Mr Thomas, Miss Baker and Mrs Gurney
Important Information
During Autumn term we do not go swimming. We have two PE sessions a week so children will need to be in their PE kits on a Tuesday and a Thursday. Please ensure children are wearing the correct PE kit.
Autumn term
History
Invasion
This 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. Children will understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed.
English
This half term, we will be reading Krindlekrax by Philip Ridley. Throughout the text, we will explore the characteristics of the different characters, develop the children's vocabulary, plan and write a persuasive letter, write a non-chronological report, expand and develop writing skills through the use of images and finally write a narrative that has an alternative ending to that of the book.
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 head reading individually.
This half term, we will cover:
Area
Step 1 - What is area?
Step 2 - Count squares
Step 3 - Make shapes
Step 4 - Compare areas
Multiplication and Division
Step 1 - Multiples of 3
Step 11 - Multiply by 1 and 0
Science
States of Matter
This half term the children will be learning all about states of matter. This unit will teach children the difference between, solids, gases and liquids. They will be classifying objects and identifying their properties.
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.
Our PE Days are Tuesday and Thursday and children can come to school wearing their PE kit. This term, the children will be Each dance unit covers four different themes, with three lessons of planning for each theme. If you want to teach just 6 lessons of dance you can choose two of the four themes. Learning is progressively embedded complete within each theme so your pupils won't miss out on learning and the lessons will still flow.
Pupils focus on creating characters and narrative through movement and gesture. They gain inspiration from a range of stimuli, working individually, in pairs and small groups. In dance as a whole, pupils think about how to use movement to explore and communicate ideas and issues, and their own feelings and thoughts. Pupils will develop confidence in performing and will be given the opportunity to provide feedback and utilise feedback to improve their own work.
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.
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