As Writers, within our traditional stories unit of writing, we will:
- Focus on writing story openings.
- Use adjectives to describe settings and characters.
- Learn how to use conjunctions.
- Use expanded noun phrases to describe.
- Learn to start our sentences in different ways.
- Grab and hold the reader's interest when writing a story opening.
As Writers, within our non-chronological report unit, we will:
- Use headings and subheadings to organise our writing.
- Organise information into paragraphs.
- Write in the third person and use the past tense.
- Be factual and accurate using technical vocabulary.
- Use longer complex sentences.
As Mathematicians, we will be:
- Learning about place value of numbers to 1000.
- Representing numbers to 1000.
- Finding 1, 10 or 100 more or less of a given number.
- Comparing objects and numbers to 1000.
- Ordering numbers
- Counting in 50s.
As Scientists, we will be:
- Examining the nutritional values of our food through food labels.
- Recognising how to eat healthily using the Eat Well Plate and food pyramid.
- Understanding what a Stone Age diet was like and how people hunted and gathered their meals.
- Investigating how we can best preserve our food to stop apples turning brown.
- Learning about food chains and understanding where our food comes from.
As Musicians, we will be:
- Listening to Celtic music and comparing to modern day music.
- Practising playing the recorder and learning some simple notes.
- Composing our own simple pieces.
- Performing to the rest of the class.
- Evaluating our performances by looking at what we did well and what could be even better.
As Computer Technicians, we will:
- Understand computer networks including the internet.
- Use search technologies effectively.
- Collect, evaluate and present information.
- Use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly.
As Historians we will be:
- Learning what pre-history is and how we learn about it today.
- Comparing the daily life of people from different parts of the Stone Age.
- Understanding how technology developed in the Bronze Age.
- Understanding the impact of travel and trade in the Bronze Age.
- Comparing Celtic life to today.
As Religious Specialists we will be:
- Finding out why some people think life is a journey.
- Learn about Christian, Jewish and non-religious views.
- Finding out about Celtic beliefs.
As Spanish speakers we will be:
- Practising greetings.
- Learning class commands and questions.
- Counting up to ten.