This term our geography topic is “Sow, Grow and Farm”. Throughout this topic, we will learn about food webs and animal life cycles, including how living things are dependent on one another within a habitat. We will investigate the different ways that plants reproduce and will dissect flowering plants to identify the different structures. We […]
This term our history focus is “Dynamic Dynasties”. 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
We are delighted to continue our French lessons with Mrs Cackett, our resident native French speaker. Over the course of the Autumn term, we will be learning about: Places in the locality Journey to school Giving directions The planets Describing the plants appearance and location Throughout these lessons, we will practise speaking, listening, reading and
Our music lessons this year will follow the Sing Up sequential scheme of learning and for Term 1 and 2 our lessons are organised into 3 units: Unit 1: What shall we do with a drunken sailor? The children will learn about the context, history and purpose of sea shanties with a particular focus on
Following the GetSet4PE scheme of learning, our Physical Education (PE) lessons for term 1 will focus on Health Related Fitness and tag rugby. Our PE lessons for term 2 will focus on indoor athletics and hockey. Our PE lessons will be on Tuesdays and Friday; children can wear their PE into school on both of
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