English - Writing to Persuade 

This term we are going to be looking at Writing to Persuade.

Our first week in English is Speeches Week, and we have been looking at why some children around the world have to go out to work and earn money for their families rather then having the chance to go to school to learn and make friends.

We read a story called ‘The Day of Ahmed’s Secret’ about a young Egyptian boy who has to go out to work everyday to deliver heavy fuel canisters because his father was no longer able to, to earn money for the family. The secret that Ahmed was keeping, was that he had learnt how to write his name and he wanted to surprise his family as he had never been able to attend school to learn this skill.

After reading this story, we had a discussion as a class about what Rights all children should have and created a mind map of our responses.

Maths - Multiplication and Division facts

We are continuing this term with more work on Multiplication and Division facts.

During Maths this week, we have continued learning about multiplication, in particular factors, factor pairs and products.

Factors are whole numbers that can be used in multiplication calculations.

Factor pairs are two whole numbers that are multiplied together.

Product is the result or answer you get after multiplying two or more numbers (factors) together.

Science - Why are insulators as important as conductors?

This term in Science we are focusing on electricity and which materials are insulators and which are conductors. We will also be learning about Thomas Edison and why he is important.

During our first lesson in Science, we learnt about how some appliances are powered by electricity or battery power.  Working in small groups, we looked at a number of different appliances and discussed with each other if these were powered by electricity, battery or used manually.

• History - What enabled the Vikings to trade around the world?

  Following on from our learning in Term 1 about Anglo-Saxons, this term we are going to be focusing on Vikings and how they traded around the world, the significance of Lindisfarne and exploring some artefacts from the Vikings. 

• Art - Why is colour value important in paintings?

  This term in art we are exploring Jackson Pollock, an abstract painter and Leonardo Da Vinci a renaissance painter and understanding how colour value is important in paintings.

• Religious Education - How does trying to follow shariah (straight path) create a community?

  This term we are exploring Islam, looking at the Islam pilgrimage to Mecca known as Hajj and how this is one of their 5 pillars of faith.

• Music - Why do we have sheet music?

  This term in music we are going to be using the Ukuleles again and continuing to understand how to play this fantastic instrument, as well as understanding why we have sheet music to help us to play an instrument.

• PSHE - Why is a healthy lifestyle important?

  During the next two terms we are going to be looking at health and wellbeing, understanding our bodies more and why we should try and follow a healthy lifestyle.

For our first lesson in PSHE this term we started discussing about how we can keep our bodies healthy, physically and mentally.

in small groups, we sorted through different images and cue cards deciding if these were healthy or unhealthy for us.

• Computing - How do you create a program on Logo?

  This term in Computing we will be looking at programming and how to create algorithms.