From February 2nd, the children will be going to Altrincham Leisure Centre for a swimming lesson as well as a gymnastic lesson delivered by a professional gymnastics coach. 

Swimming

From this date, every Monday the children should come into school wearing their full PE kit:

• School jumper
• Plain, white t-shirt
• Black jogging bottoms or leggings in the summer. For warmer months, black shorts are suitable.
• Black trainers
• The children should place their swimming clothing - a costume or pair of fitted swimming shorts- underneath their school PE kit. 
• No jewellery should be worn. Please ensure that all earrings are removed before the children arrive at school on Monday morning. 
• In a separate bag the children should bring their underwear to put on after swimming as well as a towel.

The children will have their PE kits already worn ready for gymnastics. 

Spelling

Each week, a set of spellings, which are based on the spelling rule which the children have been learning in class, will be uploaded onto Seesaw for the children to learn. In addition, a vocabulary activity sheet will be uploaded for the children to work through related to a word that they are finding it difficult to learn.

Topic Project

For each new topic, a topic project will be uploaded onto Seesaw. The children will be given a number of weeks to complete the project to allow them to really allow their creative talents to flow! The project can be uploaded onto Seesaw or brought into school on completion. 

Times Tables

To support the children with their maths number recall, they should spend time at home on Times tables Rockstars. 

Reading

In school, the children have access to Accelerated Reader which they can access in school to complete quizzes on books that they have read and build their word count. Every time a child achieves one hundred percent in a quiz, they earn a star which enters them in a draw for the certificate at the end of the half term. In order to complete quizzes, the children should be reading their school book every evening. Of course, any reading for enjoyment is welcomed!

As theologists we will:

• Learn what Hindu Dharma is and who Hindus are in Britain today.

• Understand how many Hindus in Britain worship through puja.
• Understand what dharma means and how it guides Hindu life in Britain today. 
• Understand how the Ramayana and Diwali teach Hindus about dharma in Britain today.

As artists we will:

• Explore batik and the artist Iwan Tirta.
• Experiment with wax resist techniques.
• Design our own batik flag.
• Create and evaluate the final batik piece.

As children who value their relationships, in PSHE we will:

• Explore feelings, emotions and peer pressure.
• Understand risks, dares and how to resist peer pressure.
• Understand jealousy and envy and how to manage difficult feelings.
• Understand when it is right to keep or break a secret.
• Understand personal boundaries and body safety.
• Understand how friendships change and how to manage conflict.
• To understand stereotypes, assumptions and online information.

As spellers, we will:

• Learn and practice statutory spelling words.
• Revise common exception words.
• Understand and use contractions accurately.
• Add the suffix ‘ous’.
• Understand how spelling rules change depending on the root word.
• Spell words ending in ‘que’ and ‘gue’ and understand their French origins.
• Develop personal spelling strategies.
• Identify sounds and spelling strategies.

As mathematicians, we will:

• understand tenths and hundredths and how they make a whole.
• partition, compare, order and round decimals.
• recognise halves and quarters as decimals.
• read and write amounts of money using decimals.
• convert between pounds and pence.
• calculate with money and solve real‑life problems.
• understand units of time, including hours, minutes and seconds.
• read and convert time between analogue, digital and 24‑hour clocks.
• calculate durations of time and solve practical problems.

As design technicians we will:

• Taste savoury and sweet scones in order to inspire our own recipes
• Learn the skills of kneading and rubbing through making shortbread biscuits
• Design our own scone recipes
• Make and evaluate our own scones

As historians, we will learn:

• why the British empire began as well as the benefits of it
• how the British Empire has changed over time
• was independence was important to India
• what led to the decline of the British Empire

As computer scientists we will…

• Understand what computational thinking is
• Break problems into smaller parts (decomposition)
• Spot patterns to help solve problems
• Focus on important information (abstraction)
• Design clear step-by-step instructions (algorithms)
• Test and improve our ideas (debugging)
• Explain how computers use instructions
• Apply problem-solving skills to real-life situations
• Work collaboratively to solve challenges
• Use Scratch to create and adapt programs
• Explain how our programs work
• Reflect on how we solved problems

As musicians we will…

• Learn and perform patriotic songs
• Sing as part of an ensemble
• Keep in time with others
• Use dynamics (loud and quiet) to add expression
• Identify musical features such as melody, tempo and motif
• Listen to and respond to music
• Compare different pieces of music
• Understand how music can create feelings of pride and unity
• Develop confidence in performing
• Improve our singing through practice and rehearsal
• Use musical vocabulary to describe what we hear
• Understand the historical context of songs

As geographers we will…

• Identify different natural resources in Britain
• Understand how land is used in the UK
• Explore how land use has changed over time
• Locate places using maps and atlases
• Identify where resources are found
• Understand the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources
• Explain how natural resources are used to produce energy

• Explore how electricity is generated and transported
• Understand the impact of using natural resources
• Compare renewable and non-renewable energy sources
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy
• Explore how location affects energy production
• Identify where resources come from around the world
• Understand how natural resources are used for materials like wood, glass and concrete

As writers, we will:

• learn to use apostrophes for possession: plural and singular 
• use varied tense forms: present perfect and progressive
• include varied and rich vocabulary
• Produce nonfiction writing about plastic pollution 

As readers we will learn the VIPERS skills: vocabulary, inference, prediction, explanation, retrieval and summary.