Miss Sutton, Miss Green and Miss Shelton

Swimming will take place every Wednesday this half term  Please ensure your child brings

- a swimming costume or trunks

- a towel

- a swimming cap

PE will take place every Friday. This half-term we are learning how to play tag football. 

For PE sessions please bring the following:

- Black shorts, leggings or jogging bottoms

- White t-shirt or polo shirt

- Black pumps or trainers

It is usually best to leave your child's PE kit in school for the half-term so that it is always available to use.

It is important that your child brings their reading book into school each day as the days on which they will be able to read with an adult may change from time to time. It is also crucial that you listen to your child read each evening and ensure that you sign their reading record highlighting what they have read and how they performed.

Homework will be set on a Tuesday through our online learning platform, SeeSaw. A link for which is placed below:

https://app.seesaw.me/#/login

All homework should be completed by the following Monday and will be checked by your teacher on this day. Please make sure that if you are having difficulties with the homework, that you contact your class teacher with plenty of time so that they can assist your child in its completion. In addition, the school also run a homework club which can really help support those children that struggle completing their tasks independently.

Spellings are handed out on Tuesday and are tested in class on the following Monday.

Autumn 1- Stone Age to Celts

As geographers, we will:

• Learn how to define physical and human features.
• Define a settlement, learning about some famous settlement sites.
• Consider the features that people looked for when developing a settlement in prehistoric times.
• Learn how land was used in prehistoric times, understanding how it changed from the Stone Age to Celts. 
• Learn how to read four and six-figure grid references and identity ordinance survey symbols.
• Consider what features would be useful in a new settlement, creating a sketch map of our own designs. 

As digital creators, in computing we will:

• Learn the terminology that is relevant to databases.
• Learn how paper and computerised databases compare, considering the advantages and difficulties of each.
• Learn how to sort, filter and interpret data.
• Learn how to represent data from a spreadsheet using graphs and charts.
• Sort data for a purpose.
• Create our own databases to represent Stone Age-themed data. 

As religious explorers, we will:

• Learn what kind of world Jesus wanted.
• Learn how 'Fishers of Men' applies to Christians today.
• Learn what an evangelist is.
• Learn how Jesus wants people to act.
• Learn what the Good Samaritan teaches Christians.
• Learn the value and purpose behind stained-glass windows in churches.

As scientists, we will:

• Learn who Robert Boyle is and what Boyle's law is.
• Investigate and compare the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
• Observe what happens to water when it melts and freezes.
• Define condensing and evaporating.
• Learn the stages of the water cycle. 
• Investigate how temperature affects evaporation rates.

As children who value our health and well-being, in PSHE we will:

• Learn how I can keep physically and emotionally safe in our environment.
• Learn who is part of our community and what roles they have.
• Learn what I would do if I was asked to share information online. 
• Consider how online actions can impact on other people. 
• Learn how I can deal with disappointment and changes in my life. 
• Learn which drugs are common in every-day life and the effects they can have on our body.
• Learn how bacteria and viruses affect health and how I can reduce their spread?

As writers, we will:

• Enjoy the book 'Gorilla' by Anthony Browne.
• Expand noun phrases by the addition of modifying adjectives.
• Choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition.
•  Use fronted adverbials.
• Organise paragraphs around a theme. 
• Use commas after fronted adverbials.
• Write an animal-themed narrative.
• Use inverted commas for direct speech. 

As design technologists we will:

• Learn about stories of the Old Testament people of God, including Noah and Abram.
• Explore what it was like for Noah to follow God and how he showed trust.
• Understand the idea of a covenant (a special promise) and how it links to the rainbow.
• Make links between the story of Noah and the promises Christians make at weddings.
• Discover how Abram trusted God when asked to leave his home.
• Reflect on whether it is always easy for Christians to follow God today.
• Share our own ideas about promises, trust and following what we believe is right.

As linguists we will:

• Identify and say numbers 13 - 31
• Ask and answer questions about the months of the year 
• To identify and say dates in Spanish
• To ask and answer questions about significant dates
• To identify and give dates of specific events

As historians we will:

• Understand what prehistory means and how we find out about it.
• Explore different types of evidence such as artefacts, fossils, cave paintings and settlements.
• Learn what an archaeologist does and practise handling evidence like archaeologists.
• Place the three periods of the Stone Age (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) on a timeline.
• Describe how life changed across the Stone Age periods.
• Compare tools and technology from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.
• Investigate how the discovery of bronze and iron changed people’s lives.
• Learn about Stonehenge and explore different theories about why it was built.
• Compare life in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age using similarities and differences.
• Use a Venn diagram to sort information about how life was similar and different across periods.
• Debate which period – Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age – was the best to live in.
• Give reasons and evidence to support personal interpretations about the past.

As musicians we will:

• Learn about instruments used in the Stone Age and how they were made.
• Create our own Stone Age-style instruments using simple materials.
• Perform rhythms and chants together around a pretend campfire.
• Learn and perform the song Living in the Stone Age with actions.
• Explore musical notation, including the stave, treble clef, and notes A–G.
• Use rhymes and patterns (FACE, EGBDF) to remember musical notes.
• Begin recorder lessons, learning posture, tonguing and the notes B, A and G.
• Play simple tunes on the recorder using B, A and G.
• Understand note lengths (long and short) and use them in performances.
• Learn about rests and include them in music-making.
• Perform simple group pieces with rhythm, rests and steady timing.

As athletes, we will:

• Send a netball in a variety of ways
• Pass a netball to bypass a defender
• Attack by being fluid in our positioning 
• Shoot using learnt techniques
• Track an opponent on court 
• Use a sideways stance in cricket
• Bowl a cricket ball underarm with a straight arm
• Throw accurately and powerfully
• Bat successfully with a partner
• Bowl with a run-up
• Back up my fellow fielders on the field