Year Group Information
Summer Term Learning
In Reception this half term we will be exploring the topic of Minibeasts. We will be Minibeast explorers, hunting for bugs in different habitats in the school grounds including Forest School. We will have an exciting visit from ‘Safari Stu’, and his amazing animal encounter, where we will have the opportunity to observe and handle a range of small animals. We continue to watch our growing tadpoles, and will also be observing the lifecycle of caterpillars, and hopefully watch as they turn into butterflies. We will be having regular updates from Mrs Baker to see how some of the chicks we hatched are growing and changing.
Our Literacy texts this half term will include lots of different genres around minibeasts, including poems, songs, non-fiction, and stories such as ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. In Phonics we will continue to consolidate and learn more sounds and ‘red’ words and use these in our independent reading and writing.
In Maths this half term, we will explore numbers to 20 and beyond - we will represent and build these numbers in a range of ways, such as using multiple tens frames - and observe the number patterns when counting. We will be consolidating and deepening our knowledge of number bonds and doubling. We will also be learning about odds, evens and sharing out different numbers equally. We will be solving number problems including simple addition and subtraction, including some with more than one step. We will be making collage with different 2d shapes, which we will manipulate and rotate.
Please continue to support your child’s learning at home by: reading daily and commenting in your child’s reading diary, logging onto the Google Classroom to view the weekly Big Idea / Homework activities.
This half term we are welcoming Reception back to Forest School on a Wednesday morning. The will be learning all about different insects and their habitats and making their own insect hotels!
Summer Term Learning
English
Year One will start the summer term by exploring non-fiction texts in English. We will continue to develop our phonics skills through this and the children will be encouraged to write more independently, using their phonics knowledge. The children will continue to focus on grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary. They will also be expected to develop their spoken language by participating in class discussions and through presenting work to an audience.
Maths
In maths, we will be introducing the concepts of multiplication and division through repeatedly adding, grouping and sharing. The children will use lots of practical resources to build their understanding of equal groups. This will lead nicely into our fractions unit where we will be finding a half and a quarter.
Topic
In History we will be looking at the lives of significant individuals who have contributed to national and international achievements. The children will learn about the lives of Neil Armstrong and Tim Peake and will understand what makes them important. We will also sequence historical events. Our learning in science will focus on plants. We will be planting some seeds and observing what happens over time. We will be learning about common trees and plants and going out to identify them on the school grounds.
Summer Term Learning
English - In English, we will be reading 'The Pirates Next Door' by Jonny Duddle and use this book to work on our retrieval and inference skills. We will continue to focus on key grammar skills needed for Year 2 such as time adverbials, expanded noun phrases, contractions and a wide range of punctuation. We will then apply these grammar skills in our next writing unit based on the 'The Night Pirates' and the adventures of Tom.
Maths - We will be building on our knowledge of the four main operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We will also be looking at shape, space and measure. If you would like to support your child further at home, please encourage them to tell the time to five minutes using both an analogue and digital clock.
Topic- In science this term, we will be learning about what plants need to stay healthy. We will carry out our own investigations into what plants need to grow well. We will also closely observe how the plants grow and how they may look if they do not get the things that they need. We will look at a range of plants from around the world to see how they have adapted to the different environments which they live in. We will also learn the different between deciduous and evergreen trees. In our art lessons we will learn about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers. We will describe the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines. We will use this information to make links to our own pieces of work. We will link our computing lessons to music and will explore, edit and combine sounds using a programme called 2Sequence. In our history lessons we will explore the lives of famous people such as Florence Nightingale, Christopher Columbus and Grace Darling. In our music lessons we will use musical notation to write and play our own melodies. We will also be exploring, editing and combining sounds using a programme called 2Sequence.
On a Wednesday and Friday afternoon year 2 will be coming to Forest School. They will be learning how to use the tools safely with adult support, learning about the different plants and trees that grow in our school and the habitats of native wildlife.
Summer Term Learning
Maths - In Summer 1, year 3 will begin their fractions unit. We will continue to build upon key principles of maths through arithmetic lessons. The children will start by recapping on previous learning of fractions such as; find a half, quarter and third of shapes and numbers before moving onto counting in fractions.
English - In Summer 1, our fiction piece of writing will be based on the story 'The incredible book eating boy'. The children will also continue to develop their SPAG skills through revision style grammar lessons. We will finish Summer 1 with a non-fiction unit of writing based on fairy-tale newspapers.
Topic (non-core) -Our topic this term is still Hakuna Mutata. During this topic we will delve into many interesting areas of science, history and art. We will discuss light in science and how it helps us to see and developing our very own book bags based on the best reflective materials. History will see us go back in time to the stone age period and compare how life was different to what it is now. In line with our history work, our art will be based on cave paintings towards the end of term.
Summer Term Learning
In Year 4 the children will continue their topic- Incredible Industries! Having spent last half term building up prior knowledge and undertaking extensive research, the children are now applying what they have learnt. To refresh and kick start the second part of the topic, we will be going to see Victorian history at Milton Keynes Museum! This marvellous middle of our topic will help re-energise the children to learn much more about why the industrial revolution was so incredible during the Victorian era.
Maths
In Maths, Year 4 will be learning about decimals. Before the children start to apply their decimal knowledge further, we will revisit number bonds to 100 first.
English
In Reading, the classes will begin the exciting story 'The Borrowers.' Although it is fiction, it presents similarities and contrasts to our Victorian learning. English will also take the children down the narrative route of writing with the help of the Borrowers text. They will be creating their own narratives based on what impact the vocabulary from the text has on the reader and how they feel about the story.
Topic
In Science, the children will continue to learn about digestive and why it is important to look after our teeth. We will continue to look at the industrial revolution in History, the importance of rivers and land use in Geography and finally Islam in RE.
Summer Term Learning
Topic
Year 5 have begun their final topic of the year "Circle of Life". Over summer 1 we will be being scientists through our study of plants and life cycles of mammals and other animals. We will be being historians through our continued research based on our local study of Bletchley Park. Specifically, we will be researching and learning about the women of Bletchley Park. We will be being musicians in our upcoming music week where we will explore South and North African music. We will be being engineers and technicians in our DT week where we will explore levers, pulleys and gears. In RSHE we will be exploring our understanding of economics and money management. In RE we will be exploring Christian's involvement in the local community. To explore this further we will have a visit from Amy at Bridgebuilder to talk through this.
English
We will be being authors and activists in English as we write a balanced argument and move onto a narrative towards the end of this half term based on the book "The Explorer" by Katherine Rundell. In reading we will be immersing ourselves in "Goldfish Boy", "Coming to England" and "Real-Life Mysteries" this half term.
Maths
We will be being mathematicians as we continue our study of fractions and move onto decimals and percentages.
Summer Term Learning
Maths
In Maths, we are preparing for the upcoming tests by consolidating our prior knowledge and developing our fluency. Afterwards, we will be learning about statistics!
English
In English we will be consolidating grammar knowledge and understanding, ensuring that we have the skills we need for secondary school. In reading, we will be looking at a range of texts that will help with transition issues as well as furthering our reading skills.
Topic
In Science, we are applying our knowledge of electricity to create a functioning toy! Afterwards, we will be investigating living things and their habitats. This will involve classifying animals and microorganisms.