January 2023.
Happy New Year! Welcome back to our Spring Term. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas break. We have lots of wonderful, exciting topics to study this term and we can’t wait to get started. Here is what we will be learning throughout this term:
English
This term, we are going to be using two books to help develop our fictional writing skills further. We will be reading Escape From Pompeii by Christina Balit to write a historical narrative from a character’s point of view, and Amazing Islands by Sabrina Wiess & Kerry Hyndman to write an adventure story from the point of view of the boy. Alongside these books, we will also be reading two class stories which will help to support our learning further:
Class Story (Spring 1) – Pompeii: A Roman Girl’s Diary by Sue Reid
Class Story (Spring 2) – Ariki and The Island of Wonders by Nicola Davies
Maths
We will be continuing with our daily counting, which will involve us practising our times tables that we will be tested on that week, and our weekly Mental Arithmetic tests. We are continuing to use Maths No Problem! which helps to deepen the children’s understanding of different mathematical concepts and methods through problem solving and reasoning. This term we are covering Further Multiplication and Division, Graphs, Fractions, Time, Decimals and Money.
RE
We are going to be exploring and discussing the topics Jesus the Teacher and Jesus the Saviour this term. We will be doing this through The Way, The Truth and The Life. We will also be taking part in daily Collective Worship sessions which the children will prepare and control.
4.3 – Jesus, The Teacher Knowledge Organiser
4.4 – Jesus, The Saviour Knowledge Organiser
History
This term our topic is The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings specifically The Struggle for Power. We are going to be looking at the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Timeline and the events that took place during this time. We will be researching and discussing how the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings came to power and the roles that they each took on. We will be looking closely at artefacts and using critical thinking to explore how and why things happened during this time.
Anglo Saxons and Vikings – The Struggle For Power Knowledge Organiser
Art and Design
We are continuing to use the new Access Art Curriculum this term which encourages the children to take ownership of their work and their books. This term we are going to be studying ‘The Art of Display’ where we will explore the way that we display our work can affect the way it is seen and ‘Exploring Still Life’ where we will explore artists working with the genre of still life, contemporary and more traditional. Create your own still life inspired art work.
Design Technology
This term in Design and Technology we are going to be working as part of a team to design and make a fidget spinner. We are going to be completing Business Apprentice style tasks which include marketing, designing, advertising and production, which will help to develop our understanding of the process used throughout this subject.
Computing
We are continuing to use Purple Mash to develop our computing skills. This term we are focusing on Spreadsheets, Writing for Different Audiences and Logo. We are given a ‘2Do’ task each week that relates to the topic we are currently on. This allows us to develop our skills independently as well as learn new ones.
4.3 – Spreadsheets Knowledge Organiser
4.4 – Writing For Different Audiences Knowledge Organiser
4.5 – Logo Knowledge Organiser
Science
This term we have three topics that we are going to be covering in Science – Switched On, Where does all that food go? and Our Changing World. We will be exploring these topics in detail which will enable us to plan and take part in a variety of experiments where we will also have to use our predictive and conclusive skills.
Switched On Knowledge Organiser
Where Does All That Food Go? Knowledge Organiser
Our Changing World Knowledge Organiser
Geography
Our topic this term is All Around the World. We will be taking a virtual ‘trip’ around the world by exploring the different countries, foods and celebrations. We will be using atlases and maps to locate different countries and continents around the world.
All Around The World Knowledge Organiser
Music
This term we are continuing to learn how to play our brass instruments with Mr Conway on a Friday afternoon. We are also going to be taking part in Charanga music lessons where we will be learning about other aspects of music.
P.E.
This term we are going to be focusing on the topics of Basketball and other outdoor games. We will be exploring the rules of these games and the importance of playing together as a team. Terri from Tameside Sports will continue to teach our P.E. lessons.
French
This term we are going to be looking at two topics – Going Shopping and Where in the world?. We will be learning new vocabulary and also writing sentences using this. Our French lessons allow us to use role play as well as developing our literary skills in this language.