Summer 2

This half term, we will be learning ...

Collective Worship

Our values are Respect, Love, Forgiveness, Service, Friendship and Peace. These values underpin our curriculum.

Throughout this half term, we are learning about what each value means and how we can promote each one through our daily actions to make a positive contribution to our school and the wider community. We are reading, listening to and responding to bible stories, which teach Christians about the importance of our values in daily life.

English

In English, we will be looking at a text called ‘Manfish’ to help us write our own invention narrative. Within this unit, we will be focussing on how to effectively include new vocabulary, questions and speech to capture the reader's imagination. In addition to this, we will also be learning to write a biography. To do this we will be learning how to inspire a reader through non-fiction writing. 

Maths

In Maths, we will be learning the following: 

• Describe and plot using coordinates 
• Describe translations
• Roman numerals up to 100
• Place value of other number systems
• Number sequences and patterns
• Use understanding of 3-D shapes
• Identify 3-D shapes from 2-D representations

Science

In Science we are learning about 'Living things and their habitats'. Within this unit we will be learning about what are the seven life processes that all living things need to keep them alive. 

Religious Education

This half term, we are learning about 'Is the Book of Proverbs still relevant today?'

' and we will be thinking about the following key questions:

• What is a proverb?
• What is the message of this proverb?
• Is this proverb still relevant today?
• What is wisdom?  Who gives us wisdom?
• Who is wise?

Through our RE lessons, we will be deepening our understanding of the faiths of Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam.

History

In our history unit for this half term, we will be looking at how children's lives have changed over time. This will include looking at Tudor children and Victorian children and how their lives compare to ours.

PSHE

This half term in PSHE, we will be learning about health and wellbeing.

PE

This half term we will be improving on our swimming skills, completing a course of 4 lessons. 

Other subjects we will explore this half term are; Music, Computing and French.