Spring 2 2023/2024

English
This half term we will be reading and responding to a range of poems from the anthology 'Werewolf Club Rules' before having a go at writing our our own.  We will continue to become familiar with the genre by reading 'a poem a day'.  We will continue to access a range of texts during our weekly class reading sessions.  Please continue to support your child at home by reading at least four times per week and learning half termly spellings.
 
Science
This half term we will be learning about skeletons and muscles.  We will investigate the skeletons and muscles of humans and animals and find out how they need these for support, protection and movement.
 
Geography
This half term we will continue to explore the question 'why are forests so wet and deserts so dry?' by taking a closer look at both types of biome.
 
D.T.
This half term we will be designing and making our own desk tidies.  You can help by bringing in any used boxes e.g. cereal boxes, tea bag boxes and any cylinder shaped boxes e.g. Pringles tubes, small juice bottles etc.  Thank you.
 P.S.H.E
Our unit 'Healthy Me' promotes with the children positive ways to keep our minds and bodies fit and healthy.  It also helps them develop their awareness of safe and unsafe situations.
Music
This half term we will be adding percussion instruments to our ocarina lessons in order to further explore the musical elements.  We will continue our singing lessons on a Monday morning with Miss Midgeley
Maths
This half term we will begin our first unit on understanding fractions.  Please continue to access Doodle Maths daily and learn to support your child's learning as well as learning with them the 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables.  Children are expected to be fluent with these ready to learn the 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12 times tables in Year Four.
History
This half term we will continue our work on Bronze Age Britain.  We will be learning about Bronze Age monuments and investigating the question 'what is the secret of the standing stones?'
P.E.
This half term we will be exploring the theme 'Weather' in our dance lessons.  We will be adding drama and emotion to our dances when responding to different stimuli.  We will work with a partner to perform extended sequences which include stage presence, timing, rhythm and sustaining character.
 
R.E.

This unit focuses on the stories of Creation and the Fall as two parts of the ‘Big Story’ of the Bible. The children will familiarise themselves with the first Creation story from Genesis and key messages within it for many Christians about the world being good and how Christians are called to look after God’s world. They move on to think about the story of Adam and Eve and how the Fall fits into the ‘Big Story’ of the Bible.

French
This half term we will continue our work on speaking, reading and writing the French words for colours and numbers.
Art
We will continue to learn about Land Art and the work of Andy Goldsworthy.  The children will create some land art sculptures of their own and explore how to create digital land art using text-to-image applications.
Computing
The Sharks will develop their understanding of what a branching database is and how to create one. They will use yes/no questions to gain an understanding of what attributes are and how to use them to sort groups of objects. The children will create physical and on-screen branching databases. To conclude the unit, they will create an identification tool using a branching database, which they will test by using it. They will also consider real-world applications for branching databases.