English – Leon and the Place Between
Our text this term is Leon and the Place Between by Angela McAllister and illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith (Templar).
Leon is a boy who believes in magic. This exciting and beautifully illustrated picture book follows Leon beyond the realm of the circus big-top and, with a ‘Pouff!’ from the great magician, Abdul Kazam, onto a magic carpet ride into the place where the magic sends you...
For the two writing outcomes for this unit, the children will write a narrative and a report.
Maths – Place Value, Rounding, Addition and Subtraction
To start the term, the children will focus on their understanding of place value by reading, writing, representing and partitioning numbers up to 10,000. They will round numbers to the nearest 10,100 and 1000 as well as finding 1000 more or less than a number. Children will order and compare numbers to 10,000. Later in the term, we will add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of column addition and subtraction. They will estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation. Finally, they will apply our knowledge and skills to solve a range of addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts.
Science – Living Things: Classification and changing habitats
This term, the children will explore different ways organisms can be group. They will evaluate the effectiveness of classification keys. The children will recognise the impact humans and natural disasters can have on habitats.
Geography - Oceans
During our Oceans topic, the children will develop our creative skills by using a variety of materials to produce a collage showing the layers of the ocean and the creatures that live in each layer. They will also be exploring the seas and oceans and marking them on a map.
Art –The seven elements of Art
During our ‘Getting to know you’ week, the children will explore and improving their skills and techniques in the seven elements of art: line, shape, space, value, form, texture, and colour.
Music - Recorders
This term, the children will be learning how to play a musical instrument - the recorder. They will learn about the history of the recorder. As the children learn to play some notes, they will start to understand staff notation and begin to recognise some notes on the stave. They will describe music using the elements of music - pitch, tempo and dynamics.
P.E.
In P.E., the children will be developing a multitude of skills that can be transferred across a variety of sports. They will focus on hand-eye coordination, agility, pace, stamina and aim. The children will be completing a variety of activities each week and then create their own activity to promote one of the skills they have learnt.
In their second P.E. lesson, the children will be learning about the sport of Handball. They will develop their passing, improve their shooting and learn about movement in the game when they take part in a variety of activities. The children will also learn how to implement basic attacking and defending tactics.
French - Numbers, calendars and birthdays
This term, the children will be learning how to say numbers, days of the week and the months of the year in French. They will then use this knowledge to say when their birthday is and to ask someone when theirs is. They will also learn other dates and seasons.
Jigsaw (P.S.H.E.) – Being Me in My World
Our first PSHE topic is ‘Being Me in My World’, which will enable the children to think about who they are and about their place in the world. This topic will include aspects such as becoming a class ‘team’, discussing responsibilities, rewards and consequences as well as creating ‘our learning charter’. They will learn about their rights and responsibilities as a member of the class. The children will explore how to value themselves and others. They will explore how to make the class a safe and fair place for everyone.
R.E.
During their lessons, the children will use the three disciplinary lenses: theology, philosophy and social science to explore these key questions:
- What are the five pillars of Islam?
- How can Muslims live by them?