Numeracy

The main areas of focus this term will be:

Factors

• We will be learning about factors of numbers, as well as finding the highest common factor of 2 numbers. This will link in with our work on Fractions (below)

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

• Children will use their knowledge of factors to find the simplest form of a fraction
• Ordering fractions with different denominators and understanding equivalences
• Making the initial links between fractions and decimals, and then decimals and percentages

Addition and Subtraction

• Different strategies to add and subtract numbers up to 5 digits.

Multiplication and Division

• As always, times tables are an integral part of numeracy and there will be continued practise of these to improve fluency and understanding. (I would encourage Sumdog to be used as an aid here for all pupils)

 

Literacy

Reading

The children will read two novels this term as a whole class group, ‘Coraline’ by Neil Gaiman and ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ by J.K. Rowling. Active Literacy reading strategies (Prediction, Metalinguistics, Visualisation, Inference, Main Idea and Summary) will be used to help demonstrate a deeper understanding of the content being read in class.

 

Writing

This term we will be focussing on recount writing. This will include diary entries and newspaper report writing linked to our IDL topic and current affairs.

 

Listening and Talking

In late January, the class will be performing verses from Robert Burns’ ‘Address to a Haggis’.

 

I.D.L.

This term, our topic is Mary Queen of Scots. The children will be learning about Mary’s lineage, her relationship with Queen Elizabeth the key figures in her life and will be comparing the lives of young children in the time of Mary Queen of Scots and to their own.

 

Science

In Science, the children will be learning about materials. They will be learning about the characteristics of solids, liquids and gases and the separation of substances and how this relates to everyday life. This will be delivered through a mix of practical and written activities, as well as through outdoor learning.

 

Health and Wellbeing

This term we will be enforcing our new school values. We will also be looking at ways in which we can bring about positive change to our school, wider and global community.

In P.E. the focus will be small ball skills. We will be learning skills in hockey and short tennis.