In English our core text is Oliver Twist. The children will learn how Oliver Twist's life has been a hard and desperate one. With his mother dying during his birth, and having no idea who his father was, Oliver has spent his first nine years struggling to survive in a world that has little pity for a poor orphan such as him. This book will help us learn about how different social classes are perceived and treated and explore the wealth inequality in Victorian society. As their outcome the children will be writing their own play script of Oliver Twist.

Our topic this half term is Why should we care for our world? The children will be looking at the importance of the environment to the different faiths around the world. They will explain and describe why people of different faiths think its vital that people should care not only for others but also the environment. 

In maths the children will continue to deepen their knowledge of fractions by learning to add and subtract fractions. They will then move on to explore non-unit and unit fractions of a set of amount before moving onto building on their knowledge of fractions by finding a fraction of an amount and applying this to a range of contexts, including multi-step calculations.

This term the children will be focusing on Athletics. Throughout this term the children will learn to sprint rapidly over short distances while being aware of others. They will know how to demonstrate a good running posture. Sprint short distances as part of a team and respond rapidly to a stimulus/command. They will  then move on to further develop their mobility and co-ordination and learn to demonstrate a variety of throwing techniques.

Our topic for science this half term is plants. The children will learn the different parts of a plant and what are their functions. They will what plants require in order to grow and know about the life cycle of a plant including the different methods of seed dispersal.

In PSHE, the children will understand why we have rules and that there are consequences to their actions. They will move on to learn that payments can be made in different ways and recognize the benefits of creating a budget. 

This term we will be focusing on The Bronze Age. The children will learn how people in Britain transitioned from using stone tools to weapons made of bronze. They will explore how people in the Bronze Age lived from food and farming to their burial of the dead.

This term our topic is Online Safety - Managing online information. The children will know how to use key phrases in search engines. They will also learn that the internet can be used to buy things. They will then move on to explain the difference between belief and opinion before moving on to learn that that not all opinions are accepted and how to speak to someone they trust.

In D.T the children will be designing and creating their very own money containers. They will learn how to sew using a range of different stitches and and add patterns or buttons to decoration to improve the appearance of their money containers. 

In French the children will continue to learn numbers up to 31. They will then move on to learn the days of the week and the months of the year.

Our topic this term is 'Enjoying Improvisation'. In this unit the children will explore the structure of songs and will recognise the patterns in the song. Throughout the unit the children will listen, sing, play as well as improvise their own songs.

• PE will now be every Thursday and Fridays for rugby. Children must only wear PE kit on these days

• Monday 5th May 2025 - May Day Bank Holiday - School Closed  for pupils and staff

• Tuesday 6th May 2025 - School open as normal 

• Friday 23rd May: Last day of term (normal school day) 

• Monday 2nd June: Back to school