Spring Term

Focus Texts:

The Skies Above my Eyes - Charlotte Guilian

Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz

English:

• Write and design a newspaper report about the Moon landing.
• Take part in and write a balanced argument.
• Write a diary entry.
• Write a fantasy story.

Maths:

• Multiplication and division.
• Fractions.
• Decimals and percentages.

Science:

• Describe the movement of the Earth and other planets in relation to the Sun.
• Describe the Sun, Earth and Moon.
• Understand how the Earth's rotation leads to day and night.
• Margaret Hamilton - NASA
• Stephen Hawking and Neil DeGrasse Tyson - Reclassified Pluto as a Drawf Planet.
• Make comparisons between primary and secondary resources. 
• Describe the changes as humans develop to old age.

Geography:

• Europe, North and South America.
• Volcanoes and Earthquakes. 

RE:

• Research and discuss how people's beliefs about God, the world and other have an impact on their lives. - Compare these with our own lives and how this impacts on us.
• Understand what sacred texts say about God. - Make comparisons between Christianity, Hinduism and Islam.

Art and Design:

• Peter Thorpe
• Harold Cohen
• Create space themed abstract art.
• Create digital art using a computer program.

Design and Technology:

• Construct a rocket using toy gears, pullys and cams.

Music:

• Continue to develop Masters of Music Skills on different instruments.
• Play melodies on a variety of instruments.

Computing:

• Control or stimulate physical systems.
• Use logical reasoning to detect and correct errors in programs.
• Understand how computer networks can provide multiple services.
• Appreciate how search results are selected. 

French:

• Ordering drinks.
• Ordering snacks.
• Quantities.
• Use language for real purposes.
• Numbers 1-60.
• Greetings.
• Some typical french foods.

PE:

• Tennis.
• Rugby.

PSHE / SRE:

• Recognise an unhealthy relationship.
• Know how to describe the range and intensity of feelings to others. 
• Understand how to manage complex and conflicting emotions.
• Identify the changes that happen at puberty.
• Understand human reproduction in the context of the human life cycle.