2023-2024

English

In our English lessons this term we will be using the following text drivers:

Learning Journey One: The Barnabus Project- In a world built for Perfect Pets, Barnabus is a Failed Project, half mouse, half elephant, kept out of sight until his dreams of freedom lead him and his misfit friends on a perilous adventure. We will be creating our own failed pets and making our own brilliant pet shop. The children will focus on adding in description.

Learning Journey Two: It starts with a seed- In this learning journey the children will be creating their own poems about Autumn. We will focus on making good language choices and adding in interesting vocabulary. 

Learning Journey Three: The BFG- This will be a brilliant opportunity to read a great story! The children will be having a go at recounting the BFG's day and rewriting the story in their own words. 

This half term our class book is called: The Highland Falcon Thief. We will be reading this daily and completing tasks about the book on a Monday and Friday. In Guided Reading we will be trialling the Ashley Booth Curriculum. 

Maths: 

This half term we will be starting to learn about place value. The children will revise how to partition numbers and identify the value of a number. They will be learn to place numbers on an empty number line, compare numbers and solve problems involving place value. 

The children will then use this learning to solve addition and subtraction questions. They will learn to use formal and informal methods to solve calculations. 

We will then link our place value work and apply it to real life questions when we learn about money and measure (length). 

The half term will finish by revising our multiplication and division skills. You can get ready for this by practising your challenge book frequently! 

Geography

Our topic this term is called 'France'. We will start by revising the seven continents and thinking about what countries France borders. We will then move on to exploring the geographical features of France and thinking about the weather and biome. Finally we will look at the Frances economy. Throughout the first half term we will also enjoy taking part in some French traditions including creating some tasty food! 

Science

This term we will be learning about Electricity. The children will begin by learning the difference between mains and a battery before moving onto creating their own circuits. We will find out about the different parts of the circuit and start to learn their symbols. The children will then be set investigations to try and complete related to changing parts of a circuit e.g. What happens if there are two batteries? 

P.S.H.E

Being My Best   Throughout the term we will revise healthy eating, what to do when we are ill, what our organs in our body do, explain what I am good at and what I can improve on.

P.E

Intergr8 Dance- On a Monday we will be learning street dance! 

Lions in the Community- On a Wednesday we will have Real P.E lessons. 

Music

Unit called: Jazz. We will be exploring what Jazz is and listening to Jazz music. The children will learn to create call and response music and their own Jazz motifs.

Computing

Online Safety- We will learn about how we can stay safe when we search online, what a Bot is and how to monitor our ‘tech time’.   

R.E

Belonging in Islam- (Article 1 and 3) In this learning journey we will think about what belonging means to me and what it means to be a Muslim