Cornerstones

Our topics are:

Blood Heart, Identity and Leadership and Peacekeepers The children will learn: Leadership and Peacekeepers

• Actively engage with a range of stimuli, and take opportunities to participate in enquiries, both collaboratively and independently.

• Use appropriate methods to gather information related to enquiries and interpret the information obtained in the context of the enquiry question. Persuasive Writing – Global/Community Issues

• Form, express and discuss their own opinions on a range of issues after considering evidence and the views of others.

• Present findings in a variety of ways, drawing conclusions and making judgements based on the evidence used. Identity

• Begin to understand that interpretations are influenced by identity, experiences, viewpoints and beliefs.

• Understand that injustice and inequality exist in societies. Also have an understanding of what human rights are and why they are important to themselves and other people.

• Explain where human rights came from and that there are laws to protect human rights in the UK

Maths

Big maths strategies will be taught throughout.

The children will learn:

• Financial Literacy

• Percentages

• Fractions, decimals and percentage link

• Negative numbers (in context/abstract)

• Multi step add and subtract problems

• Add and subtract integers

• Multiply 2 digits (area model)

• Multiply by 2 digit number

• Long division

• Factors and common factors

• Primes to 100

• Squares and cubes

• Translations, reflections, rotational symmetry and tessellation

Co-ordinates • Graphs • Angl

Literacy

Our novel is:

Bill’s New Frock Non fiction text:

Great Peacekeepers – True Stories from Around the World

The children will learn:

• Listening to follow instructions.

• To present to an audience.

• Listening to respond to a variety of ideas and opinions.

• Formal and informal language.

• Research skills – skimming, scanning and note taking. • Guided reading – developing fluency and exploring text features.

• Understanding reading strategies.

• Weekly spelling and vocabulary.

• Grammar and Punctuation – proof reading and editing. Our topic is: Life Cycles The children will learn: Let’s Investigate

• What’s in blood? • Inheritance

• Why are things classified? Star Science • Healthy Eating • Changing Circuits Full Investigation

• What can your heart rate tell you? • Begin to understand that interpretations are influenced by identity, experiences, viewpoints and beliefs.

• Understand that injustice and inequality exist in societies. Also have an understanding of what human rights are and why they are important to themselves and other people.

• Explain where human rights came from and that there are laws to protect human rights in the UK. • Co-ordinates

• Graphs

• Angles

• Handwriting – revising letter formation and joins.

• Monologue/soliloquy

• Discussion/Debate • Persuasion – letter writing and/or speech writing

• Poetry – Free Verse

Science

Our topic is:

Life Cycles The children will learn:

Let’s Investigate

• What’s in blood?

• Inheritance

• Why are things classified? Star Science

• Healthy Eating

• Changing Circuits Full Investigation

• What can your heart rate tell you?