collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenti

Extreme Earth

Thechildrengainathoroughknowledgeofthewatercycle,coastsandrivers,mountains,volcanoes,earthquakes,climatezonesandbiomesthroughapplyingthe

knowledgegainedfromtheirresearchinpracticaltaskssuchasmodel making,

drama,artworkanddance.

Mathematics

Practisingmentalstrategiesforadditionandsubtraction•Addingandsubtractwhole,anddecimal,numbers•Roundingtocheckanswers•Solveproblemsinvolvingmoneyandchange•Practisingmentalstrategiesformultiplicationanddivision•Multiplyinganddividingusingformalwrittenmethods•Usinginverseoperations•Extractinginformationfrombarandlinegraphs•Identifyingangles•Identifyingandexpressingratios•Findingproportions•Findinglinesofsymmetryandreflectingshapes•understandanduseapproximateequivalencesbetweenmetricunitsandcommonimperialunits•ReadingRomannumeralsto1000(M)andrecognisingyearswritteninRomannumerals.

Literacy

Writing–Selectinggrammarandvocabularytocreateanimpactonthereader.Establishingaviewpointasthewriterthroughcommentingon

charactersandevents.Usingthecorrectfeaturesandsentencestructurematchedtothetexttypeweareworkingon.

Reading-toexplorethemeaningofidiomaticandfigurativelanguage,tocommentonawriter’suseoflanguageforeffectandtojustify

inferenceswithevidencefromthetext.

PSHE

Wewillexplorefeelings,andtackletheissueofchangeandequip

childrenwithanunderstandingofdifferenttypesofchange,positiveandnegative,andcommonhumanresponsestoit.Thesechangeswill

encompassthoseexperiencedduringpuberty.

Science

Wewillinvestigatedifferentmaterials,theirusesandpropertiesaswellasdissolving,separatingmixturesandirreversiblechanges.

Wewilluseknowledgeofsolids,liquidsandgasestodecidehowmixturesmightbeseparated,includingthroughfiltering,sievingand

evaporating.Furthermore,wewilllearnaboutthestagesinthegrowthanddevelopmentofhumans,includingchangesexperiencedinpuberty.

Religious Education

WewilllearnabouttheChurch’sCelebrationofEasterthroughtheEasterVigilandtheChurch’sbeliefineternallifethroughtheEasterStoryandtheStoryoftheAscensionofJesusintoheaven.OurPentecostunitwillgivechildrenagreaterinsightintotheChurch’sbeliefintheHolySpirit.ItwillalsoexploretheChristianbeliefintheHolyTrinityandprayeranddevotiontotheHolySpirit.significantroletheApostlesplayedinproclaimingtheGoodNews.PupilswillalsoreflectontheworkoftheApostlesasbuildingthefoundationsoftheChurchwhichcontinuestoproclaimtheGoodNewsofChristtoday.Lastly,wewilllookattheSacramentsofMarriageandHolyOrders.ItisdesignedtohelpthemappreciatethateverybodyhassomeresponsibilityandparttoplayinthelifeoftheChurch.

Computing

Cryptography:learninghowtowekeepinformationsecurebyusingcodes.Usinglogicalreasoningtoexplain howalgorithmswork.UnderstandhowtheInternetcanprovidetheWWW.Usetechnologysafelyandresponsibly.

Useturtleandvectorgraphicstoexploregeometricart.Usesequence,selectionandrepetitioninprograms.Select,useandcombineavarietyofsoftwareonarangeofdigitaldevices.

D&T / ART

Learnaboutlifeinanearthquakezone;compileandpractiseaclassearthquakedrill;findouthowbuildingsarebuilttowithstandearthquakesandthendesign

yourownearthquake-proofstructure.

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