Following the GetSet4PE scheme of learning, our Physical Education (PE) lessons for term 5 will focus on athletics. Our PE lessons for term 6 will focus on rounders and cricket. Our PE lessons will be on Monday and Thursday; children can wear their PE into school on both of these days. Athletics In this unit, […]
Over the course of term 5 and 6, 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
Effective Searching Over the course of term 5, our work will focus upon effective searching. We will learn: To locate information on the search results page. To use search effectively to find out information. To assess whether an information source is true and reliable To find out more, view our Effective Searching Knowledge Organiser. Hardware
Art: Statues, Statuettes and Figurines Linked to our main topic, “Ancient Civilisations”, our art topic for term 5 is “Statues, Statuettes and Figurines”. Throughout this topic, we will learn about 3-D representation of the human form, including statues, statuettes and figurines. Children will study examples from ancient civilisations and use their clay skills to create
This term our topic is “Electrical Circuits and Conductors”. This project teaches children about electrical appliances and safety. They construct simple series circuits and name their parts and functions, including switches, wires and cells. They investigate electrical conductors and insulators and identify common features of conductors. Children will also be taught about programmable devices. To
Following the White Rose Maths scheme, year 4 will cover six main blocks of learning over the course of the summer term: decimals; money; time; shape; statistics and position and direction. As part of the White Rose Maths scheme, each block is broken down into a series of small learning steps. Combined, these small learning
Our Class Text and Comprehension In terms 5 and 6, our reading comprehension lessons will be based upon our class text, “Secrets of a Sun King,” by Emma Carroll. The book is about a girl from London who becomes an unlikely heroine in a quest to break an ancient curse that threatens her family. Her
From a historical perspective, we will learn about historical evidence; rulers; inventions; and methods of farming in each of these three civilisations.
From a geographical perspective, we will learn about the location of these civilisations; and their main cities.