English
This term, we will complete our unit on unit ‘Oliver and the Seawigs’ before starting our new text ‘One Plastic Bag’. This story is about one woman’s struggle to tackle plastic pollution in the Gambia. The children will explore, interpret and respond to the illustrations throughout the book, as well as producing non-fiction pieces about the environmental impact of waste around the world.
Maths
This half term pupils will continue their work on multiplication and division, learning how to use informal and formal written methods. For our first unit on fractions, they will learn to partition, compare and order mixed number and convert mixed numbers to improper fractions and vice versa.
Science – Human Nutrition
‘Human Nutrition’ is our Science topic for this half term. This will focus on the understanding of personal health and how this is related to human nutrition. Pupils will explore the digestive system and concentrate on being able to name different types of human teeth as well as some teeth from other animals.
Design Technology – Good Food, Fresh Food
This project teaches children about food decay and preservation. They will discover key inventions in food preservation and packaging, then make their own packaging designs. The children will prepare, taste test and evaluate a healthy snack.
Geography – Mountains
During our ‘Mountains’ topic, pupils will investigate different mountains and their ranges from around the world. They will complete detailed geographical enquiries to secure our geographical knowledge and examine different types of equipment needed when exploring mountains.
French – Clothes – Getting dressed in France
Our focus for French this term to correctly identify items of clothing based on the written word and learn to say these with accurate pronunciation. Pupils will start to recognise whether our new vocabulary uses the masculine (un) or feminine (une) form and how to use the pronoun des for plural. Using their new vocabulary, they will compose simple sentences placing the adjective in the correct position in relation to the noun.
PSHE – Jigsaw – Healthy Me
‘Healthy Me’ is our PSHE focus this term, pupils will discuss how to stay healthy inside and out! They will be thinking about alcohol and smoking as well as friendships and a healthy mind.
R.E. – Easter
Our R.E. this term has a focus on ‘Easter’. The overarching big question the children will explore will be ‘Is Easter a commemoration or celebration?’
P.E.
This term, the children will be learning to put actions to music when creating dance routines. They will be working in pairs and groups to use their imagination to choreograph movements that flow and keep the rhythm of the music. The children will need to think about how directions of movements, levels, shapes and pathways can improve their ideas.
In their second P.E. lesson, the children will be learning how physical activity can be adapted. They will take part in a variety of sports such as bowls, boccia and table tennis. They will use communication, co-operation and their imaginations to develop their own activities and suggest ideas on how sports could be adapted.
Computing – Programming – Computational Skills
This term, the children will learn that problems can be solved more easily using computational thinking. They will learn to understand what different code blocks do and use this knowledge to create a simple game and solve problems.