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

PE will take place every Friday (indoor) and Tuesday (outdoor)

For PE sessions please bring the following:

- Black shorts, leggings 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.

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

As writers we will: 

• Plan writing by discussing the structure, vocab and grammar of similar writing
• Discuss and record ideas
• In narratives, create settings, characters and plot
• Assess the effectiveness of own and others’ writing
• Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors

As mathematicians we will:

• Identifying and using factor pairs.
• Multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100.
• Learn written methods for multiplication
• Learn written methods for division.
• Improve our times tables speed of recall.
• Find the perimeter of a rectangle.
• Find the perimeter of regular polygons.

As Scientists we will:

•  identify solids by their properties.

• identify liquids and gases by their properties.

• describe melting and freezing.

• describe condensing and evaporating.

• describe the different stages of the water cycle.

• describe how temperature affects evaporation rates and the water cycle.

As Geographers we will:

• Investigating what a volcano is.
• Exploring where some famous volcanoes are in the world.
• Discovering what happens when a volcano erupts.
• Learning how the environment is affected when a volcano erupts.
• Identifying the features of a volcano.
• Understanding the differences between extinct, active, and dormant volcanoes.
• Exploring what tectonic plates are.
• Investigating what and where the Ring of Fire is.
• Examining what life is like in a volcanic area.
• Discovering which other natural disasters are caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
• Understanding if earthquakes and tsunamis occur in the same locations as volcanic activity, and why.
• Investigating why some places or countries are affected more than others.

As Historians we will question:

• Understand what happened to Pompeii in 79AD and to explain why Pompeii is so useful for information about everyday life in Roman times.

As musicians we will:

•  Tell a story from a piece of music

• Create a soundscape using percussion instruments.

• Create a range of sounds to compliment a story.

• Compose and perform a rhythm to accompany a story.

• Compose and notate a short melody to a story.

As artists we will:

• Explore the art of JMW Turner
• Explore techniques using paint inspired by JMW Turner
• Create a painting inspired by Turner’s Mount Vesuvius using a range of techniques

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

• What do Hindus believe God is like?

We will:

• discuss how the idea of Brahman being in everything might affect the way you live.
• find out about some Hindu deities.
• discuss what we can learn about deities from Ganesha.

As Computer Technicians we will:

• Recognise that a network is two or more devices connected and its purpose.
• Identify key components that make up the school’s network.
• Explain the difference between wired and wireless connections.
• Recognise that files are saved on a server.
• Understand the role of the server in a network when requesting a website.
• Identify parts of a website’s journey to reach your computer.
• Recognise that routers connect to send information.
• Understand that data is broken into packets.

As learners of PSHE we will be learning about:

• How groups come together to make decisions.
• The range of national, regional, religious and ethnic identities in the UK
• Topical issues that are of concern to us.
• How to manage your money and be a critical consumer.