English

Our English lessons this term are based on the text "Pig Heart Boy" by Malorie Blackman, which is a novel about Cameron Kelsey, a 13 year old boy needs a new heart.

We will be following our writing process to plan (using a variety of sources, model texts and WAGOLLs), build vocabulary, write a first draft, edit and improve and produce final versions to complete: a biography about Malorie Blackman; and a character description (Cameron)

We also have a dedicated guided reading lesson a week, where the children build on their understanding of a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts and their ability to retrieve information, make inferences using evidence from the text, summarise, learn the meaning of new vocabulary and discuss the author's use of language.

Maths

This half-term, we are covering the following topics in maths:

• Rounding numbers within 100,000,
• Column addition and subtraction with more than four digits,
• Inverse operations (addition and subtraction)
• Addition and subtraction multi-step problems
• Draw line-graphs
• Read and plot co-ordinates
• Translations with coordinates
• Lines of symmetry
• Reflection in horizontal and vertical lines

We also have a weekly times tables test and arithmetic lesson. 

Science

Our current science topic is Forces in which we:

• Explain what a force is.
• Learn about gravity and investigate the link between mass and weight using Newton meters. 
• Investigate air resistance by building parachutes.
• Investigate water resistance and friction
• Learn about mechanisms

History

We are learning all about Ancient Greece this half term, including the spread of the Ancient Greek empire and Alexander the Great; daily life in ancient Greece; Athens and Sparta; the Olympics and The Trojan War. Children will also complete a home-learning project on Greek Gods and Godesses, as well as exploring Greek myths and legends in our reading lessons.

Art

We are exploring Ancient Greek pottery in our art lessons and will design, make and evaluate our own Greek vase from clay, using joining techniques.

Computing

Our current topic is Databases, using 2Investigate on Purple Mash. The children will learn how to search for information in a database. They will enter information into a class database and create their own database using records and fields.

Music

This half term, we are using Charanga for our music lessons based on the song "Make Me Feel Your Love" recorded by Adele. We will learn to sing the song, play along to some of the song on glockenspiels, as well as improvising and composing our own music along to the song. 

French

We will introduce the French topic called 'Body parts' Children will label a body, know the masculine and feminine words of different parts of the body. Read, translate and understand sentences about monsters. The children will be able to say if they are ill to a doctor.

PSHE

Our PSHE lesson are based on "Diverse Britain" and each lesson focuses on a different British Value. 

PE

On Wednesdays, we are focusing on volleyball skills with Mrs Barker and on Fridays, the children will develop their gymnastic skills with Miss Bishop