English

This term in English we are looking at how we can entertain an audience with our writing.

For the first two weeks of the term we will be looking at the poem 'The Magic Box by Kit Wright, as part of our Poetry Slam.

During Poetry Slam week, we practiced the poem and then working in our small groups we decided how we could recite the poem together, adding in actions and props to engage our audience.

The Magic Box by Kit Wright

The children have worked hard over the last two weeks to learn the poem 'The Magic Box' off by heart and work on how they could perform this to an audience.

We hope you enjoy our performances.

Little Red Riding Hood

This week in English, we have been looking at the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood and during this lesson, we focused on the Big Bad Wolf.  Working in groups, we watched the clip where the Big Bad Wolf was trying to get into Grandma's house, then we wrote down some open ended questions that we could use when hot seating the Wolf.

Maths

This term in Maths we are continuing on with our learning about time, how to read an analogue clock, as well as converting time from 12-hour to 24-hour.

In the first two weeks of the term, we will complete our Multiplication Times Tables Checks as part of the Governments assessment. Please encourage your child to continue to practise these keys facts as they will benefit your child's learning in all Maths areas.

History

in History this term, we are continuing to look at the Ancient Egyptians, in particular how important the River Nile was to their civilisation and the discovery of King Tutankhamun tomb by Howard Carter.

Geography

In Geography this term, we are looking at why Ancient Egyptian civilisations were successful due to the River Nile.  We will start our learning on this topic looking closely at where the River Nile's features and which African countries it runs through, before really looking at Egypt.

Science

During Term 6, we will be continuing to look at the question we began in Term 5, Are some animals more alike than others?  We will continue looking at how we can use Classification Keys to helps us to identify animals and plants from one another and then we will look at the human impact on animals habitats.

Natural Environments

In our Science lesson today, we looked closely at natural habitats for animals and how different pollutions that are caused by humans can affect the animals in those environments.

Weedy Sea Dragons

In our Science lesson today, we learnt about Weedy Sea Dragons that live along the south Australian coast line and how these little creatures are under threat from human activity. Pretending to be one of these creatures, we wrote a letter to the world asking them to support and protect us.

Design Technology

In our Design Technology lesson this term, we are going to be looking at healthy eating and the children will be creating their own recipes for a healthy snack bar aimed at children of Primary school age to eat during their breaktimes.

During our first lesson of Design Technology this term, we have been looking at how we get food, whether it has been grown, reared, caught or processed.

At the end of our lessons in DT, we are going to be innovating our own healthy snack bars, aimed at children our age to help. To help us do this, today in our lesson we taste tested  5 different existing snack bars and evaluated them.

Religious Education

During Religious Education this term, we are continuing to look at Pilgrimages, focusing more on the Christian pilgrimages around the world.

We will also be going on our own pilgrimage this term during our school trip to Walsingham.