WRITING:

This term, our focus will be on writing imaginative stories. We will build on previous learning to create our own Super Stories, linking closely to our class topic. Pupils will continue to develop their use of figurative language, connectives, varied sentence starters and paragraph structure to engage readers and produce work they can feel proud of.

SPELLING & PHONICS:

Children will work both independently and collaboratively to further develop their knowledge of various spelling patterns including consonant blends, long vowel sounds and CVCC words. They will have the opportunity to build upon this more through their weekly spelling homework on SEESAW.

READING:

To link with our topic and inspire imaginative writing (our super stories) we will read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and enter into a world of imagination and use this as a stimulus for lots of our literacy tasks this term.

Pupils will continue to take a reading book home once a week supplementing reading practice in class. We shall continue to progress through the Story World books focussing on reading with more expression to bring the stories to life. Pupils will have a weekly Friday word wall spot check and are encouraged to practice these at home. They shall also practice word walls each week during reading carousels.

LISTENING & TALKING:

This term, pupils will be developing their communication skills by exploring how pace, expression, gesture and word choice help them engage an audience when speaking. They will also be showing their understanding of what they watch and listen to by asking and answering different types of questions. Alongside this, we will be focusing on respectful communication—learning when to listen, when to talk, how much to say, and how to respond politely during discussions. Together, these skills will help children become more confident, expressive and considerate communicators.

MODERN LANGUAGES:

We will continue to learn about different types of food in French and linking this to how we can follow a balance diet. We will also be learning about how to order food and drinks through role-playing in our French cafe area.

NUMERACY:

Squares: Learning to counting to 1000 as well as revising all multiplication tables. We will also look at the links between multiplication and division.

Triangles: Continuing to learn numbers to 100. Will also look at the concept of multiplication and start working their way through the multiplication tables.

Circles: Continue to learn about numbers to 100. We will be looking numbers after, before and between numbers up to 100. We will also be counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.

Rectangles: Continue to work on numbers to 50. We will be continuing to learn addition and subtraction strategies to and from 20.

MATHEMATICS:

FRACTIONS

We will learn about fractions through exploring how groups of items/ a single item can be shared equally. We will also learn about the language associated when discussing numerators and denominators as well as what a fraction looks like.

INFORMATION HANDLING

We are going to explore the different ways in which data is both gathered and displayed through tally charts, venn diagrams and bar charts. Pupils will also learn about the importance of organising data with links to everyday life.

Indoor PE

In PE we will be exploring how to move our bodies in athletics through running, jumping and throwing activities. We are also going to learn about the importance of fitness and working on using different muscles to safely carry out fitness exercises.

Health

We will be focusing on taking care of our bodies and how to keep them fit and healthy. We will look at how to fuel our bodies and what a balanced diet looks like.

We will also learn the names for parts of our body.

This term, we will be focusing on learning all about the human body – senses, skeleton and living a healthy lifestyle. We shall also explore major sporting events taking place over the summer, including the Commonwealth Games and the World Cup. Alongside this, we will be developing our imaginative writing skills by creating our own stories.

We will learn about a range of inspirational athletes, exploring what makes them successful and the qualities and skills that have helped them achieve their goals.

Our class novel this term will be the series of books by Chris Hoy called Flying Fergus.

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