English

In Guided Reading, we will be reading ‘The saga of Erik the Viking’ by Terry Jones

In our English lessons, we will be writing our very own:

• Diary entries based on our class book –‘The saga of Erik the Viking’

• Kenning poems about Vikings
• Quest stories. We will be plotting our own storylines, discussing how to structure our writing and include details about the characters and settings.

saga,

past tense, chronological (time) order, time conjunctions, first person, informal language

quests, modal verbs, adverbial phrases, expanded noun phrases, narrative, settings, direct speech, indirect speech

metaphors, hypens

Mathematics

We will be:

• Working on our arithmetic skills for each of the four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

• Multiplying and dividing whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1000. Learning about what prime and composite (non-prime) numbers, square and cube numbers, factors and multiples are.

• Calculating area and perimeter.

• Practising our times tables every week and taking a weekly test every Tuesday.

• Reading and interpreting line graphs, tables and timetables.

line graphs, sum, difference, interpret, compare, tables, timetables

Multi-step problems, reasoning, problem solving

multiples, factors, common factors, square numbers, cube numbers, prime numbers, composite (non-prime) numbers,

area, perimeter

Science

We will be learning about:

• Understanding forces- using a  Newton-meter to measure forces.
• Showing how friction and air-resistance can be useful.
• Understanding how up-thrust affects objects in water, by making Viking long-ships and testing which can take the most treasure.

gravity, air-resistance, up-thrust, water resistance, force effect, friction, drag, Newton-meter, Newtons, accelerate, direction, displacement.

Art/DT

We will be:

• Baking Viking Soda bread
• Making Viking longboats with moving parts!

proving the dough, kneading, wholewheat flour, rising,

cam mechanisms,

rotating

History

We will be:

Explaining where the Vikings came from and why they invaded Britain.

Identifying and understanding key aspects of Viking life.

Understanding and describing Viking raids.

Understanding how Viking warriors lived

Identifying Viking and Anglo-Saxon names

Vikings, long-boat, long barrow, Danelaw, Wergeld, Althing, berserker, freeman, Thor, Odin, Freyja. Origin of weekdays names.

Music

We will be:

• Improvisation work based on ‘Living On a Prayer’ by Bon Jovi
• New unit based on ‘Make You Feel My Love’ by Adele – listening and appraising, pulse, rhythm and pitch, singing, playing instruments and improvisation

Rhythm, pitch, pulse, harmony, melody, tempo, timbre.

P.E

We will be learning:

• Swimming

Netball

• To play benchball 5v5 games to build up skills in attacking and defending.
• Understanding the zones within Netball.
• Practice shooting and two had passing.

Front crawl, backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke.

Attack, defend, shoot, pivot.

 Computing

We will be learning about:

• Creating cypher codes and learning why encryption is important when sending data over the internet.
• We will be making codes using Viking Runes!

Binary code, cypher, decrypt, encrypt, Morse Code, password, security, semaphore.

R.E

We will be learning about:

• Buddhism
• Understand the Four Nobel Truths
• How the Eight Fold Path encourages people to live a better life- and links to rules in other religions.
• The Festival of Wesak.

Wesak, Buddhism, enlightenment, meditation, nirvana, mantra, Bodhi, dharama

P.S.H.E

We will be learning about:

• Be clear about the difference between confidential and secret.
• Giving praise and constructive feedback to others in polite way.
• Being able to sort differences out without hurting each other’s feelings.

Restorative justice, mediation, confidential, private, secret.

French

We will be learning about:

• How to describe our friends and  family
• Describing pets (including adjectival gender agreements)

Une famille, pere, mere, soeur, frere, un chat, un chien, un poisson rouge, un cochon d'Inde / un cobaye, un lapin, un hamster.

 English

In Guided Reading, we will be reading ‘Cosmic’ by Frank Cottrell Boyce.

We will be writing our very own:

• Information texts about Space
• Science fiction stories
• Choral poetry

Mathematics

We will be:

• Working on our Arithmetic skills
• Practising our times tables
• Reading, writing, ordering and comparing numbers up to 1 million!
• Rounding numbers to the nearest 10,100,1000,10 000 and 100 000.
• Solving addition and subtraction problems using column methods.
• Reading and interpreting line graphs, tables and timetables.

Science

We will be learning about:

• The relationship between the earth, sun and the moon.
• How the tilt on the earth’s axis affects the seasons.
• The cycles of the moon.

Art/DT

We will be:

• Experimenting with paint effects
• Using Modroc to create sculptures for our classroom!

History

We will be:

• Making a time- line and investigating the major events of the Space Race.
• Use primary and secondary sources and show the differences between them.

Music

We will be:

• Learning some classic rock songs!

P.E

We will be learning:

• Swimming
• TAG rugby

I.C.T and Computing

We will be learning about:

• We will be investigating blogs from the International Space Station and creating blogs of our own.

R.E

We will be learning about:

• The different beliefs of your classmates.
• Buddhism and the 8 fold path.

P.S.H.E

We will be learning about:

•  The fact that some substances can alter how people behave and how their body works.

French

We will be learning about:

• The culture of Morocco
• How to describe our feelings
• How to introduce others

Topic vocabulary

Spin, rotate, axis, equator, light source, shadow, sunrise, sunset, sphere, eclipse, telescope, observatory, The Solar System, gravity, moon phases