Spring Term 

This term our topic is 'Welcome to the Jungle'. This topic focuses around the Amazon Rainforest, as a significant ecosystem on our planet and the Maya as a significant civilisation. Children will look at the history and geography of the region alongside exploring artists who take inspiration on the rainforest and creating their own work.

English - We are writing narratives, considering how authors have developed characters and settings in what pupils have read, listened to or seen performed, describing settings, characters and atmosphere and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action.

Maths – We are focusing on all things fractions, looking at reasoning and problem-solving through investigation techniques.

Reading – Following our VIPER skills, children are developing their understanding and justifying their views using evidence from the text.

Science – Investigating the circulatory system and blood vessels through hands-on experiments and research.

History – What were the significant achievements of the Maya? Children are exploring a new period of time and the significant influence they have had on our lives today,

Art – Children are exploring the artwork of Henri Rousseau. They will be developing their sketching skills in order to recreate one of his famous pieces. 

RSHE - Through our dreams and goals topic, children are beginning to think about their successes and how they can support themselves with goals in the future. 

French - Revisiting their previously taught topic of clothes diving deeper and developing their speaking and listening skills. 

Autumn Term

This term, our topic is 'A Turning Point in Time', focusing on World War 2 and more specifically, the Blitz. We are currently reading Letters from the Lighthouse.

English - Our learning has been focused on individual SPaG skills in order to level up our writing. We are exploring different word classes in order to improve our writing before we begin exploring a range of writing purposes. 

Maths - We are currently exploring place value, rounding to any integer and calculating the volume of cuboids.

Reading - We have looked in depth at our texts, as well as focusing on different themes weekly.

Science - We are exploring classification of living things. Diving deeper into Carl Linnaeus' taxonomy and how this has supported animal classification over time. 

History - We are learning about the Blitz and how this is a significant time in our history timeline.

Geography - Next half term, we will be starting to learn about the human and physical features of Europe and its different countries.

Art - We are learning about the artist L.S. Lowry and working towards creating a final art piece.

DT - Next half term we will be creating Anderson Shelters based on our WW" topic.

R.E. -  We are looking at 'What would Jesus do?', thinking about how Jesus would act in certain situations. 

R.S.H.E. - We are looking at a topic designed all about me and looking at aiming high, focusing on jobs and what we can be when we grow up.

Computing -  We are extending our knowledge on how to code micro:bits to create a toy and will then move onto learning about decomposition, to break down algorithms.

Music - We are exploring Baroque music and focusing on Fingal's cave and are aiming to recreate a piece in this style.

French - We are recapping how to write the date and introduce ourselves.