Spring Term 2

Our topic for the second part of the Spring Term will be China- and our enquiry question is “What is it like to live in Shanghai”. The topic will cover many areas of National Curriculum and will give the children a cross curricular approach to their learning. This will include:

English – reading "The Secret Sky Garden" where we will be answering comprehension questions, creating setting descriptions. We will also be creating a non fiction piece of text. We will also be learning CEW and having a grammar focus on adding suffixes, prefixes and making plural using -3 and -es. We will also be looking at the importance of capital letters for proper nouns 

Phonics - we will be using our Floppy Phonics scheme to teach phonics to the children. We will be continuing to introduce the alternative spellings from level 5 and learning the rules for when different alternative spellings are used. We will also be embedding phonics already taught and getting ready for the phonics screening check in June.

Maths - During this half term we will be focusing on Place Value, Length & Height, Mass & Volume. 

Science – Our science focus will be looking at Caring for the Planet. We will also be observing seasonal changes and we will be doing some planting and observing changes in plants and creating a diary for the changes we observe. 

DT- Our DT studies will be focused on mechanisms and we will planning and working towards making a matching slider game. 

Geography – We will start by looking at our local area and then having a look at where abouts China is in the world and comparing Shanghai to where we live. 

Computing - We will be focusing on creating media where we will be looking at different ways of creating media including taking photos using different technology. 

PE - We will be looking at target and invasion games and we will develop different skills including different types of throwing and catching, and understanding roles of defenders and attackers in games. 

Music - We will be looking at "Your imagination pop" as part of our Charanga music scheme and will also be working towards our Easter Service towards the end of the half term. 

RE- Christianity

Our main focus for RE this half term and enquiry question is "Why eas Jesus welcomed like a King or celebrity by the crowds on Palm Sunday?" We will also be looking at the Easter story and why it is important to Christians. 

PSHE - We will be looking at healthy lifestyle where we will be looking at healthy, balanced and active lifestyles and why it is imporatnt to stay healthy.