English – One Plastic Bag
This term, we will continue our unit ‘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 term, we continue our work with fractions. The children will add and subtract mixed numbers and fractions, find fractions of an amount and use our skills to solve fraction problems. Our next unit is decimals, where the children will learn to recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundredths. They will develop effective methods to divide a one- or two-digit number by 10 and 100.
Science – Sound
In this unit, the children will identify and describe different sounds and learn that sounds are produced by vibrations. They will explore how vibrations travel from the source of the sound through a variety of materials to the ear. Using a variety of materials, the children will investigate the range of ways of producing sounds and how the pitch and volume of a sound can be altered.
Geography – Misty Mountains
This term we will continue 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.
Computing - Creating Media (Website design)
During this unit, pupils will develop their research, word processing, and collaborative working skills whilst learning how web pages and web sites are created. They will explore how to change layouts, embed images and videos and link between pages.
P.E.
This term, the children will be learning about the sport of Basketball in their PE lessons. They will develop their passing, dribbling and improve their shooting. They will 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.
In their second PE lesson, the children will be learning about the sport of Handball. They will develop their passing and improve their shooting. They will 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.
PSHE – Jigsaw – Dreams and Goals
‘Dreams and Goals’ is our PSHE focus this term. The children will be discussing how to overcome disappointment, how to achieve goals, create new dreams and will be provided with the opportunity to share these with others.
R.E. – Incarnation of Jesus
Our R.E. this term has a focus on the events after Easter leading to the incarnation of Jesus. The overarching big questions the children will explore are ‘What do Christians learn about the incarnation of Jesus? Do all Christians agree? ‘
French
This term, our French lessons will focus on the weather and the water cycle. The children will learn phrases to describe the weather and vocabulary for the compass points. They will recap counting from 1-100 in multiples of ten and combine this knowledge to make statements about what the temperature is in different parts of France to deliver a weather forecast. The unit culminates in a French science lesson where the children explore the water cycle and recognise scientific cognates.
Design and Technology
This term, we are looking at ‘Functional and Fancy Fabrics’, where the children will begin by exploring a range of fabrics and their properties. This will lead to experimenting with a variety of techniques such as printing and sewing in order to create our own fabric design.