This half term we will be reading and responding to the novel 'The White Fox' by Jackie Morris.  We will be exploring the meaning of words in context, making inferences and predictions and summarising ideas as we read and enjoy the story.  In our Writing lessons, we will be writing descriptive passages, guides on how to taste tea, letters and a non-chronological report about tea as we read and enjoy 'Cloud tea Monkeys' by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham.  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.

 

This half term we will be learning about light and shadow.  We will be identifying examples of light sources and learning that light is needed to see and that its absence causes darkness.  We will investigate reflection and shadow formation and explore how shadows can be used to entertain in the arts, creating shadow puppets to recount how different people work or experiment with light.

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.

 

 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 to explore rhythm and pitch using the Oak Academy music scheme.

This half term we will begin our first unit on understanding fractions.  Please continue to access Doodle Maths daily 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.

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.

How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jewish people?

Children will build on their knowledge about Jewish world views and ways of life. They will recap work on Shabbat and deepen it by considering how different Jews today mark it. They will understand that Jews are diverse – beginning to use the language of Orthodox and Progressive. They will explore Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Pesach to build up their understanding of festivals and ideas of forgiveness, remembering, and freedom

French

This half term we will continue our work on speaking, reading and writing the French words for musical instruments.

Art

Computing

Creating media – Desktop publishing

Children will become familiar with the terms ‘text’ and ‘images’ and understand that they can be used to communicate messages. They will use desktop publishing software and consider careful choices of font size, colour and type to edit and improve premade documents.