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.