Learning focus this term:

This term the children will be learning about Enterprise and Fundraising. Through this topic we will be learning about/to:

• working cooperatively with a younger class to plan and run a fundraising event
• rights and responsibilities
• investigate profit and loss
• work to time scales.

Also this term, there will be a focus on Space. Through this mini topic we will be learning about/to:

• features of the solar system
• creating simple models to show understanding of size, scale, time and relative motion.
• an appreciation of the contribution that individuals are making to scientific discovery and invention.

Core Literacy:

We will be using our topic as a stimulus for writing in a variety of different styles.

• We will continue to use VCOP strategies to develop our writing.
• We will develop our Functional Writing to share the information we have researched through a variety of genres (reports, fact files, posters etc)
• Children will be given opportunities to develop their listening and talking skills through a variety of class based activities, including cooperative group work.
• The children will read a novel during class reading lessons and will use Blooms Buttons and Book Detective strategies to check their comprehension
• The children will read our class novel ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’.

Core Numeracy:

• Pupils will consolidate their multiplication skills – practise at home would be greatly appreciated
• Pupils will work with place value of whole numbers
• Pupils will be using mental and written strategies to solve mathematical problems
• Pupils will investigate the link between fractions, decimals and percentages.

General Information:

• Our PE days will be Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
• We will continue to have Art, Music and Spanish on a three week cycle.
• Homework will be issued on a Monday and should be returned on Friday morning.
• Reading homework will be issued on a Friday and should be completed for the following Friday.