English

In English, this half term, our learning will follow a theme of “Frozen Kingdom”. Our core text is ‘Rainbow Bear’ by Michael Morpurgo. We will be writing to inform by writing non-chronological reports about polar bears. We will be writing to inform by writing letters, inspired by “The Great Explorer” by Chris Judge.

Reading & Phonics

We shall be working through a range of fiction and non-fiction texts in our shared reading lessons and our decodable reader groups to develop our comprehension skills.

In phonics, some of us will be consolidating Phase 5 sounds and applying these to help with improving our spellings. Others shall be developing our reading comprehension skills further to answer a range of questions; retrieval, inference, sequencing and vocabulary.

Maths

This term will continue to progress with our learning related to addition and subtraction. We will do this using a range of methods, including drawing our ten and ones and using our number facts.

Science

This half term, our big question is, “how do we choose the best material for an object?”
We will use a variety of working scientifically skills to identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials for particular uses.

Art

This half term we will be learning about the work of Adonna Khare and Byrant Giles and using their work to inspire us with our own sketches of real-life objects. We will think carefully about how to makes lines lighter or darker, using pencils, chalk, pen or crayon.

Music

Throughout this half term in Music we will be working towards making a melody of our own that uses dynamics and timbre to reflect an emotion.

Geography

We will be using our geographical skills this half term by using world maps, atlases and globes to identify continents and oceans.  

Computing

We will continue to explore coding and begin to understand what algorithms are.

RE & PSHE

In RE, we will think carefully about what it means to belong and exploring the religion Judaism.

Through our PSHE curriculum, we will consider what safe relationships look like and how to respect ourselves and others.