Miss Falcon and Mr Masters

TA - Mrs Gurney

SEN support - Mrs Khan

Autumn Term 

P.S.H.E

My Happy Mind 

"myHappymind was created for schools with a very simple mission: to give today’s children the skills to thrive in tomorrow’s world. Our programmes give children the preventative strategies, skills and tools they need to thrive in the modern world." 

In school, the children's mental health is a huge priority for us and we are using the resources from myHappymind to help the children thrive. Once weekly, we will learn about a different aspect of mental health and the children will  have the opportunity to record their thoughts and reflections in their own journals. 

History 

Invasion 

This knowledge-rich project teaches children about life in Britain after the Roman withdrawal. Children will learn about Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions up to the Norman conquest.  We will investigate the impact that the Romans leaving had on Briton and how life changed significantly once we were invaded by the Angles, Jutes and Saxons. 

English

This half term, we will be reading Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg.  Throughout the text, we will explore the characteristics of the different characters, write non-chronological reports, diary entries and we will write a letter of warning to prevent others from playing the game! We are teaching reading skills explicitly through guided reading. We utilise a range of high-quality texts that, where possible, link to other aspects of our learning. Children are also heard reading individually.  

Our second Spine Text is The Lost Happy Endings by Carol Ann Duffy. It is a mysterious tale involving elements of a fairy tale. We will write setting descriptions to explore our vocabulary choices before going on to write newspaper reports on when the happy endings were stolen. 

Please note: in order to change their reading book, children must have their reading records signed. They can change their books on Mondays and Thursdays. 

Mathematics

This half term, we will cover: 

     Place Value 

Step 1 Represent numbers to 1,000 

Step 2 Partition numbers to 1,000 

Step 3 Number line to 1,000 

Step 4 Thousands 

Step 5 Represent numbers to 10,000 

Step 6 Partition numbers to 10,000 

Step 7 Flexible partitioning of numbers to 10,000 

Step 8 Find 1, 10, 100, 1,000 more or less 

Step 9 Number line to 10,000 

Step 10 Estimate on a number line to 10,000 

Step 11 Compare numbers to 10,000 

Step 12 Order numbers to 10,000 

Step 13 Roman numerals 

Step 14 Round to the nearest 10 

Step 15 Round to the nearest 100 

Step 16 Round to the nearest 1,000 

          Addition and Subtraction 

Step 1 Add and subtract 1s, 10s, 100s and 1,000s 

Step 2 Add up to two 4-digit numbers - no exchange 

Step 3 Add two 4-digit numbers - one exchange 

Step 4 Add two 4-digit numbers - more than one exchange 

Step 5 Subtract two 4-digit numbers - no exchange 

Step 6 Subtract two 4-digit numbers - one exchange 

Step 7 Subtract two 4-digit numbers - more than one exchange 

Step 8 Efficient subtraction 

Step 9 Estimate answers 

Step 10 Checking strategies 

Science: Electricity 

This half term the children will be learning all about electricity. They will learn about the differences between conductors and insulators. How can you change a circuit? Learn how to put together electric circuits and design them to carry out a specific task. Learn to recognise and draw different circuit symbols when designing your own electric circuit. 

Religious Education 

In RE during this term, we will first be learning about Hinduism and finding out what it's like to be a Hindu living in Britain today. We will then be studying Humanism and asking from where different people get their moral codes. 

Then we will be studying the Incarnation of Jesus and looking again at the Christmas story. 

Physical Education

 Our PE Days are on a Monday and a Thursday and children can come to school wearing their PE kit.  This term, the children will be playing handball. 
 

Art 

In art this term, our focus is drawing. We study both Ansel Adams and Joan Miro. Children will develop their skills by completing zentangles, taking our pencils on a walk, learning about tone as well as learning about using light and darkness within our drawings.  We will take photographs, learn about one-point perspectives and finally the children will draw a landscape independently. 

French 

This term the children will answer questions about pets, understand and use numbers to forty and looking at how others celebrate festivals. 

Homework 

This will be set every Friday either on Seesaw or given out in the children's homework folders. 

Additional information  

TTRS - The children can continue to use their previous log in. 

Manga High school code: 67594 

Abacus school code: hqx9 

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