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English

In English we will be Phillipa Pearce’s ‘Tom’s Midnight Garden’ to inspire our writing. We will using simple, compound and complex sentences, relative embedded clause and paragraphs to write biography, non-fiction piece, character description and a narrative piece. We will be focussing on active and passive voice, adverbials, similes, and metaphors to enhance our writing.

Maths

In maths we will working on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions along with decimals and percentages.

Art

In this unit, we will be looking at William Morris’s life and art created by him. We will create our William Morris style print using block printing.

History

This unit is about the Rise and Fall of Hitler. Pupils will explore with the idea that during times of political instability, there is growth in dictatorship. Throughout the unit, the pupils will be building on their substantive concept of nationalism. They will learn about the nationalist political party known as the Nazi party, and their ideology.

Geography

Geography in this term is about the North American Continent. We will learning about the physical and human geography of North America and the vast differences in the north and south of the North American continent.

Science

In science we will learning about electricity and how it can converted into different forms of energy like heat energy or light energy. We will start by making a very basic simple circuit and then add on more components to add complexity. We will learn about batteries and their voltage and the importance of switch to conserve power.

Computing

In Computing, we will be learning about systems and networks.

R.E.

In RE children will be exploring the question: Is technology good for religious worldviews?

P.S.H.E

The children will be thinking about their likes, dislikes and skills and how it relates to their future work and the value of hard work and managing money .

Class Room Staff:

Mrs Yogita Pereira

PE Day:

Monday

Friday (Premier Sport)