Year Group Information

Summer Term

Foundation - Mrs Cole, Miss Boothroyd, Mrs Parry, Mrs Sanders, Mrs Oram, Mrs McMurdo & Mr Page

In Drawing Club, our Literacy texts this half term will include the retelling of traditional tales such as the Three Little Pigs and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We will also use animations to inspire writing such as Popeye and Captain Pugwash. In Phonics we will continue to consolidate and learn our set 2 sounds and use these in our independent reading and writing. Please continue to support your child’s learning at home by reading daily and commenting in your child’s reading diary.  

In Maths this half term, we will be consolidating and deepening our knowledge of numbers to 20 and beyond as well as recapping number bonds and doubling facts to 10. We will be learning about odds, evens, halves and learning to share and group different amounts equally. We will continue to solve simple addition and subtraction number problems, using real life objects to support this. We will make this more exciting and relevant to the children by using food items, to create real life mathematical problems for them to solve.  

This half term we will continue to explore the similarities and differences between seasons to help us to understand the Earth’s natural cycles and develop their understanding of weather, plants, and animals. As the weather becomes hotter, we will also learn how to take protective measures such as limiting sun exposure during peak hours, encouraging shade and providing sun protection.  

We will also start thinking about our transition to Year One and will have the opportunity to visit the year one classrooms to familiarise ourselves.  

Summer Term Learning

Year One – Mrs Whitley, Mr Ainscow, Mrs Goble & Miss Miles  

English –In English this term we will be focusing on use of exciting vocabulary. We will be using our senses to describe different parts of the story so that the children begin to write engaging sentences.  We will continue to use our phonics knowledge to write independently and will work to secure basic grammar and punctuation in preparation for Year Two.    

Maths - This term, we will continue to recap the 2s, 5s and 10s times tables.  We will learn about place value of numbers up to 100 (focusing on counting forwards and backwards to 100, find one more and one less and comparing the tens and ones in different numbers) and time (focusing on months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds and how to tell the time). This term, we will also focus on specific concepts linking to mass, volume, money and ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and last).   

Science - In Science we will continue to learn about plants! The children will learn about different wild and common plants and label their basic features. They will look for wild plants in their local area and discuss plants that we can eat. Children will then look at trees and their basic features. They will look at the difference between deciduous and evergreen trees before looking at different leaves from trees. 

Geography - In Geography, we will explore a variety of maps and learn that a map is a picture or drawing of an area of land or sea that can show human and physical features. After exploring what physical features and human features are, we will then create our own map that will include a range of symbols and a key. Finally, we will use positional language directional language to follow a map and describe a specific route.   

Computing - In computing, we will build upon our knowledge of algorithms to plan and make a computer program.  

Summer Term Learning

Year Two - Mrs Bushnell-Varney & Miss Kavanagh

English - In our English lessons, we will continue to look at how we form sentences with subjects, verbs and leftover information, making sure that we use our always checklists and our individual aim of the games. We will be exploring the world of ‘The Bog Baby’ by Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward and use this to develop our writing techniques in our own finding narratives by adding expanded noun phrases, conjunctions, similes and adverbs. After looking at finding interesting creatures we will learn how to create instructions about how to build a habitat them. 

Maths - In Maths, we will be learning about fractions. This will include recapping our existing knowledge of halves and one-quarter. We will then move onto learning about thirds, three-quarters, unit fractions and non-unit fractions. Our next unit in maths is learning to tell the time. This will include learning half past, quarter past and quarter to the hour, telling the time past and to the hour, telling the time to 5 minutes, learning how many minutes there are in an hour and learning how many hours there are in a day.  

Geography and Art – This term there will be a specific cross-curriculum link between Geography and Art. We will begin with our art unit – ‘map it out’ where we will: creatively create our own map, look at how artists are inspired by maps, create our own abstract / 3D map and use printing to create our own map artwork. This will then link to our Geography unit where we will: learn about aerial photographs, look at north, east, south and west on a compass, conduct our own traffic survey and look at being safe in our local aera. 

Science – In science, we will continue to learn about plants and what a plant needs to grow and stay healthy. We will investigate what will happen if seeds and bulbs do not have all the right conditions to grow in and will record our results within our science books. 

Summer Term Learning

Year Four - Miss Tilley, Mrs Wilson & Mrs Sheikh

Maths  - In maths this final term, we have been focusing heavily on times tables fluency. We begin the term completing the year 4 Multiplication Tables Check. We then move onto shape, statistics and position and direction to end the year.  

English  - In English, Year 4 are focusing on the text “The Lost Happy Endings” by Carol Ann Duffy. We will be writing our own narrative and then a persuasive letter based on this book. Following that our last text will be “The Journey” by Francesca Senna. This text is based on the sensitive topic of refugees and their journey so we will be covering some RSHE discussion around this too. In Reading, the year group will be exploring “Proudest Blue”, "One Dog and His Boy” and “The Accidental Diary of B.U.G”.  

Non-core  - In geography the children will be exploring landscapes, including a local walk to see our local landscape. In Science, the children will be looking at Electricity and how we use this in our everyday lives.  We will finish our term with an Art Day exploring textures and patterns.  

Summer Term Learning

Year Five - Miss Pickup, Miss Patel, Mrs Turp & Mrs Rayner 

English - During our last term in Year 5, we are focusing on balanced arguments. The children will be researching, debating and writing about keeping animals in captivity. This will provide them with an opportunity to demonstrate how they can use the English language to engage the reader. In Reading, we are focusing on texts that encourage us to think about our dreams for the future and the potential impact we can have on the world. These include: The Explorer; Big Dreams, Little People and The Lost Magic.  

Maths  - During the final Year 5 term, the children will be exploring a range of mathematical concepts: negative numbers, converting units and volume. This will allow them to make connections with previous learning and continue to prepare them for Year 6.   

Topic  - Year 5 are learning about the physical and human features of Rickley Park in Geography. This will include a walk around our local park and creating a report on how we can improve Rickley Park. In Science, the children will be learning about materials and making connections to their everyday lives. Furthermore, during our RSHE lessons we will be working on our well-being and begin the transition to Year 6. This will be supported through our computing lessons where the children will be developing their understanding of note-taking through concept mapping and their ability to effectively research topics – a crucial skill as they get older.   

Summer Term Learning

Year Six - Mrs Bull, Ms Shelmerdine, Mrs Downs, Mrs Chilton, Miss Webster & Mrs Borah  

Maths  - we will be commencing the transition units that prepare children for Year 7 maths, linked to real-life maths situations.  Initially we are focusing on money, specifically earnings and taxes.  Then we will move on to budgeting and paying for bills and expenses.   

English  - Initially, we are making sure that everyone has all of their work up to date and in tip-top form ready for the final assessments at moderation in mid-June.  Then we will be working on note taking to help prepare children for life in secondary school.  This writing skill will mostly be addressed through our history and geography. 

Science  - In Science, we are investigating how we can classify plants and animals. We will revise our knowledge of dichotomous keys and look into the work of Carl Linnaeus who first classified the animal and plant kingdoms. 

PSHE - During this final half term, we will be looking towards Year 7 and what this might be like in practice.  We will complete some lessons around transition prior to the secondary transition days.  This will give children the chance to think about questions they would like to ask when they attend in July.   

Art - The children will be working towards a final memories box that they will make using a shoe box.  Please save any shoe boxes you have!  They have already begun making a clay piece and a cardboard 3D relief.