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TERM 3 and TERM 4
It seems strange to think we are already at the beginning of a brand new term, may we take this opportunity to wish you a wonderful 2025!
We are particularly excited for the spring term as we will be covering one of our favourite subjects, 'The Tudors'. For our topic learning we will be looking at all aspects of Tudor life and comparing the lifestyle of the rich to that of the poor- everything from food to fashion! We will also look at Sir Francis Drake and how London has changed from Tudor times to now. We will be incorporating this into our artwork where will be looking at the portraits of Hans Holbein, having a go at re-creating our own Tudor portrait. In Term 4 we will be moving onto Tudor food in DT.
In English we are reading 'Treason' by Berlie Doherty and will be beginning the term writing a persuasive advert before moving onto some narrative writing as well as some non-fiction pieces.
In Maths, we are looking at multiplication and division as well as fractions and decimals. We also hope to look at length and perimeter as we approach the end of Term 4. In the next week or so we would have finished the four operations and while we will continue to cover these as part of our daily arithmetic, it is really important that the children continue to practice at home, particularly their times tables.
In Science, over the spring term, we will be looking at Earth and Space and Animals including humans. We will be carrying out lots of research into these amazing units of work.
In RE, first we will be studying a unit entitled 'People of God' where we will be investigating how following God can bring freedom and justice to Christians? As we work through Term 4 we will focus on Salvation and together we will look at what Jesus did to save human beings?
Among all the excitement which we have already mentioned, we will also being doing football in PE as well as our weekly swimming lessons; lots of fabulous things to look forward to.
Year 5 have made a great start to the year and we look forward to seeing them continue to rise to the challenges we set and grow as learners and people.