In English, we will be...

• Exploring Shakespeare's famous play "Romeo and Juliet"

• Learning to write a split narrative capturing Rome and Juliet meeting at the ball. This will include describing the setting and characters, create an atmosphere through the selection of vocabulary and grammatical structures from two different perspectives. 

• Integrate dialogue within the narrative to allow the plot in the story to develop. 

• They will also write a biography

In History we will be...

• understand the development of the early British Police Force and its role in the process leading to prosecution. 

• understand and evaluate the impact that reformers had on Victorian Britain.

• understand how the reformatory system impact children in Victorian England. 

•  understand how the justice system has changed from the Victorian Era to today.

• evaluate the effectiveness of Victorian punishment methods. 

In Maths, we will be...

• focus on Arithmetic skills , including using formal written methods effectively

• learn about negative numbers, decimals

• increase our knowledge on measure and convert units correctly

• explore volume and capacity

•  will revise aspects of maths from this year to ensure retention of skills

In Science, we will be...

• investigate the water resistance of materials

• analyse the suitability of materials as thermal insulators

• compare and contrast the solubility of a variety of solids.

• explore reversible changes

• explore a range of non-reversible changes

• research new materials produced by chemists

In Reading, we continue to read texts of their interests 1-1

We will be using the following reading skills:

• Inference

• Evaluating

• Making Connections

• Asking Questions

• Predicting

• Summarising

• Clarifying

In French, we will...

• recognise, recall and spell ten different vegetables

• formulate a short phrase in the foreign language using the structure ‘I would like’ plus a quantity of various vegetables

• use the conjunction ‘and’ to formulate longer and more interesting sentences

In R.H.E, we will be...

• Health and well being

• explain how sleep contributes to a healthy lifestyle understand the benefits of sleep and and how to maintain sleep strategies 

• identify the benefits of being outdoors and in the sun for physical and mental health how to  manage risk in relation to sun exposure, including skin damage and heat stroke 

• describe strategies to help manage feelings of failure and how to embrace failure

• develop strategies to set short-term, medium-term and long-term goals

• global curriculum link; explore multiple perspectives and alternative visions of the future

• explain how medicines can contribute to health and how allergies can be managed that some  diseases can be prevented by vaccinations and immunisations that bacteria and viruses can affect  health

• understand how they can prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses with everyday hygiene  routines

• recognise the shared responsibility of keeping a clean environment

In RE, we will be focusing on Peace being a state of calmness, harmony, and freedom from conflict.

• Inner peace refers to feeling calm and content within oneself

• Interpersonal peace refers to having positive and peaceful relationships with others

• Global peace refers to working towards a world without war and violence 

• Peace is a central theme and aim in all religions 

• Western religions mainly focus on peace within their community, whereas Eastern religions mainly focus on inner peace 

• Symbols of peace are used worldwide to promote community cohesion for peace 

• Meditation, mindfulness and prayer can be practised to find inner peace 

• Martin Luther King and Gandhi are key pacifists who lead non-violent peaceful protests to bring about social change and equality

In Art and DT, we will be...

• Creating a mood board based on the Elizabethan time

• They will design and make their own masquerade masks to share with others in the school

• Use and apply known stitches

• Embellish their masks to make it more extravangant

Home Learning

At Delce Academy we encourage our children to:

• Read every evening and record this in their reading record

• Learn their spellings for the week

• Practice their Times Tables daily using TTRS or the worksheet provided

Please add any experiences or events the children take part or are proud of to Tapestry. Learning from school will be added to Tapestry to help you discuss with your child what they are learning at school. 

Logins for Timetable Rockstars and Purple Mash are on Tapestry. 

P.E:

• Children have swimming every Friday Afternoon and require appropriate swimwear and a towel.

• All Children have an enrichment club either: Sport, Computing or Art on Friday afternoon.

• Children can wear a plain white t-shirt, plain black tracksuit and black trainers on Fridays. These clothes should be loose enough that they can change after swimming independently.