Week beginning 14th October 2019

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We shall be visiting the Fairfield Halls on Wednesday 16th October 2019 for a concert, which shall be held by Whitgift School, we shall return in time for lunch.

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Maths – We shall be looking at multiplication and division over the next two weeks, using both written and mental strategies.

English – Over this half term, our lessons shall be based on our class reading book Goodnight Mister Tom and our topic The Second World War. This week, we shall be starting our new unit of War Poetry. We shall be learning to recite, read and comment on a range of war poetry whilst using video imagery to inspire our own ideas.

Science – Our topic this half term is Electricity. This week, we shall be looking at circuit symbols and identifying whether a circuit will work or not.

PSHE – We shall be learning about New Beginnings.

RE – Our RE lessons shall be taught by Mrs Forde. This half term’s unit is Buddhism.

PE –  On Fridays we have our Basketball sessions and on Tuesdays we have our Swimming sessions. Please make sure that your child has their full PE kit in school.

Spanish – We shall be learning show to ask and talk about my name, extend our numbers from 1-10 up to 20 and continue to showcase our homework.

History –Over the next two weeks, we shall be learning about the role of women during WW2.

Computing – We shall be continuing to look at online safety this half term.