Our topic for Term Five is: Where the Land meets the Sea
Literacy Topics
Persuasive Writing, Plays and Dialogues Spelling Punctuation and Grammar
Persuasive Writing - Animals in Captivity
Children will…
Discuss the question; are zoos good or bad? They will look at information to
help them decide their own opinion on this matter, beginning with Zoo by
Anthony Browne and Rainbow Bear by Michael Morpurgo before moving on to
analysing different persuasive writing. Finally they will write to persuade us to be
for or against zoos.
Plays and Dialogue
Children will...
Define a proverb and work out the meanings. Identify and use adverbs and
powerful verbs. Create characters using description, stage directions and
dialogue. Compare dialogue and playscripts. Write and perform two playscripts:
based on a proverb and on a Roald Dahl chapter.
Grammar Focus
Children will...
Use and understand grammatical terminology
Recognise and use adjectives, nouns and adverbs
Understand and use adverbials and fronted adverbials.
Recognise simple sentences
Identify and use compound and complex sentences
Use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time or cause
Extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider
range of conjunctions
Use dialogue punctuation
Mathematics
Mental Starters
Place Value
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
Fractions
Maths topics;
Statistics
Number and Place Value
Fractions, decimals and length
Area, Perimeter and coordinates
Shape, symmetry, angles and length
Spanish
Spanish vocabulary and culture
Topic (Science/Geography/Computing)– Coastal Habitats
Children Will…
Get enthused about coastlines and the animals and plants that live there
Carry out research and use your research to deepen knowledge of coastal food
chains and webs; create an engaging and informative wildlife documentary
about a coastal scene
Use the IT programme Scratch to create a simple stop-motion animation about a
coastal food chain
Add titles, credits and an audio narration to create a mini movie.
Science – Living things and their Habitats
Children will…
Revise the characteristics of living things & the basic needs their habitats
supply. Establish why classification of plants & animals is important & classify
minibeasts. Read & construct food chains & webs. Recognise that environments
can change.
Computing/Maths – We are HTML Editors
Children will…
In this unit the children learn about the history of the web, before studying HTML
(hypertext mark-up language), the language in which web pages are written.
They learn to edit and write HTML, and then use this knowledge to create a web
page.
Physical Education – Swimming
Children will…
Work towards swimming competently, confidently and proficiently over a
distance of at least 25 metres.
Learn touse a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke
and breaststroke]
Learn to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
Music
In Harmony orchestra, theory and small group sessions.
How you can help
Firstly, please come and watch our assembly on Friday of week two! It
will show off all the wonderful things we’ve been learning about recently.
The topic focus for this term is habitats. Natural habitats as well as
unnatural and controversial habitats such as zoos. In literacy we will be
researching and forming arguments which are for and against the
existence of zoos.
What can I do to help at home?
Your child’s confidence at school will be boosted if you discuss and read
about the topics at home. They will be more likely join in with discussion
and get down to work with greater motivation. Go to the local library or
hop on the internet and look for information about habitats and zoos.
HERBERT MORRISON
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Information for Parents of
Children in Camel Class
Year
We are learning about how websites and apps are built and computer
languages such as HTML. Great websites for children to look up and try
at home are ‘Raspberry Pi’ and ‘Mozilla Thimble’. Remember internet
safety! Make sure you know how to filter the types of websites your
children can search and find.
Listen to your child reading regularly. A short period of time daily is much
better than a long session once a week. Children are reading more
fluently at this stage but need support to discuss phrases and unknown
vocabulary. If they are reluctant to sit down and read a story then get
them to research something online, read a magazine or even the back of
a cereal packet. It will all help!
In Maths we will be working on statistics, fractions, geometry as well as
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in many different
contexts. Support your child by testing them on their times tables
regularly and in random order. Make sure your child is using Mathletics. It
is brilliant for their mental maths, which is the key to becoming a
competent mathematician! Spellodrome is the same but for spelling so
use that too. It requires the same login details to Mathletics.
Homework
Set aside time for your child to do their homework. Get your child to
explain the task to you before they start to work on it independently so
that they can clarify it for themselves.
Term 5