Wider Curiculum

PSHE – Jigsaw – Changing Me

In this Puzzle the children revisit self-esteem and self/body-image. They learn that we all have perceptions about ourselves and others, and these may be right or wrong. They also reflect on how social media and the media can promote unhelpful comparison and how to manage this. Children look at what becoming a teenager means for them with an increase in freedom, rights and responsibilities. They also look at the perceptions that surround teenagers and reflect whether they are always accurate. The children will be learning about puberty and human reproduction and will be encouraged to ask questions and seek clarification about anything they don’t understand.

Music

This half term the children will be honing in their ukulele skills and build upon what they learnt last year. 

Pupils will learn the chords C, F, G7 and G in order of difficulty, beginning with the easiest; the chord of C.

Computing - Programming – selection in quizzes

In this unit, learners develop their knowledge of selection by revisiting how conditions can be used in programs and then learning how the If… Then… Else structure can be used to select different outcomes depending on whether a condition is true or false. They represent this understanding in algorithms and then by constructing programs using the Scratch programming environment. They use their knowledge of writing programs and using selection to control outcomes to design a quiz in response to a given task and implement it as a program.

Art – Painting and mixed media: Portraits

Children will be creating interesting portrait drawings using words, experimenting with materials and techniques, and constructing self-portraits that represent aspects of themselves.

DT –Textiles: Stuffed Toys

In this unit we will be designing our very own simple stuffed toy. Learning how to complete a blanket stitch then constructing and evaluating our work.

History – Crime and Punishment

Children will learn about crime and punishment in British history that extends their chronological knowledge beyond 1066. They will learn changes in an aspect of social history, crime and punishment from the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, medieval Britain, the Victorian era to the present day.