Our theme for Summer 2 is Moods of Music. This will be a music focused unit. We are really excited about our unit of work this half term which will involve singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, Listening to a variety of different genres of music and composing.

English: 

We will be focussing on character descriptions and setting descriptions. We will be developing our sentence structure, using a wider range of conjunctions to extend our ideas within a sentence. As well as this, we will be developing our use of adventurous vocabulary in order to write exciting and creative pieces.

Love to Read: 

Our class text will be Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians.

Maths:

This half term we will be focusing on developing the children's knowledge in the following areas: time; mass and capacity; and properties of shapes. During My Money Week children will be able to practise adding and subtracting money, giving change, and budgeting. 

Science:

We will be looking at Rocks including fossils and what their properties are, linking this to the work of Mary Anning. We will be working scientifically, which means doing lots of fun experiments, making predictions, creating conclusions, and devising fair tests!

RE:

'How do the five pillars help Muslims express their faith?'

Over the course of this unit, children will learn:

• ‘Ibadah’ means worship and any action that is
performed with the intention of obeying Allah
• the Five Pillars of Islam, which help Muslims to
ensure that their lives are dedicated to the worship
of Allah, are part of Ibadah
• the Five Pillars of Islam are a structure for the
spiritual life of Muslims

PE: 

Outdoor PE will be athletics this half term and indoor PE will be multi-skills. We will also be participating in our annual Sports Week which will include Sports Day. We hope to see you there!

MFL:

We will be learning French as our modern foreign language with a focus on 'Time'.

COMPUTING

This half term we will be looking at programming a sequence in music.

PSHE:

This half term our PSHEE topic is ‘Changing Me’ and we will be talking about the changes that bodies go through as we change from a baby to an adult. As well as this, we will discuss the impact this has on mental health and relationships.

British Value focus:

Reminding ourselves of all the values we have covered this year.

Christian Value focus: 

Courage