Summer 1:

Get ready for an exciting half term filled with discovery, creativity, and imagination! This term, we will journey back in time to explore the fascinating world of the Ancient Egyptians, uncovering their beliefs, daily life, and incredible achievements along the River Nile. In English, we will bring Ancient Egyptian stories to life through our own narrative and explanation text writing. In History, we will explore how this early civilisation has shaped what we know about the past today.

History – Ancient Egypt

Join us as we travel back over 5,000 years to Ancient Egypt! We will explore life along the River Nile, discover why it was so important, and learn about Egyptian beliefs, including the afterlife. We will also investigate pyramids, hieroglyphs, and the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.
 

English:

• This term, we will focus on Narrative Writing and Explanation Texts.
• We will follow our Immerse, Plan, Do, Review structure to support children in producing high-quality writing.
• Our SPaG focuses will be similes, metaphors, subordinate clauses and adverbs of time, place, and manner.
   

Reading Fluency:

• This half term we will be enhancing our comprehension skills by focusing on The Egyptian Cinderella.
   

Maths:

This half term, we will focus on:

• Decimals

• Money

• Time

• Consolidating times tables knowledge
 

Science – Electricity

We will:

• Identify appliances that use electricity

• Build simple circuits

• Understand how circuits work

• Explore conductors and insulators
 

P.E – Striking and Fielding

We will develop skills in:

• Batting accurately into space

• Bowling and throwing techniques

• Fielding strategies

• Applying skills in games
 

R.E – Buddhist Festivals

We will:

• Learn about the life and teachings of Buddha

• Understand Vesak

• Explore how Buddhists celebrate
 

PSHE – Being My Best

We will learn to:

• Manage conflict respectfully

• Understand diversity

• Explore relationships and boundaries

• Recognise bullying and seek help
 

Art: Fabric of Nature

We will:

• Explore William Morris

• Create patterns and designs

• Use textiles creatively
 

Music – Ukulele

We will:

• Play notes clearly

• Create accompaniments

• Prepare for a visit to the Halle Orchestra
 

Modern Foreign Languages – Spanish

We will:

• Learn action verbs

• Form positive and negative sentence structures with ‘sé’ and ‘no sé’.

• Extend sentences using conjunctions
 

Computing – Photo Editing

We will:

• Edit and enhance images

• Use digital tools creatively

• Evaluate and improve our work
 

We are looking forward to a fantastic half term of learning, creativity, and discovery as we explore the wonders of Ancient Egypt together!