We will be starting the topic ‘Rivers’ this half term. This looks at and compares rivers around the world. This will involve geographical skills, using maps and identifying differences and similarities between the countries, weather, plants and animals found there. We will be enhancing and consolidating what we learn through our trip to Barnwell Country Park.
In English, we will be starting a story called The Rhythm of the Rain by Grahame Baker-Smith which is follows the journey of a river and teaches about the process of the water cycle. We will be learning about the features of poetry and having a go at applying these to our own writing. We will also be developing our learning on descriptive techniques and how we can use these to improve our written work.
We will finish looking at fractions in Maths this term and then move onto Money and time. Working on this at home would be great. These are real life skills which children often find a bit tricky. As always, number facts including timetables are important and the children should be encouraged to get to know their tables and corresponding division facts.
In Science, we will be looking at ‘Light and Shadows’, this will help to further develop skills to carry out investigations. We will be looking at light sources and the absence of light. We will investigate shadows, observing and recording findings as well as drawing conclusions.
In French, the children will be working on different types of transport. They will be singing songs, writing words and sentences as well as working on their pronunciation.
The Music unit will be about Rivers too which fits in well with our topic. The children will be thinking about musical language such as tempo, dynamics and pitch. The children will find ways to represent the journey of a river in musical form.
Our Jigsaw theme for the half term is ‘Relationships’. In this unit we will be looking at different relationships within families and how to negotiate and solve problems. The children will look at relationships online and ways in which they can stay safe. As they move through the unit, they will think about different places around the world and their role as a global citizen. They will think about how their lives and relationships are very different to those of other children around the world.
This term the children will be learning about Athletics in their PE lessons. They will develop their running, jumping and throwing techniques across a variety of track and field events over the term. They will also learn how tactics are used within athletic events.
In their second PE lesson, the children will be learning about Hockey. The children will be challenged to work as part of a team across a variety of activities. They will develop their stick-handling skills when learning to dribble, pass, shot and tackle.