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Our class texts are 'Charlie and the Chocolate factory' and 'Harry’s House of Invention', which both link to our adventure question for the term. We will be exploring instructions for making our own potions to develop a "Strong Mind". After this, our magical adventures will continue when we write our own fantasy stories inspired by the picture book "The Lost Thing" by Shaun Tan.

 

       

 

Maths 

This term we will be focusing and building on our knowledge of place value and numbers up to 10,000. We use dienes, counters and partitioning of numbers. For times tables, we will be introducing the children to 7x, 6x and 9x tables, but we will continue to practise all tables. Children are encouraged to do their Times Tables Rockstars at home. 

Humanities 

Our whole school concept is 'Adventure' and we will explore what that might look like alongside potions, the history of medicine and where a magical potion might take us. During our study of Antarctica we will be developing our geographical skills and knowledge. We will be looking at the wonders of this frozen continent, explore atlases and develop our understanding of latitude and longitude. In PSHE we will be exploring friendships, in and out of school. We will also look at the importance of online safety.

Science 

Our Science this term is States of Matter, including the properties of solids, liquids and gases. We will investigate what happens when we freeze or heat materials. The children will be undertaking some exciting experiments along the way.