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