Welcome to the summer term in Swans!

This half-term in English we will be exploring the book 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers, where children will write their own ‘found’ tags for other animals which turn up in the classroom, re-tell the story in their own words and write a sequence of instructions using consistent tense, detailed diagrams and numbers or words indicating chronological order. To finish, children will write their own version of a ‘lost and found’ story.

In maths, we will build upon our knowledge of length/height and mass/volume before moving on to discover multiplication and division for the first time, using concrete resources and arrays. We will also investigate fractions such as halves and quarters. We will then move onto geometry, thinking about position and direction including quarter, half and three quarter turns.

Science focusses on 'Plants and plant growth', an idea we have been building on by developing our vegetable/fruit bed and herb garden and planting in our KS1 garden. We will be learning about deciduous and evergreen trees and naming a variety of common wild and garden plants.  We will be exploring the 7 continents of the world alongside the 5 oceans in Geography, including revisiting learning about maps and globes, from Autumn one in Swans.

In Art, we will be learning all about architecture and the features used in famous buildings like St Paul’s cathedral and Southwark cathedral. This unit will culminate in the children making a clay pinch pot gargoyle. Life Skills' focus is relationships when we ask 'What makes a good friend?' In computing, we will be learning more about e-safety, data and information. PE will cover athletics and sending and receiving.

In RE, we focus on Judaism and ask 'Is Shabbat important to Jewish children?' Music lessons will focus on having fun with improvisation, and we think about the question; 'What songs can we sing to help us through the day?' We will be using glockenspiels to practice the notes C, D, E, F, F♯, G, and A.