In Swallowtail, our topic for this half term will be ‘Machine and Robots’.

In English, we will be exploring robots and machines. We will be looking at both fictional and real-world examples and comparing the two, seeing what the differences and similarities are. We will be making use of three books to help us with our learning. These are, Can I Build Another Me? by Shinsuke Yoshitake, Iron Man by Ted Hughes, and The Wild Robot by Peter Brown.

Can I Build Another Me? follows a child’s wild imagination as he clones himself into a robot and then starts to ponder what makes him, him. Iron Man follows a giant iron figure on the loose in a farming community, explores themes of friendship, kindness and isolation in an imaginative way. The Wild Robot follows Roz, a robot that awakens in the wild and begins to explore the world around her, knowing not how she came to be there or what her purpose is. We, as a class, will be creating a display board that will contain work, information and art based on our topic.

In Maths, we will continue with our streamed White Rose curriculum, which for this half term we will be looking at measuring length and height.

For Science, we will be looking at plants and will be exploring things from the different parts of plants and their functions, to pollination and the life cycle of a plant. We will be utilising White Rose resources to assist in our learning.

Our PSHE topic, making use of Jigsaw and its resources, will be finishing the topic of ‘Healthy Me’, and then starting the topic of ‘Relationships’. Through this, we will be exploring what makes a healthy relationship, and what different kind of relationships exist.

Our art sessions will reflect our topic of ‘Machines and Robots’, and each week we will be making art inspired by our topic, and the three books we will be using to aid in our learning. For example, we will be making a class robot as part of our display board.

For food tech we will be cooking a different dish each week and practicing the basic skills needed to cook and be safe in a kitchen.

We are all looking forward to a fun and eventful half term.

Tom and The Swallowtail Class Team