Language and Literacy

Your child will complete the following areas of Language and Literacy at their individual level:

Reading

- Developing a range of strategies to read with independence.

- Find, select and use information from a variety of sources

- Novel: Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson

- Guided Reading texts including a range of fiction and non-fiction texts for information, ideas and enjoyment

- Accelerated Reader: Home Reading and Class Quizzing

Writing

- Grammar and Punctuation: colons, semi-colons, commas, brackets, direct and indirect speech

- Spelling: Common words, ch, ence, ible, sion, ious, able

- Writing Genres: discursive writing, records of achievement

Talking and Listening

- Opportunities for discussions, explanations, role-plays and presentations; communicate information using an expanded vocabulary; structure talks

- Drama: Leavers’ Service

Mathematics and Numeracy

Your child will access the following areas of Maths at their own individual level:

Number: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division

- Add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers using a range of mental, written and calculator methods.

- Use the four operations to solve more complex word problems and puzzles involving numbers and measures, explaining methods and reasoning.

- Appreciate and use the relationship between the four operations

- Appreciate the use of brackets

- Revise all numberfacts and improve mental recall

Measures

- Talk about the continuous nature of length/weight/capacity

- Be aware of imperial units of length/weight/capacity still used in everyday life, e.g., miles, yard, feet, inches, stone, pounds, pints and gallons

- Use the four operations to solve problems related to measure

- Solve problems and carry out investigations relating to length/weight/capacity/volume using mental, pencil and paper or calculator methods.

Handling data (probability)

- Place events in order of likelihood

- Use the language of probability to predict the outcome of simple experiments and test the results.

Handling data

- Construct, label and interpret a range of graphs

- Draw and label line graphs, paying particular attention to the numbering and scaling of the axes.

-Discuss and interpret results

- Discuss the type of data that can be represented on a line graph

The World Around Us

The World Around Us topic for the Summer Term is ‘What a Wonderful World’.

During this topic we will be

- investigate how living things rely on each other within the natural world

- causes that affect the movement of people and animals

- how human activities affect habitats and ecosystems

- how place influences the nature of life

- how change is a feature of the human and natural world and may have consequences for our lives and the word around us.

- investigate food chains, weather, climate, biomes, pollution

Personal Development and Mutual Understanding

Through the LLT topic ‘Moving on’, we will be learning about:

- Health, growth and change

- Keeping safe

- Relationships with family, friends and at school

- Moving on to our next school

Pupils will take part in the ‘Cycle Proficiency’ scheme and the ‘Jass Award’.

Using ICT

We will be learning about:

- Digital storytelling film and animation

The Arts

Music: 

Listening about digital audio, listening for the elements of music, and performing using digital instruments.

Learning songs for our Leavers’ Assembly

Art and Design:

Learning about and creating digital art.

Learning about and creating art based on South and Central America.

Upcycling old clothes and fashion

Drama:

Preparation for the Leavers’ Assembly

Physical Education

Swimming: develop basic swimming and personal survival skills 

Athletics: running, jumping, throwing, preparation for sports day

Games:  mini games including netball/basketball, rounders

Religious Education

Religion Education is provided via the Bible Time stories and activity booklets