Lower Key Stage 2

Frenchwood Community Primary School - Parent Overview 

This is what your child will be learning this half term 

Cycle B 

Y3/4. 

Summer 2 

English 

This term, children will read, enjoy and perform classic poetry such as The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt. They will analyse the features of the poems they read before creating, practising and sharing their own. Later in the term, they will plan and write their own explanation texts linked to an area of science. 

Maths 

Year 3 

NFER. Place value. Calculation 

Fractions. Statistics. Time 

Record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours. Solve problems involving time. 

Year 4 

NFER. Factions. 2D -3D shape  

Statistics 

Place Value 

Science 

States of matter. 

Your child will compare and group materials according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases. Children will observe how materials change state. Children will develop their skills using close observation and classification of a range of solids. Children will investigate using a variety of tools and scientific equipment. 

PE 

Indoor – Gymnastics- This term, the children will create and demonstrate a gymnastics sequence of 6 actions.   

Outdoor – Athletics- This term, the children will perform a combination of 5 jumps. 

History 

Geography 

Geography – What are rivers and how are they used? 

To describe how the water cycle works.  

To recognise the features and courses of a river, describe how rivers are used, name and locate some of the world’s longest rivers.  

Art or DT 

Painting and mixed media: Prehistoric painting  

Investigating making their own paints, making tools and painting on different surfaces, the children explore prehistoric art. 

PSHE 

Changing me - We will be looking at body parts and using correct scientific names. 

Music 

Charanga – Reflect, rewind and replay 

This Unit of Work consolidates the learning that has occurred during the year. All the learning is focused around revisiting songs and musical activities, a context for the History of Music and the beginnings of the Language of Music. 

RE 

Hinduism – This term we will learn about the Hindu holy scriptures (the Ramayana) and the Raksha Bandhan ceremony and celebration. 

MFL 

This term, the children will be learning about Goldilocks in Spanish. They will learn to:  

• Explain in Spanish the key elements animals and plants need to survive in their habitat. 

• Give examples in Spanish of the most common habitats for plants and animals and name an example of these habitats. 

• Explain in Spanish which animals live in these different habitats.  

• Give examples in Spanish of which plants live in these different habitats. 

Computing  

Online safety: Learning how to navigate the internet in an informed, safe and respectful way.  

Children throughout this unit will learn and understand the following: why some results come before others when searching and that not all information is grounded in fact; learn to make judgements about accuracy of online searches and identify respectful and disrespectful online behaviour.