English

This term we are continuing our text of 'The Wind in the Willows'. The story follows the lives of four unlikely friends; Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger. One spring day, Mole peers out from his underground home to find a marvellous world awaits him. As the seasons pass, he picnics on the riverbank with Ratty, accompanies Toad on a chaotic caravan adventure, and even braves the snowy depths of the fearsome Wild Wood in search of Badger. But when Toad's mischievous ways finally land him in trouble,  his friends must come to his rescue and recapture Toad Hall from a gang of sneaky stoats and wheedling weasels.

We will be writing a variety of texts based on this novel, including a character description, a recount and a persuasive speech. 

Maths

This term we will be covering topics including shape, time, decimals and fractions, measurement and position and direction. We will be consolidating our multiplication facts for all times tables up to and including 12x12. Please ensure you are practising on TTRockstars regularly at home!

We will be working to cover the objectives:

• compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes
• identify acute and obtuse angles and compare and order angles up to 2 right angles by size
• read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12- and 24-hour clocks
• solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes, minutes to seconds, years to months, weeks to days

• count up and down in hundredths; recognise that hundredths arise when dividing an object by 100 and dividing tenths by 10
• recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundreds
• find the effect of dividing a one- or two-digit number by 10 and 100, identifying the value of the digits in the answer as ones, tenths and hundredths 
• convert between different units of measure [for example, kilometre to metre; hour to minute]
• describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant
• describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down
• plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon

Science

Animals including Humans

In this biology unit we will be learning all about our bodies. We will focus on:

• What are the parts of the digestive system?
• What are the functions of the digestive system? 
• What teeth do we have?
• Why do animals have different teeth?
• Investigating tooth decay
• What are food chains?

Geography

Our Local Area

In this fieldwork unit we will be looking at our local and wider area. We will look to cover: 

• Which county we live in and some physical and human features of it
• Using OS maps to understand symbols and 4 figure grid references
• Creating and drawing sketch maps of Shareshill 
• Services in Shareshill and Cannock area

PSHE

Digital Wellbeing

Children will consider what we use the Internet for and the benefits and risks of online activities. Children will learn about screentime and getting a healthy balance between online and offline activities. They will learn about online relationships, including cyberbullying and online stranger danger. Privacy issues will be explored in terms of passwords, personal information and the sharing or forwarding of images and videos. Children will also learn about pressures and challenges that are often associated with social media.

French

Food

We will learn the vocabulary for our topic 'Food' this half term. We will be looking at using the vocabulary for different foods in French and building up our conversation skills to ask what people like to eat. We will also be having our exciting French picnic to conclude our topic - yummy!

PE

In Monday's session we will be completing a dance unit. Pupils will gain inspiration from a range of stimuli, working individually, in pairs and small groups. Pupils think about how to use movement to explore and communicate ideas and issues, and their own feelings and thoughts, whilst developing confidence in performing. We will also be developing our passing, communication and team games skills in our Tag Rugby unit on Tuesday. 

Music

Lean on Me

This term we will explore a new unit of soul and gospel music. We will listen and appraise a variety of songs, and learn to sing/harmonise and use body percussion to perform as a community.

Computing

This term we will be using Purple Mash to use the programme 2Logo, to practise our coding skills. We will be inputting simple algorithms and using debugging skills to identify errors in codes.

DT

Mechanical Cars

This DT unit will include building simple protypes of mechanical cars. We will explore sustainability and durability before designing and building our own mechanical car kit.