Children will be studying the ‘Ends of the Earth’ unit. This continues the theme of the Eucharist (as it is throughout the year) which is all about thanksgiving.

Children will learn about the Journey to Emmaus. They will know the meaning of the story and the connection of this with Mass. They will learn about the Ascension and the meaning of the story, thinking about the instructions that Jesus gives. They will explore how the Trinity is represented through imagery and music and will think about how the Trinity is used in Mass. Children will explore the Early Church (Acts of the Apostles) and its work including the role and importance of Mary.

In Year 3, children will be learning about fractions, time, measurement, geometry and statistics.

In Year 4, children will be learning about decimals, fractions, measurement, geometry and statistics.

Please make sure that your child is practising their times tables at least three times a week. They can practice these through a fun interactive game on the following website: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button . Alternatively they could practise their times tables on times tables rockstars (ttrockstars.com), where they each have their own log in details and they can even win certificates at school for this. and it is a great resources to practise times tables

Throughout the summer term, children will develop their English skills by studying fiction (based on ‘A Stone Age Boy’ by Satoshi Kitamura) and non-fiction (in the form of a letter, based on the book ‘The Gardener’ by Sarah Stewart and a play script called ‘The Plague’).

Children are learning about Forces and Magnets this term. Some of this learning includes: to compare how things move on different surfaces; notice that some forces need contact between 2 objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance; and observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others. 

For ten weeks, from the start of the term, all Year 4 children will attend swimming lessons at Dorcan. Year 3 will also have PE on this day and will be together in Crocodile Class, in the mornings, for Tennis.

Children will learn to sing the song "Mama Mia" by Abba. They will listen and appraise this and other Abba songs, join in with musical activities with the use of a glockenspiel and perform and share the song. 

Children's word level and comprehension skills will be developed through whole class guided reading sessions and one to one reading.

This term, some children will be having phonic sessions twice a week as well as small intervention groups based on the ability of the child. These are regularly assessed and we follow Little Wandle for these. If your child receives phonics they will also have three practise reading sessions during the week; sessions, with just a few children, that focus on word reading and some comprehension. We have also started Fluency sessions this term, where children will receive two extra reading sessions focusing on improving their fluency (accuracy, automaticity and prosody). 

 In this unit, En Classe (In the Classroom),  children will learn how to:

 Remember and recall 12 classroom objects with their indefinite article/determiner.

 Replace an indefinite article/determiner with a possessive adjective.

 Say and write what they have and do not have in their pencil case.

This term we are doing Geography and we are aiming to answer the question "Who lives in Antarctica?"

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Describe what lines of latitude and longitude are, giving an example.
• Understand that the Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience seasons at different times.
• Define what climate zones are.
• Understand Antarctica has a polar climate made up of ice sheets, snow and mountains.
• Describe Antarctica’s location in the far south of the globe.
• State that tourism and research are the two main reasons people visit Antarctica.
• Describe equipment researchers might use and clothes they wear.
• List some of the research carried out in Antarctica.
• State the outcome of Shackleton’s expedition.
• Successfully plot four-figure grid references at the point where the vertical and horizontal line meet.
• Describe a similarity and difference between life in the UK and life in Antarctica.
• Confidently use the zoom function on a digital map.
• Begin to recall the eight points of a compass, following at least four of them.
• Recognise and describe features on their school grounds from an aerial map.
• Draw a map of the route they take on an expedition.
• State one thing that went well on the expedition and one aspect that did not go as hoped.

Last term we studied History. The unit is called 'How hard was it to invade and settle in Britain?'

• Explain how the Britons felt when the Romans left Britain.
• Suggest reasons for the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain.
• Name the key features of Anglo-Saxon settlements.
• Identify changes and continuities in settlements from prehistoric Britain.
• Make inferences about artefacts.
• Describe how Anglo-Saxon beliefs changed.
• Explain how missionaries spread Christianity.
• Explain the threat the Vikings posed to the Anglo-Saxons.
• Identify the qualities needed to be a monarch in 1066.

We are making torches in Design Technology this term. 

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Identify electrical products and explain why they are useful.
• Help to make a working switch.
• Identify the features of a torch and how it works.
• Describe what makes a torch successful.
• Create suitable designs that fit the success criteria and their own design criteria.
• Create a functioning torch with a switch according to their design criteria.