Grasshopper and Moth Classes

English

We will be learning the portal story ‘The Time Slip Scarab’ by story mapping the text and retelling this with actions. Our focus will be on creating suspense within stories and we will be learning the tools needed to do this. We will be learning how to use similes and personification in our writing, as well as power of threes and -ing clauses. We will also be showing how a character is feeling through their actions and improving our descriptions with expanded noun phrases.

Maths

In maths this half term, we will be learning about decimals. We will be exploring tenths and hundredths and we will learn how to dividing by 10 and 100. We will explore how we can write, compare, order and round decimals and use this knowledge to be able to solve problems. We will also be exploring money. We will recap our knowledge of pound and pence before moving onto thinking about ordering and rounding money.

Science

In science this half term, we will be learning about the different states of matters and the water cycle. The children will be able to share the differences between the three different states and provide examples. In regards to the water cycle, we will explore what evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection are.

History

In history we are going to be exploring The Stuarts for the whole of the summer term. Next half term we are going to start by looking at James I and what The Union of Crowns are. Then we will explore the gunpowder plot, who Charles I was, what the causes of the English Civil War was and how Oliver Cromwell played his role within the Commonwealth.

Geography

Our focus this half term is Mediterranean Europe. We will be looking at the different countries and identifying their capital cities, their languages and their flags. During this unit we will also use our prior knowledge to explore the different ecosystems within these countries.

PE

This half term we will be participating in a fitness unit and will be learning the skills behind cricket. The children will have the opportunity to put their skills into practice in a game situation by the end of the half term.

R.E

In RE we are going to be looking at spiritual journeys. We will start by exploring what a spiritual journey is. From this we will then look at all religions and explore in depth of what their spiritual journeys are and how they are different within each religion.   

Spanish

In Spanish, children will take part in a role-play dialogue about being at the doctors; understand and name jungle animals in Spanish; understand adjectives to describe jungle animals in a story; write a sentence using a noun, a verb and adjectives to describe animals and write a jungle explorer’s story.

PSHE

This half term we are going to be exploring ‘Healthy Me’. Within this unit, we are going to look at healthy relationships, group dynamics and celebrating our inner strengths and assertiveness. We will also be learning about the effects of smoking and alcohol.

Art

In art, we will be learning about the Byzantine Empire and the art that was created during this time. We will be focusing particularly on the rich culture of the Byzantine Empire and the luxurious patterns and mosaics they created. We will finish the topic by creating our own piece of Byzantine art.

Music

This half term the children will be looking at Stories in Sound, listening to music that represents a narrative. They will listen to Respighi’s tone poem “The Pines of the Appian Way”. The children will compare Respighi’s piece with Marches written by composers John Williams and Gustav Holst. The children will use their growing musical knowledge and techniques to compose a march played on tuned and un-tuned percussion instruments.

Computing

Our unit in computing this half term is creating media. The children will develop their understanding of how digital images can be changed and edited, and how they can then be resaved and reused. They will consider the impact that editing images can have, and evaluate the effectiveness of their choices.

Geography

History

Science

Religious Education

Art

Spanish

PSHE