Don’t forget, next week we shall be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 3rd March. Children are welcome to dress up as their favourite book character on the day.

What are we learning this week?

Maths – 

• To use accurately the method of long division with and without remainders (three-digit by two-digit, four-digit by two-digit numbers)
• To use long division with decimal remainders (1 decimal place)
• To use long division with fraction remainders
• To use long division with decimal remainders (2 decimal places)
• To the best way to interpret and represent remainders from a range of division contexts​

English – 

This term, our English lessons have been centred around the text Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. This week, our learning objectives are:

• To plan a travel guide.
• To write a travel guide.

Science – 

• To be able to describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.

Computing – 

To design and create a promotional video based on Japan

This week, we are celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week and we will also be raising awareness for Safer Internet Day.

What are we learning this week?

Maths – 

• To explain the relationship between the mean and sharing equally
• To calculate the mean of a set of data
• To explain how the mean changes when the total quantity or number of values changes
• To calculate the mean when one of the values in the data set is zero or missing
• To use the mean to make comparisons between two sets of information
• To explain when the mean is not an appropriate representation of a set of data

English – 

This term, our English lessons have been centred around the text Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. This week, our learning objectives are:

• To edit and up-level my newspaper report.
• To identify the key features of a travel guide
• To up-level an existing travel guide.
• To plan a travel guide.

Science – 

• To be able to identify and name the main parts of the human  circulatory system, and explain the functions of the heart, blood vessels
  and blood.
• To be able to plan  pattern-seeking enquiry.
• To be able to report causal relationships.
• To be able to record results using a line graph.

RE – 

Our key questions that we will be investigating are:

• ´What is the Dharma?
• ´What are the Four Noble Truths?
• ´What is the Eightfold Noble Path, why is it important to Buddhists?
• ´What are the 5 precepts and how are they important for a Buddhist lifestyle?
• ´What is Karma?

Music – 

• To listen to music and describe its effects and use of musical dimensions 
  
•  To create a musical background to accompany a poem