Newhey Community Primary School

The children will be reading and studying  Escape to Pompeii and Little Leaders in Spring Term.

Using these texts as a focus the children will be writing a narrative, a diary entry, writing their own chapter of a story, a fact file and a letter to their future self.

Alongside this, children will be looking at:

Similes

Adverbs

Adverbials of time, place, manner, frequency and possibility

Dialogue

Fronted adverbials

Standard English

Verb forms

Editing

Punctuation

Rocks and Soils

In Science, we will be observing the appearance and physical properties of rocks. The children will compare and group different rock samples, learn about fossil and soil formation and record soil drainage rates in bar charts and graphs.

Digestion and Food

After half term, children will use models to describe the function of key organs in the digestive system, identify types of human teeth, investigate factors affecting dental health and compare human and animal teeth.

Year 3

Multiplication & Division

Length & Perimeter

Fractions

Mass & Capacity

Year 4

Multiplication & Division

Length & Perimeter

Fractions

Decimals

Year 4 – preparation for the Multiplication Test in June

History

We will be learning all about the Anglo-Saxons. We will be finding out who they were and what an Anglo – Saxon settlement looked like. We will be finding out about Sutton Hoo and discussing what we can learn from it. We will find out how Christianity arrived in Britain and the beliefs of the Anglo – Saxons.  We will look at King Alfred’s rule during this period and find out how Anglo – Saxon rule came to an end.

Geography

We will be learning, why rainforests are important to us and finding out some key features of the Amazon rainforest.  We will find out the names, descriptions of the four layers of tropical rainforests, as well as identifying its biome and give examples.

We will look at, how humans are having a negative impact on the Amazon and what action can be taken to help.

Art

Painting and Mixed Media: Light and Dark

Children will develop skills in colour mixing, focusing on using tints and shades to create a 3D effect in their painting. They will experiment with composition and applying painting techniques to a personal still life piece.

Computing

Year 3 – Computer systems & networks, online safety

Year 4 – Creating media, online safety

Music

Spring 1: we will be looking at the Japanese festival of “Hanami” which celebrates Cherry Blossom and create our own musical Haiku’s to emulate this and develop our performance skills.

Design & Technology

Torches

In Design and Technology, we will be learning about the discovery of electric light bulbs and evaluating a range of exiting torches. Children will then design and make their own working torch using electrical circuits.

Religious Studies

We will be finding out “why do people pray?” We will be thinking and discussing the meanings of the words of key prayers in three religions. We will learn similarities and differences between how people pray and symbols used in prayers in different religions.