Spring Term 2 - 2024

Welcome to Y4/5 class! We are split into two classes: Sycamore and Birch. We have some really exciting areas of learning to delve into this term!

English

During this half term, Year 4 will be exploring The Nothing To See Here Hotel. They will create a newspaper article to retell the events, and learn how to write limericks to describe the creatures they encounter.

Year 5 will be exploring picture books as part of our learning in English this half term. The children will explore the author's use of language for purpose and intent, and will look at adapting speech into a playscript, using the books When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest and A Different Pond by Bao Phi.

We will develop our reading and writing skills through the use of VIPERS:

Vocabulary
Inference
Prediction
Explanation
Retrieval
Summary
Using VIPERS helps us to examine the techniques used by the author, delve into the meaning behind words and replicate aspects in our own writing. We will then create our own piece of writing in the style of a non-fiction text. 

Maths

In Year 4, children are starting to review and consolidate prior knowledge. Children will revisit the four operations, looking at written addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They will also explore shape, including discussing properties of shapes, finding the area of a given shape as well as position on a grid. We will be focusing especially on times tables to prepare for the multiplication check after half term. 

This term, Year 5 will measure and compare angles, estimate and calculate area, volume, and capacity. Pupils will focus on fractions, learning to add, subtract, and convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions. They will practice multiplication, division, and solving problems using various strategies, including mental methods and short division. Students will also develop skills in using standard units of length, mass, and volume, and will interpret data by calculating the mode, median, and range, solving real-life multi-step problems.

Science

In Science we will be exploring Animal Life Cycles.

Geography

In our Geography lessons, we will be exploring the journey our food and clothes take during the manufacturing process.

Music

This half term, Sycamore will be exploring film music for musicals. Birch will be revising the notation tree and composition.

MFL

The focus this half term is to explore vocabulary to describe habitats.

Art 

In our Art lessons, we are focusing on designing for a purpose, such as creating a client brief.

Computing

In our Computing lessons this half term, the children will explore stop-motion animation.

P.E.

Our two topics for P.E. this half term are Whole School Dance and Tennis. 

R.E.

In this half term, our question is What would Jesus do? (Can we live by the values of Jesus in the twenty-first century?) We will explore what it means to follow in the values of Jesus.

SMSC

We love exploring the units on 1Decision. They are giving the children a good insight into the world and offering advice on how to conduct themselves as good and honest citizens, whilst keeping themselves safe at all times. We are learning about making the right choice and becoming responsible for their actions. 

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Reilly and Miss Jessup