Summer 1:

Welcome back! We hope you had a lovely Easter break and are well rested. We are looking forward to building upon the hard work completed in Spring 2. We are also looking forward to showing those SATS what we are made of!

Learning Challenge: History: Sawley Time Machine. This half term we will look at how Sawley has changed throughout the years with a focus on the impact of the River Trent and Erewash canal, the railways and bridges

English: This term we will be writing two narratives with a focus on description.   

We will also be doing lots of revision in preparation for our upcoming SATS tests in May. This will involve developing our exam technique and practicing lots of different SATS style questions in order to make sure we are confident on the day! In reading, we will focus on:

• Explaining the meaning of words in context
• Retrieving and recording information, identifying key details from fiction and non-fiction
• Summarising the main ideas from more than one paragraph
• Making inferences from the text/explaining and justifying inferences with evidence from the text

Maths: During this half term we will be revising the four operations, will learn about shapes, translation and reflection and will complete lots of revision in preparation for the SATS.

Science: 

Electricity.

We will:

•         Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit.

•         Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches.

•         Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram.

P.E: Net and wall (Tennis): We will practice the ready position, introduce the concept of a rally, develop our confidence in hand/eye coordination, develop our backhand technique, start to develop the skill of serving and then start to apply our new skills to a game of tennis. 

P.E: Netball: We will develop accurate throwing and catching skills along with simple attacking and defending skills. We will then look at specific positions of the game before moving onto developing our shooting skills in a game play situation.

R.E: In RE we will be looking at Christianity and will be looking into different stories from the bible and the messages these stories give. We will:

• Explore the themes of the Bible and identify familiar stories
• Explore the story of Ruth and Naomi
• Explore the story of Daniel & relate it to religious persecution today.
• Explore the parables of Jesus.

Find out about Christian baptism through the story of John the Baptist.

• Look at the apostle Paul & the early church.

PSHCE: In PSHCE, we will be exploring the concept of ‘Mental health’ and will be considering what can impact our mental health. We will be learning about love and loss, power and control and will also look at how to stay safe when using the internet.  

Modern Foreign Languages:  At the café. We will be learning how to order food and drinks and will be learning how to talk about the food and drink we like in Spanish.

Computing: We will develop knowledge and understanding of using a computer to produce 3D models. Learners will initially familiarise themselves with working in a 3D space, moving, resizing, and duplicating objects. We will then look at combining objects and the ability to group and ungroup objects.