This year, your teacher is Miss Fowler and your Teaching Assistants are: 

- Miss Green (Monday afternoon)

- Mrs Warren ( Tuesday afternoon)

- Mrs Payne (Wednesday afternoon)

- Miss Stairmand ( Thursday and Friday morning) 

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

- a swimming costume or trunks

- a towel

PE will take place every Tuesday and  Friday. 

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.

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

As writers we will:

Use a variety of verb forms used correctly and consistently including the progressive and the present perfect forms

• Use Standard English formsfor verb inflections
• Organise paragraphsaround a theme (usingfronted adverbials tointroduce or connect paragraphs)
• Use and punctuate direct speech (using dialogue to
• Show the relationship between characters)
•  Engage the reader through detailed description
• Use fronted adverbials to introduce or connect paragraphs e.g. Later that day, Inside the castle
• Use a range of past tense forms
• Write an opening paragraph to share thoughts and feelings and to summarise the day
• Finish with a personal comment about hopes or concerns for the future

As mathematicians we will:

• Identifying and using factor pairs.
• Multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100.
• Learn written methods for multiplication
• Learn written methods for division.
• Improve our times tables speed of recall.
• Find the perimeter of a rectangle.
• Find the perimeter of regular polygons.

As Scientists we will:

•  identify solids by their properties.

• identify liquids and gases by their properties.

• describe melting and freezing.

• describe condensing and evaporating.

• describe the different stages of the water cycle.

• describe how temperature affects evaporation rates and the water cycle.

As Geographers we will:

• Investigating what a volcano is.
• Exploring where some famous volcanoes are in the world.
• Discovering what happens when a volcano erupts.
• Learning how the environment is affected when a volcano erupts.
• Identifying the features of a volcano.
• Understanding the differences between extinct, active, and dormant volcanoes.
• Exploring what tectonic plates are.
• Investigating what and where the Ring of Fire is.
• Examining what life is like in a volcanic area.
• Discovering which other natural disasters are caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
• Understanding if earthquakes and tsunamis occur in the same locations as volcanic activity, and why.
• Investigating why some places or countries are affected more than others.

As Historians we will question:

• Understand what happened to Pompeii in 79AD and to explain why Pompeii is so useful for information about everyday life in Roman times.

As musicians we will:

•  Tell a story from a piece of music

• Create a soundscape using percussion instruments.

• Create a range of sounds to compliment a story.

• Compose and perform a rhythm to accompany a story.

• Compose and notate a short melody to a story.

As artists we will:

• Explore the art of JMW Turner
• Explore techniques using paint inspired by JMW Turner
• Create a painting inspired by Turner’s Mount Vesuvius using a range of techniques

As learners of RE we will be exploring the Big Question:

• What do Hindus believe God is like?

We will:

• discuss how the idea of Brahman being in everything might affect the way you live.
• find out about some Hindu deities.
• discuss what we can learn about deities from Ganesha.

As Computer Technicians we will:

• Recognise that a network is two or more devices connected and its purpose.
• Identify key components that make up the school’s network.
• Explain the difference between wired and wireless connections.
• Recognise that files are saved on a server.
• Understand the role of the server in a network when requesting a website.
• Identify parts of a website’s journey to reach your computer.
• Recognise that routers connect to send information.
• Understand that data is broken into packets.

As learners of PSHE we will be learning about:

• How groups come together to make decisions.
• The range of national, regional, religious and ethnic identities in the UK
• Topical issues that are of concern to us.
• How to manage your money and be a critical consumer.