Summer Term 1

Reading

In reading this half-term, the children will be focussing on ‘Alice in Wonderland’ as their fiction text. They will look at the themes and conventions of it before making links between it and other texts they have read, identifying similarities and differences. They will also work on answering inference questions using information from the text to support their answers. They will then do the same with non-fiction texts and poems.

To help your child at home, please continue to encourage them to read daily and record their progress in their planners for the teachers to see.

Writing

During each half-term, the children will produce one piece of fiction and one piece of non-fiction writing. Throughout these learning journeys, they will acquire new grammar skills, practise their application, and develop extended pieces of writing.

The first piece of writing that children will compose is a narrative. They will be rewriting Alice in Wonderland, which adverbs to express time and subordinating conjunctions. This half-term they will also be taught how to use a single-word fronted adverbial to express manner (swiftly, he dodged the incoming ball).

The second piece children will write will be a recount (in letter form). During this learning journey, they will revisit learning about prepositions, the articles ‘a’ and ‘an’ and the constructs of a recount (such as paragraphing, chronological order and past tense).

Maths

During this half-term, learning will focus on the following units:

Geometry, Shape and Space

Children will learn to:

• draw 2D shapes and make 3D shapes using modelling materials
• recognise 3D shapes in different orientations and describe them

Multiplication

Children will learn to:

• Use the standard written method to multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number.
• Use related facts to calculate multiplications.

Science

During this half-term, children will complete a chemistry unit on rocks and soils. They will learn to classify rocks according to their properties and will learn how fossils are formed.

History

This half-term children will continue their learning on the Romans. They will learn how they invaded Britain and their influence on Britain today.

Geography

In Geography, the children are researching aspects of London’s physical and human features, their benefits they have in the area and will use this knowledge to decide whether London should build more buildings or acquire more boats.

Languages

In Spanish this half-term, the children will beginning learning about families and will use their new and learnt knowledge throughout the year to describe who is in their family, what they look like and how old they are.

Computing

In Computing the children are learning to design and make animations using stop-motion animation.

RSHE

The children will recap healthy living (previously taught in science) and the impact this has on their bodies and how it can increase our chances of illnesses. The children will begin using formal debate to discuss an issue, chosen by the children, regarding habits to support health.

RE

In RE this half-term, the children will be investigating meanings behind symbols, specifically the tree and what it represents in their lives and also the lives of Christians and Hindus within their tradition.

PE

This half-term, we will continue work on our Physical cog as we complete the Real PE unit. This cog teaches the children to develop their reaction and response skills. The children will also be learning how to play tennis using the skills they have learnt.