In Autumn 1 we are learning…
In Writing we will be writing our own narrative based on The Borrowers by Mary Norton and we will then be moving on to write our own recount.
In Oracy we will be learning about how to use pauses and movement for effect when speaking to an audience. We will put these skills to use presenting our learning about the Romans, answering the question, What happened when the Romans came to Britain?
In Maths, we will be focusing on Place Value (within 10,000), learning to read, write, partition, and compare numbers to 10,000 as well as positioning these on a number line. We will also be rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000 and learning about Roman Numerals.
In RE we will be looking at Genesis 1 and at the concepts of Creation and Fall.
In History, we will be learning about the ancient Romans and what happened when they came to Britain.
In PE, we will be developing our group tactics and invasion skills as we learn to play Handball and starting our swimming lessons.
In Computing, we will be learning about various Internet Technologies; communicating to a wider audience on the VLE; using the internet for self-directed learning and Google maps and Google Earth to plan journeys and find landmarks.
In French, we will be learning the vocab for parts of the face and to read a short text (a traditional poem)
In Music, we will be learning about interesting time signatures and improvising and performing instrumental parts. As well as learning that when sections repeat and change this is the structure of music.
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