Summer 1

This page will give you an outline of the topics we will be learning about this half term. 

Guided Reading

In guided reading, we will be reading the book ‘Arthur and The Golden Rope’.

We will answer questions around the key reading areas: vocabulary, inference, prediction, explain, retrieval, summary. 

English

English this half term will be text led, focusing on the book ‘Journey’. 

Throughout this unit, all children will:

• Use preposition and adverbs to express time, place and cause.
• Use the present perfect tense
• Group ideas in to paragraphs.

Maths
Our maths focuses this half term are fractions and money. Throughout these units, the children will:

• Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole
• Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators
• Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both £ and p in practical contexts
   

Science

In science we will be learning about Animals including Humans with a focus on nutrition. Throughout this unit, the children will: 

• Understand the different food groups and the nutrition they provide.
• Explore the nutritional value of different food.
• Understand that animals need the right nutrition. 
• Create a food chain and explain what it shows. 
• Create a food web.

History
In History, we will be learning about The Vikings. Throughout this topic, the children will:

• Recognise bias in some sources about the Vikings.
• Extract and interpret information about Vikings from many sources.
• Make observations of Viking artefacts and inter about Viking life. 
• Explore the features of Viking longboats.
• Understand why trading was important to the Vikings
• Understand why the Vikings came to Britain.

DT

In DT, we will be learning about seasonal foods and creating a seasonal salad. 

In RE, our Big Question is ‘What do I think about Jesus and how is he portrayed in art from around the world? Why is the cross important for Christians?

​​PSHE

In PSHE we will be learning about similarities and differences through the story Huey’s New Jumper.
 

Computing
In Computing, we will be creating video trailers.    

Music
In music, the children will be about pentatonic melodies. 

PE
PE will take place on Wednesday and Thursday with Mr. Hutchinson l and Mr. Kelly. Please ensure your child comes in to school in their full PE kits on these days. 

Homework

Homework will be sent home on a Wednesday and needs to be returned the following Tuesday. This will include:

-Spellings on Google Classroom (to be tested on a Wednesday). 

-An English or reading activity on Google Classroom.

-A maths activity set on MyMaths.

Reading books: 
The children will be given a levelled book and this can be changed when the children have read it. It is important to re-read the book once you have finished as it will help you to build on your reading skills. Please ensure reading books are brought into school every day so that children can be listened to and work on their reading targets throughout the school week. 

If you have any questions/queries, please email me on lemurs@parkgate.cheshire.sch.uk 

Many thanks,

Miss Morris