We will be using our core text, "No Ballet Shoes In Syria", to write creatively using a range of writing techniques. This is a gripping and thought-provoking story exploring the experience of an eleven-year-old girl fleeing conflict in Syria. Having just arrived in the UK, eleven-year-old Aya attempts to help her mother and baby brother navigate their new life as asylum seekers.

Our learning in maths will move through different units this half term, including algebra, fractions, decimals and percentages.

We will be learning about animals including humans with a focus on a healthy lifestyle and how the heart helps us function day to day. The children will be answering the question "How can we maintain healthy lifestyles?"

In History we will be answering the question of " Should the Benin Bronzes have been returned?" by learning about the the Anicent Benin empire from the 13th century.

In Computing the children will be learning about data on spreadsheets and how to format them to show this data. In Online Safety the children will learning about how search engines work and how results are selected.

In RE we will be learning about different types of places of worship and the significance of beliefs.

In PE, we will be developing our understanding of dance and different balances. The children will also be delveloping their skills in football with a focus on passing and movement.

In DT, the children will be desiging, creating and evaluting their own patchwork quilt. They will look at the different materials that can be used and the different examples of stitches.

In French, the children will be recapping their knowledge of verbs and beginning to learn about naming parts of the body.