Foundation Subjects

History

Anglo-Saxons and Scots

We will learn about the Anglo-Saxons and how they used to live, settle, divide and conquer. During our lessons this half term, we will discuss land boundaries, investigate what an Anglo-Saxon day would have been like and describe how Britain changed between the end of the Roman occupation and the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

RE

Christianity – Jesus

Focus question: What do we mean by a miracle?

Computing

Radio Station

This unit allows children to use software and digital devices for recording sound. Based around the theme of a Radio Station, it is designed to encourage a creative approach that includes interviewing, making adverts and using jingles. Other software is incorporated where children write scripts and design additional advertising for their Radio Station. Opportunities are included for children to present, listen, review and evaluate their own content as well as professional and commercial examples, plus those created by their peers.

Spanish

Clothes

In Spanish, we will be learning nouns and articles for items of clothing, recapping colours and adjectival agreements. We will consolidate all the vocabulary for clothing and introduce present tense AR verbs using “llevar” (to wear). We will also revisit weather and the use of “cuando”. E.g. When it’s cold I wear a coat - Cuando hace frío llevo un abrigo.

Music

Enjoying Musical Styles

There are so many different, wonderful and interesting styles of music. Something that happens in music that makes it so interesting is ‘texture’. ‘Texture’ refers to the layers of sound you hear in a piece of music. Texture can be the number of voices and instruments you hear at once. Styles of music have different textures. Explore how voices and instruments combine to create texture in music.

Art

Portraits

In this topic, we will learn how to draw a portrait, with variation in size and placement, with drawing with words. Pupils will try a variety of materials and compositions for the backgrounds of their drawings and to be able to communicate to their peers what kind of drawing they want to produce. Children to create a successful print whilst being able to describe their work whilst using art-specific vocabulary.