Autumn 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 ‘Leaf’ to help us write our own outsider narrative. Within this unit, we will be focussing on how to write in the 1st person and how to include descriptive vocabulary most effectively. We will also be learning to write an information report that is based upon the same text. For this, we will be learning how to include technical vocabulary correctly in a non-fiction piece of writing. 

Maths

In Maths, we will be continuing to learn how to multiply and divide using the formal methods of short multiplication and the bus stop method. We will also be learning about discrete and continuous data.

Science

In Science we will be focusing on ‘sound’. We will be learning how sound is made, how it travels and how our ears work.

Religious Education

This half term, we are learning about 'What does it mean to be called by God?' and we will be thinking about the following key questions:

• What does it mean to be called by God?
• In what ways does God call people? How does God speak to people?
• What sort of tasks does God call people to do

We will also be learning about 'How does the presence of Jesus impact on peoples’ lives?'. For this we will be thinking about: 

• In what ways do Christians believe that God is with us?
• How does it feel to be in the presence of God?
• How did/does the presence of Jesus have an impact on people’s lives?
• In what ways do Christians believe that they are the presence of Jesus in the world today?

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 thinking about the following question: 'Would you prefer to have lived in the Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age?'.

PSHE

This half term in PSHE, we will be learning about relationships within our families and friendships. 

PE

In our PE lessons we will be developing our Gymnastic skills with a specialist from the Blackburn Rovers Trust. 

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