During this term we will be learning about changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age and how people in those times lived and worked. Within our Science lessons we will be learning about light and how shadows are formed.

Focus text: The Caravan by Pie Corbett

Pie Corbett’s atmospheric warning story is about a boy called Mitch who is warned not to play by the pylon. To his mum’s dismay Mitch and his friend goes to the pylon and finds a caravan. One afternoon a storm raged and they all jumped into the caravan. But then disaster struck as there was an enormous crash and the caravan roof  crumpled in.

Focus text: Hook

As we are going to be writing a warning tale we learnt about how to keep our houses safe from fire at Christmas time and created a warning poster to help inform others.

Coming soon

During this term, we are going to be focusing on the Ancient Greek times. We will be looking at Electricity in science, Pandora’s box in art and design, E-safety in computing and ‘How can we reduce our use of electricity?’

Focus text: Theseus and the Minotaur

Theseus and the Minotaur is an example of a myth. According to legend, King Minos ruled Athens and forced the Athenians to deliver seven youths and seven maidens every nine years. They became prey of the Minotaur in the labyrinth, and Athens escaped further sanctions through their obedience. Theseus decided that this life was not fair and decided to travel to the labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur.

Coming soon

Coming soon

During this term we will be learning about how sound travels and how we hear in our science lessons, we will also be learning some map skills geography. Within Design and Technology we will be designing and building our own musical instruments using recycled materials.

Focus text: Adventures at Sandy Cove by Pie Corbett

Our quality text is called Adventures at Sandy Cove and is written by Pie Corbett. This is a journey story and within this story we learn about 2 boys who go exploring at the beach and make a shocking discovery whilst looking for shells.

For our writing hook we listened to a real police officer announce a crime in the local area.

We looked at the vocabulary the police officer used and then used our inference skills to make assumptions about who the man could be and where he could have gone.

This fictional activity was used to encourage children to ask questions like a real detective!

Coming soon

Within our topic this term we will be learning about the Romans, when they lived and where they were from. Alongside this we will be creating mosaics in our art lessons and designing a roman shield in design and technology.

This text is a discussion text written by Pie Corbett, it is all about whether or not Dalek’s should be allowed to live on planet Earth.

For our hook for our discussion writing, we had a discussion about the question “Does having more make us happier?”

In teams the class discussed the question and developed our ideas. Two children presented three reasons from opposing sides to the class for discussion.

Today we got to learn about life in Roman times through a hands on workshop. We learnt about what Roman soldiers wore, what they had to carry with them, what they ate and even where they went to the toilet! We also found out what Roman people did for fun in a real life battle at the Colosseum. We all had a great time and learnt lots of new things about our topic.

This term our topic ‘Predator’ is all about different types of animals, how they survive and where they live. During this term we are also learning about maps and how we use them, stop frame animation and how to play tennis in our PE sessions.

What would happen if we lost the happy endings to stories – imagine the tears at bedtime! A fantastic and magical tale about what happens when, one night, a wicked witch steals the happy endings to bedtime stories. It is up to Jub, the keeper of the happy endings, to save the day and ensure sweet dreams everywhere in this lyrical story about storytelling. In the tradition of classic fairy tales for children, Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray have created a truly compelling, surprising and beautiful story for children of all ages.

Coming soon!

Coming soon!