Over the course of term 1 and 2, we will continue to follow our Jigsaw PSHE scheme of learning. Jigsaw, the mindful approach to PSHE is a progressive and spiral scheme of learning. In planning the lessons, Jigsaw PSHE ensures that learning from previous years is revisited and extended, adding new concepts, knowledge and skills, […]
Our Religious Education lessons will continue to be based upon our “Love to Celebrate” projects. Basing the “Love to Celebrate” projects around festivals, gives a real-life context to the children’s learning and a structure to the projects. However, the celebration itself is only a small part of each “Love to Celebrate” project. Each set of
Following the Purple Mash scheme of learning, our two main computing topics, this term, will be coding and spreadsheets. Online Safety In our work about online safety, we will learn about: Responsibilities and support online Protecting privacy Citing sources Reliability To find out more, view our Online Safety Knowledge Organiser. Coding In term 1, we
Art: Colour in Landscapes Our art topic for this term is “Colour in Landscapes”. Throughout this topic, we will learn about colour theory by studying tints, shades and tones. We will learn about the features of landscapes before using this knowledge to create landscape paintings. To find out more, view our Colour in Landscapes Knowledge
Forces and Mechanisms In term 1, our topic is “Forces and Mechanisms”. In the Forces and Mechanisms project, your child will revisit prior learning about forces, identifying what a force is and discussing the two types, including contact and non-contact forces. We will learn that gravity is a force of attraction and follow instructions to
Following the White Rose Maths scheme, year 5 will cover four main blocks of learning over the course of the autumn term: place value; addition and subtraction; multiplication and division; and fractions. As part of the White Rose Maths scheme, each block is broken down into a series of small learning steps. Combined, these small
Reading Our Class Text and Comprehension In term 1 and 2, our reading comprehension lessons will be based upon our class text, “Bronze and Sunflower” by Cao Wenxuan. In this story, Sunflower has moved to the countryside in China with her father. As her father works all day, Sunflower feels lonely. She watches the river
Throughout this topic, we will learn about periods of ancient Chinese history. We will explore a timeline of the first five Chinese dynasties and learn about the legends surrounding the beginning of Chinese civilisation. We will take a deep dive into the history of the Bronze Age Shang Dynasty and explore evidence found in the
During the Investigating Our World project, we will study Ordnance Survey maps to write a description of the local area. We will learn about contour lines and revise six-figure grid references to locate features on maps. Your child will learn about the Prime, or Greenwich, Meridian and find out that Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT,