Number:

• Recall multiplication facts.
• Use estimation to check that an answer to a calcula on is reasonable (e.g. Knowing that 48 +35 will be less than 100).
• Solving 1 and 2 step word problems using the 4 operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).

Measurement:

• Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); the results using >, < and =
• Reading scales.
• Fractions: identifying 1/2, 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 and 1/3.
• Recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value.
• Read scales in divisions of 2s, 5s and 10s where all numbers on the scale are given (reading the temperature on a thermometer or measuring jug).
• Recognise and tell the time on an analogue clock to the nearest 15 minutes.

Key questions:

• Is a half more than a quarter?
• How many minutes between 9am and 9:15am?

Plants:

• This half term we will continue to study plants. We shall be learning about the life cycle of plants and looking at them in their different habitats.
• Through practical activities and work in class we shall be helping the children to develop their knowledge of plants locally and in other habitats.

Key questions:

• Can you describe the life cycle of a plant?
• What plants would you find in a forest?
• What is a habitat?
• Can you think of a local habitat?
• What plants would you find there?

Map work:

• In this topic children will use infor- ma on books to compare places that they have studied.
• They will discuss basic human and physical features.
• They will work on identifying and recognising the seven continents and ve oceans on maps, globes and atlases.
• Pupils will also nd out about the hot and cold places of the world in relation to the equator and North and South poles.
• Comparing islands and Mainlands.

Key questions:

• Why is this part of the world hot?
• Which continent is this?

P.E. – Gymnastics

• Can I balance using my hands, feet or seat?
• Can I copy stretching movements for different parts of the body?
• Can I perform simple rolls e.g. for- ward, pencil, teddy-bear?
• Can I create different shapes when balancing e.g. thin, wide, twisted?

Computing:

This term pupils will be exploring the computer topic ‘We are detectives’. Pupils will learn to research a given topic safely, effectively and efficiently. They will follow a structured approach and make use of mind-mapping techniques in order to organise their research. Finally they will share their findings with other pupils through a short multimedia presentation.

Key Questions:

• Can you add questions to a mind map?
• Where would you find the information that you need on this website?
• Can you name some ways that we can all stay safe when using the internet?

What’s the Score?

• Using vocabulary of music and practising: dynamics
• Can I use vocabulary, such as: piano, forte?

No History Studies this half term

• I can identify members of my family and answer simple questions about them.
• We will also be looking at names of the days of the week and months of the year.

• To explore life in different countries
• To explain how their life is different to the lives of children in other countries.

Key questions:

• What similarities do all children have across the world?

Food technology:

• Where our food comes from.
• Creating a recipe for a healthy drink. Measuring out the ingredients. Peeling, chopping and grating fruit.

Key questions:

• Where do we get our food from?
• What does it mean to be healthy?
• How will you make sure it is tasty to drink?

Buddhism

• Important stories from the Buddhist faith.

Key questions:

• What values are important to Buddhists?
• What do Buddhists believe?

No Art Studies this half term