Your class teacher this year is Mr Bailey. The teaching assistants who will be working within your classroom and taking you swimming are Miss Stairmand and Mrs Harrison.

PE will take place every Friday (indoor) and Wednesday (swimming) 

For PE sessions please bring the following:

- Black shorts, legins or jogging bottoms

- White t-shirt or polo shirt

- Black pumps or trainers

It is usually best to leave your child's PE kit in school for the half-term so that it is always available to use.

It is important that your child brings their reading book into school each day as children are given time to read every day. It is also crucial that children read at home on a daily basis. When children have read their books, they will complete a quiz to test their understanding then change their book for a new one.

Homework will be set on a Monday through our online learning platform, SeeSaw. A link for which is placed below:

https://app.seesaw.me/#/login

All homework should be completed by the following Monday and will be checked by your teacher on this day. Please make sure that if you are having difficulties with the homework, that you contact your class teacher with plenty of time so that they can assist your child in its completion. In addition, the school also run a homework club which can really help support those children that struggle completing their tasks independently.

The British Empire

As Scientists we will:

Characteristics of Living Things

• know that living things can be grouped in different ways.
• know that a classification key can be used to group and identify plants and animals.
• know that vertebrates are animals which have a backbone and invertebrates are animals which do not have a back bone.
• know that plants can be grouped into flowering and non-flowering varieties.
• know that flowering plants include grasses and non-flowering plants include ferns and mosses.
• know the five main vertebrate groups are birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish.
• know that invertebrate groups include snails, slugs, worms, spiders and insects.

Habitats and interdependence

• know that living things live in a variety of habitats to which they are suited e.g the rainforest and compare to another key habitat.
• know which living things live within our local habitat.
• know that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things e.g things become endangered or extinct.
• know how human activity can have both a positive and negative impact on the environment.

As Geographers we will:

• identify some of Britain’s natural resources and explain how they are used.
• recognise how Britain’s natural resources produce energy and why we need to create different ways to produce energy?
• understand alternative sources of clean and renewable natural resources could be used to produce electricity?
• identify parts of the world where wood is produced, and consider some of the problems associated with its production.
• understand where a range of natural resources come from and how they can be used

As Historians we will question:

• How did the British empire begin and what were the benefits of it?
• How has the British Empire changed over time?
• Why was independence so important to India?

As Design Technicians we will:

• taste different scones and complete a sensory analysis.
• practice the rubbing in method and kneading.
• design my scone.
• bake and evaluate my scones.

As learners of RE we will be exploring the Big Question:

• How and why do people try to make the world a better place?

We will:

• find out about how Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and non-religious people try to care for the world.
• consider what motivates people from these worldviews to care for the world, basing knowledge on scripture and religious teachings.
• consider why the world is not always good and make simple links to religious (e.g Christian, Jewish, Muslim) and non-religious (e.g Humanist) worldviews.
• Find out about the Jewish idea of Tikkun Olam and consider how charities like Tzedek help Jewish people to live out ideas and teachings, considering diversity of views.
• have opportunities to raise our own questions about caring for the world and consider the responsibility that everyone must care for the world.

As Computer Technicians we will:

Website Design

• explore features of a google site
• plan content for a collaborative webpage
• plan and create a webpage

Computational Thinking

• understand what computational thinking is
• create our own scratch project and modify the code
• apply computational thinking

As learners of PSHE we will be learning about:

• Valuing Difference
• Feelings and Emotions
• Healthy Relationships
• Online Safety