Scorpion Class

English

This term in English, we will be exploring a warning story based on a famous fairy tale. We will be considering how changing the language and features can make the story more suspenseful and therefore better suited to an older audience. We will be focussing on how to use expanded noun phrases, adverbials and figurative language to create an atmospheric setting. After that, the children will be looking at creating recounts in the form of a news report. We will focus on chronological order, adapting our style to suit the purpose and using reported and direct speech.  Within both topics, the pupils will be using story-mapping, boxing up and innovating the text before producing their own versions.

Maths

We will start the year by revising our understanding of place value and partitioning numbers up to 10,000,000.  We will then move on to refining our use of written calculation methods for the four operations. 

Science

During this unit children will build on their knowledge of the circulatory system from Year 2. They will learn that William Harvey was a doctor who suggested the heart was at the centre of a circulatory system that moved blood around the body. They will learn that, because of his work, scientists and doctors now know that the heart and blood vessels are parts of our circulatory system and that our circulatory and respiratory systems keep us alive. We know that our heart is divided into four chambers and blood enters and exits the heart. As the heart beats, it pumps the blood out to the lungs for a new supply of oxygen. Blood vessels, called arteries, carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart. Blood vessels, called veins, carry blood back to your heart to be pumped to the lungs for more oxygen. Children will learn the importance of each part of the circulatory system including arteries, veins and capillaries

History

This half term we will be studying the Victorian era. The children will be learning about the introduction of the Poor Law and the Education Act as well as events such as the Great Exhibition and the scientific and engineering innovations that took place during this period.

Geography

During this half term, the children will be revisiting and building on their knowledge of spatial sense. They will looking further into map reading and time zones as well as exploring the Arctic and Antarctic circle in more detail.

Physical Education

We will be developing our tag rugby skills and badminton skills during our lessons this half –term.    

Religious Education

Our lessons this half term will explore the Buddhist religion. The children will explore the eight fold path and read some Jakarta tales which demonstrate the qualities Buddha lived his own life by. They will also be looking at a Buddhist temple. 

Music

A unit of work that explores the music and composers of the Baroque Period and investigating the structural and stylistic features of their work.. 

Personal, Social and Health Education

This half term we will be learning about ‘rights’ and ‘responsibilities’ and thinking about why these are important.  We will be discussing how they different for children and adults; we will also learn about the role of the Government and how laws are established in the country. 

Art

Our lessons this term will explore prior knowledge of colour, line, texture and shape.  We will recap harmonious and complementary colours and how colour can convey emotion.  We will also look at how artists include implied and actual lines in their work before observing, drawing and painting natural objects.

Computing

This half term we will be learning about why coded messages were used during World War 2 and the role of the codebreakers at Bletchley Park in decoding them.  The children will explore various cipher codes in closer detail and learn about how significant individuals have contributed compute science. 

Spanish

During this half term, the children will revisit some of the core language they learned last year (e.g. asking and answering their name, where they live, greetings and days of the week).  The children will also be introduced to names for rooms in a school and nouns for classroom objects.