Term 1

A little summary of what we’ll be learning this term!

Literacy

• Scan For key words to help make an oral or written summary.
• Identify features of non-fiction text (e.g contents page, glossary etc)
• Understand how to write verbs in the past, present and future tense.
• Use of powerful verbs.
• Revise and extend work on adjectives, including superlative and comparative adjectives.
• Extend use of adverbs in their writing.
• Re-read own writing to check for grammatical sense and accuracy.
• Recount writing- we will be writing a diary entry about an imaginary trip to Egypt!
• Poetry writing.
• Onomatopoeias and similes in poetry.

Maths

• Vertical addition and subtraction
• Vertical multiplication 
• Division with and without remainders
• Place value of numbers up to 10,000
• Rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
• 2D and 3D shapes
• Drawing and interpreting bar charts.

The World Around Us

• Ancient Egypt

Personal Development and Mutual Understanding

• PATHS: 
  • Rules and why we need them
  • Pupil of the Day
  • Feelings and relationships
• NSPCC Keeping Safe 
  • Healthy Relationships
• Helping Hands program
  • Developing Children's self esteem
  • Feelings

R.E.

• Joseph
• Moses

Art

• Activities related to Ancient Egypt Topic; e.g writing name in hieroglyphics, Ancient Egyptian drawing styles