Lower Key Stage 2
Frenchwood Community Primary School | |||
This is what your child will be learning this half term | |||
Cycle A | Y3/4. | Autumn 1 | |
English | This term, children will read, enjoy and perform, The Treasure of The Loch Ness Monster by Lori Don They will analyse the features of the story, they read before creating, practising and sharing their own. Later in the term, they will plan and write their own information texts linked to the Loch Ness Monster. | ||
Maths | Place Value, Addition and Subtraction Length and Perimeter Statistics Addition and Subtraction Learning Check | ||
Science | Sound Your child will learn to identifying how sounds are made; finding patterns between the pitch/ volume of a sound and the features of the object that produced it. Children will classify sound sources. Children will explore string telephones/ear gongs and measure sound over distances. Children will measure sound through insulating materials. | ||
PE | Indoor – Playground games – Handball Outdoor - Invasion Games 3 – Touch Ball | ||
Geography | Why do people live near Volcanoes? Name all four layers of the Earth in the correct order, stating one fact about each layer. Explain one or more ways a mountain can be formed and give an example of a mountain range and its continent. Describe a tectonic plate and know that mountains occur along plate boundaries. Correctly label the features of shield and composite volcanoes and explain how they form. Explain a mix of negative and positive consequences of living near a volcano. We will learn all about how earthquakes are caused and how they affect the community We will Identify rock types and their origins based on collected data. | ||
Art or DT | Cooking and Nutrition - Adapting a recipe Evaluating existing biscuits recipes, children then work in groups to adapt a simple biscuit recipe to create a biscuit suited to a chosen target audience. They ensure that their creation comes within a given budget of overheads and ingredients. | ||
PSHE | Being Me in my World Understand that they are important • Know what a personal goal is • Understanding what a challenge is • Know why rules are needed and how these relate to choices and consequences • Know that actions can affect others’ feelings • Know that others may hold different views • Know that the school has a shared set of values | ||
Computing | Online safety Children will begin the term with online safety looking at, ‘Beliefs, opinions and facts on the internet. They will be considering if information is a belief, opinion or a fact. They will then learn about emailing, how to send an email, add an attachment and how to recognise unkind behaviour online and know how to report it. | ||
Music | Charanga – Let your spirit fly All the learning is focused around one song: Let Your Spirit Fly. The material presents an integrated approach to music where games, the dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc), singing and playing instruments are all linked. | ||
RE | Hinduism – This term we will be looking at the stories behind the gods Vishnu and Rama and the goddess Sita. We will also learn about the Hindu festival of Diwali. | ||
MFL | Spanish. find Spain on a map and be able to recall at least 1 Spanish-speaking country. use key greetings. ask and answer the question ‘How are you?’ in Spanish. ask and answer the question ‘What is your name?’ in Spanish. count to 10 in Spanish. read, write, say and recognise 10 colours in Spanish. | ||