We will be starting the year with a grammar focus, linked to the book ‘The Journey’ by Francesca Sanna. We will then link English to our Geography unit on ‘Energy and Climate Change.’ We will first be writing a balanced argument about whether wind power or nuclear power is better for the environment. Then, we will be writing a persuasive persuasive speech on Climate Change.
In Maths this half term we are learning about:
Numbers up to 10 million
Comparing and ordering integers
Rounding to the nearest multiples of 10, 100, 1000 and 10,000
Formal written methods - column and bus stop methods
Addition and subtraction - up to 4 digits
Multiplication - up to 4x2 digits
Division - bus stop method for short and long division