Spring 2

We hope everyone had a wonderful break and feels refreshed. We have lots of exciting learning lined up for Spring term, here is a summary of what we’ll get up to:

Geography: From one little raindrop - but then where?

During this topic, we will be learning about the water cycle. We will be focusing on the five steps and where the water cycle takes place. We will then be looking at what clouds are and the different types of clouds. We will be going outside to predict the weather using what we already know about the different clouds. Finally, we will be comparing the water cycle to the rock cycle, using what we learnt previously about rocks.

English: Our Reading Fluency book is My Family and other Romans.

In English we will explore the letters and narratives. We will be looking at the differences between a formal and an informal letter and writing a narrative from the point of view of a water droplet. We will also look at fact files in Science Week, as well as continue to work on creative, descriptive writing for OWL writes. 

Maths: 

This half term we will be exploring:

• Days, months and years
• Fractions
• Time and Durations of events
• Money
• Pictograms, Bar Charts and Tables

We will also continue to rehearse times tables and develop our reasoning skills through 'Deep Dive' and 'Twisted' challenges each lesson.

Science: Science Week!

In this topic, children will learn:

• To research and replicate a scientific discovery
• To evaluate a product to find its uses
• To evaluate a set of products against criteria
• To revise and record a recipe
• To design a product and label its properties

P.E: 

Swimming

• Children will be working towards skills to allow them to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres, use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke and perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

Basketball

• To understand and develop dribbling techniques to feel comfortable in control of the basketball
• To be able to pass the ball using different throwing and shooting techniques
• To apply the techniques for dribbling, passing and shooting skills to a game situation.

Religious Education: Signs and Symbols

• Children will recap the meaning of signs and symbols and how they may be used or displayed in places of worships and at religious events. 

PSHE: Healthy Me

Children will:

• Understand how exercise affects our body.
• Tell you my knowledge and attitude towards drugs.
• Identify things, people and places that I need to keep safe from.
• Take responsibility for keeping myself and others safe at home

Music: In the Past and Communication

In music this half term, children will understand staff and other musical notations. They will develop an understanding of the history of music and play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts.

Computing: Branching Databases

Children will select, use and combine a variety of software on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals.

Also, children will use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly.

Art: Sculpture and 3D: Abstract Shape and Space

This term, children will be trying our different ways to make card shapes three dimensional and making structures that hold their 3D shape.

We will also be completing an artist study on Vincent Van Gogh, looking at his watercolour paintings and sunflower artwork.