Science: 

Over the course of the term, the children will continue developing and securing their understanding of animals including humans and living things and their habitats. We will understand our place in the natural world and how our lives are shaped by our surroundings. We’ll also understand important milestones from birth to old age and begin to understand how to respect our bodies as they change.

Computing: 

Over the half term, we will focus on word processing. As we work and learn in a digital age, it is important children learn the fundamental skills of working on word documents and we learn how to format texts in a legible manner.  

Jigsaw: 

In this half term, we will be completing our changing me unit. We will think about how our bodies will develop and change during puberty and how we need to respect the changes. We will learn about babies are made and their growth in the womb.

DT: 

This half term, we will be progressing our sewing skills through making different tote bags. The children will learn different stitch types before designing their tote bags using different materials and patterns. The children will be taking their bags home to use.   

French: 

This half term, we will be learning the names for different family members and to explain how many siblings they have or if they are an only child. The children will also recap and revise previously taught words and phrases to ever increase their French phonological awareness.

Geography: 

Over the course of the half term, we will understand the vital roles rivers play on our world. We will undertake a small field trip to the River Stour where the children will take part in some studies of the river. We will learn about important rivers in the local area and beyond to understand how they are important for wildlife and recreation.

Over this half term, the children will progress with their understanding of Buddhism. We will focus on the term enlightenment and how Buddha taught his followers to find entitlement. We will learn through different stories and songs to enrich our understanding of this faith.

PE: 

Striking and fielding games will continue to be our driving focus over the half term. The children will play in competitive games and apply the basic principles for attacking and depending. Dedicated students will have the opportunity to represent the school at different sporting events in the final term before Year 6.

As we end the year, we will be exploring River Boy. A wonderful story about love for a grandparent that will allow the children to understand their importance in their own lives. We will first explore informal letters and write letters based on the main characters, Jess and Grandpa. We will work on key skills to enhance their writing and then apply them to a range of contexts. Towards the end of the term, we will switch our learning to writing narrative with speech. We will learn to apply speech correctly to a range of contexts before writing our own narratives.

Spellings: spellings play a vital part to our writing, and we will have a focus on verb prefixes this half term. Dis-, mis-, de-, re-, over-, will be our focus and the children will look to apply these to words they use in their writing. They will also develop and fine tune their understanding of apostrophes for both singular and plural apostrophes.