In maths, we'll be diving into our new topics of place value. We will be looking at being able to identify the different place value in a number and what that number is worth. Get ready to recall your place value knowledge and add some knew knowledge to this concept. You will become an expert as you begin to build on prior knowledge.

Our English lesson will take us on an exciting journey as we begin to create a poem based on Christina Rosetti’s What is pink? We will then follow this writing with a first-person narrative in the perspective of Stig from Stig. Finally we will go back in time to the Stone Age and look at the animals that are now extinct and create a non-Chronological report.

Science is all about Plants this term. We’ll become scientists as we learn and investigate what the parts of the plant are and what they do? Furthermore, we will look at do all plants needs the same things to thrive and grow. In this topic it will include learning about how leaves make food for the plant and how water is transported. This topic includes a range of experiments to help understanding and to explore.

In our curriculum sessions, we'll be discovering The Stone Age. During this topic we will look at the three different eras of the Stone Age and how over time tools and the way they lived developed.  We will also look at what the Bronze Age was like and how this was different from the Stone Age.

Geography: United Kingdom

In our curriculum sessions, we’ll be discovering the United Kingdom. During this topic we will be discovering the four regions of the UK alongside looking at the human and physical landmarks of these regions. Within this topic we will discover the cities and counties that are within the United Kingdom.

PE will have two focus’, the children will focus on Basketball and Football the children will develop their skills and progress to play small matches. The children will develop their passing skills along developing defending skills.

In Art the children will be exploring water colours. The children will be looking at the artist Alison Dearborn and beginning to replicate some of her paintings. They will look at the shades and colour palette that Alison uses in order to be able to replicate her work. The children will then evaluate their work at the end of the term.

Our homework this half term will be based on our history topic of the Stone Age. There is a range of homework set for them on their homework menu. The children can choose from creating their own Stonehenge or they could create their own cave paintings. The children also have weekly maths and spelling homework.