Author: Rebecca

Autumn Term 2020
Base 4
Year 4/5
Treason by Berlie Doherty

Maths
We will be revisiting the previous year’s key objectives and building this into the new expectations for their current year.
This term will focus on key maths skills such as,:
number and place value
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication and division
Fractions

History
Concept: Cause and consequence
Study of a theme that extends their chronological knowledge beyond 1066– We will be focusing on life and times during the reign of Henry 8th, focusing on the excommunication of Henry, the dissolution of the monasteries and the creation of the Church of England– The Reformation. This will have strong connections with our RE studies.
“He was my father’s cousin, and he used to live in a monastery, before King Henry closed them down.”Pg 5

Geography
Human and physical geography of a religion in a European country - Vatican City and South America: Las Lajas – sanctuary in Colombia (bascilica)
Use map, atlases, globes and digital /computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied.
“And so it went on, line after line of our most beloved prayer, tossing backwards and forwards in Latin and English.” Pg 118

English
We will be revisiting the previous year’s key objectives and building this into the new expectations for their current year.
Writing :
We will be writing a range of genres including a newspaper reports, story writing, factual reports and much more
Reading:
We will be spending lots of time reading a range of texts from different genres and will have a book club too!

Science
This term we will be refreshing our knowledge of light and also electricity. We will also be learning about the earth, sun and moon, looking at the work of key scientists; Galileo Galilei and Copernicus.

PSHE
There are no outsiders in our school
Christopher Winter Project RSE
Anti-bullying week November
offline / online

Art and Design
A sense of me; self-portraits
Artist - Holbein
Portraits - symbolism
“Henry turned from her...and said loudly ‘I don’t like her’ PG 245
Creating a model of a ruined priory using wood and clay.

RE
Catholic church, we will look at the tiers within this – parish-diocesan-Rome-global
What does it mean to belong to a faith community?
We will ask the question; ‘Does worship make you happy?
“I knew that Brother John would never betray his faith.” Pg 117
We will link our learning very closely with our geography and history.

Music
Appreciate and understand high quality music from different traditions – Gregorian chants; choral –gospel
Building on knowledge of notation from Brass tuition with notation for keyboard—Greensleeves/ Green Willow written by Henry 8th.
“Green Willow– that song is not played here now. King henry hates the memory of Anne Boleyn.” Pg 65

A Sense of Place, A Sense of Belonging
Each Base will be focusing on an area in the village , we will focus on St Margaret’s
Church and we plan to explore both the church and its grounds, we will compare this with the religious places we find in our geography

PE
Competitive games and dance– focusing on flexibility as a skill.

Computing
Use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly: online safety