet.
•  about our school network.
•  the differences between more than two network types such as: LAN, WAN, WLAN and SAN.
• about Tim Berners-Lee. 
•  some of the major changes in technology which have taken place during our lifetime and the lifetime of their teacher/another adult.

PSHE

Our topic this half term is ‘Safety First'. 

During this topic we will:

• appreciate what being responsible means;
• assess a situation for the level of risk;
• appreciate that doing something risky may lead to danger;
• identify people who can help us in an emergency;
• understand the importance of taking action to reduce the risk of harm;
• explain how we know which substances around the home contain chemicals ;
• identify safety precautions that can be taken when using roads, railways or water.

History

Our History topic this term is The Ancient Maya.

(A study of a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history)

(NC links) By the end of the unit, children should be able to:

• Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
• Note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms.
• Address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.
• Construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information.
• Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

Art

Our art topic this term is Mayan Masks (Sculpture)

(NC links) By the end of the unit, children should be able to:

• Shape, form, model and construct from observation or imagination
• Use recycled, natural and man‐ made materials to create sculptures
• Plan a sculpture through drawing and other preparatory work
• Produce intricate patterns and textures in a malleable media

French

Our French topic this half term is Where I live.

By the end of the unit, children should be able to:

• learn phrases to describe your home and use them appropriately
• learn phrases to describe the area you live in
• repeat sounds and attach sounds to the written word
• use the vocabulary in context to build phrases to describe your home and the

       area you live in

• write a sequence of phrases to form a paragraph

PE

Our PE topics this half term are the invasion games of Basketball and Hockey.

By the end of the invasion unit, children should be able to:

• develop passing and moving,
• use the attacking principle of creating and using space,
• change direction and lose a defender,
• develop their shooting action,
• use and apply skills and tactics to small-sided games.