English

This term all of our English learning will continue to focus on Tom's Sausage Lion by Michael Morpurgo.

The book focuses on a boy who has seen a mountain lion in his garden, but no one else believes him. Can he convince them, or has he imagined the whole thing?

Maths

We will be focusing on the following areas this term:

• Properties of 3D shape
• Fractions - unit and non-unit fractions, comparing, ordering and  equivalent fractions.
• Add and subtract money to give change
• Measure, compare, add and subtract mass
• How to interpret data

A big push on learning times tables for rapid recall – x3, 4 and x8 multiplication tables and related division facts.

Remember to practise your times tables at home using TTRockstars to help! 

Science

Our topic this term is the continuation of plants. The children will be looking at different parts of a plant and their role in a plants survival. The children will also be discussing how plants need pollination and how this happens.

Geography

Mapping skills and Fieldwork:

• Where is the school located in the wider world?
• Differences between the types of land use locally.
• Capital cities of the British Isles
• Locating places in the British Isles using the 8 points of the compass
• Mapping our school grounds
• Fieldwork investigation 

Art

Sculptures.

This term, the children will be working with a range of materials to create sculptures. The children will work with wires, modroc and soap to build and shape sculptures using artists as inspiration.

RE

Where does the journey of life lead?

• understand that everyday life has good and bad routes
• Investigate the metaphor 'Life is like a Journey'
• identify the different milestone ceremonies of a Christian, Jew and a Muslim
• explain what life after death means to Hindus
• what is a soul and what Christians believe in life after death

French

Animals

In this unit we are working on the correct spelling and pronunciation of animals, and will be applying our knowledge into sentences.

We will then be revisiting, performing and applying language learnt in different contexts by:

• Identifying and introducing their relations
• Naming common pets
• Considering whether nouns are masculine of feminine
• Making new sentences by substituting other vocabulary appropriately
• Use masculine/feminine articles and possessive pronouns
• Use colour vocabulary in different contexts

Music

The dragon song.

This unit of work focuses on music from around the world, and the pop song 'The Dragon Song'. This song tells a story of kindness, respect, friendship, acceptance and happiness through the music.

PE

During our P.E lessons this half term, we will be finishing off our strike and field skills through cricket and rounders before moving onto our athletic skills with both Mr Evans and the Progressive Sport’s Coach. 

Computing

Graphing

•  set up a graph with a given number of fields.
•  enter data for a graph.
•  produce and share graphs made on the computer.
•  present the results in a range of graphical formats.

PSHE - Aiming High

In this unit of work, children will focus on goals and aspirations.   They will start by discussing achievements they have accomplished so far and the type of attitude that helps us to succeed. Children will identify ways of applying a growth mindset to new challenges and learn about the importance of resilience. Opportunities will also be provided for children to share aspirations for their future employment and personal goals and through this learning, they will consider different jobs and careers. In doing this, we will explore some of the difficulties faced by stereotyping. Children will also have the opportunity to think about the specific skills they might wish to develop in order to achieve their short, mid and long-term goals.