English

In English this half-term, we will be covering a wide range of text types and genres using A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett for our stimulus.

 Part of the focus will also be on improving children’s writing stamina by giving them longer to write, and to also promote more independence as we head towards year 6.

Maths

In maths, children will consolidate the four formal methods for calculation, applying these to multi-step word problems.

New learning will include learning about and calculating with negative numbers.

Topics that we will be covering across the half-term

This half-term is jam-packed with great topics.

In DT, we learn about different types of pizzas, crusts, pans, styles, chefs, etc. then design our own pizza.

We then become accountants in computing when we learn about spreadsheets.

This is followed by designing and making our own packaging for our pizza boxes.

We then finish by making our pizzas. A team of judges from the school then visit year 5 to do a taste test, a product and packaging inspection, then place mock-orders for their hypothetical supermarkets (such as Mr Craig’s Cash and Carry).   This really ties into the World Of Work curriculum theme at Surrey Street.

This unit is followed by learning about rivers in Geography, in which we will visit the River Lea. We are also hoping to do some work with Groundwork linked to the cleanness of the water and its suitability as a habitat for animals.

PE

We have PE every Tuesday and Friday

What we are learning in PE – athletics and outdoor and adventurous.

Please ensure your child has appropriate clothing; this can be in the form of plain black tracksuit bottoms or plain black shorts and a plain white or red t-shirt. If children wear all-black trainers with no other colours on as their school shoes, these can also be worn for PE

No jewellery is to be worn on PE days.

Homework

Every child is expected to complete their three-weekly reads, access TT Rockstars and practice their spellings.

Children need to read at home at least 3 times per week and log this on Boom Reader. Children who do not complete and log their three weekly reads on BoomReader will catch up on their reading during Friday breaktime.

Children need to learn their spellings each week.

Dates for your diary

In addition to the trips below, here are other important dates for this half-term:

3^rd May – Celebration Assembly

10^th May – Pizza making day

20^th May – Sports day

24^th May – Celebration Assembly

Planned Trips

25^th April – Ruby to visit Lancott, Carmine to host Lancott

2^nd May – Carmine to visit Lancott, Ruby to host Lancott

Provisional River Lea trip between 13^th May and 24^th May

3^rd June – Knebworth House trip