This Summer half term, our class topic is ‘Summer Holidays’. This week, we introduced the topic by visiting a travel agent to find some travel brochures and used them back at school to choose where we would like to go for our dream holiday. In week 2, we will focus on how we can stay safe on our summer holidays. In week 3, we will learn about holidays of the past and how seaside holidays in particular have changed over the years. In week 4, we will learn about ‘staycations’ and how they differ to holidays abroad. In week 5, we will learn about the weather of different holiday locations and how weather affects activities and packing. In week 6, we will learn about eco-tourism and how holidaying in specific areas has had a negative impact on the environment. For our final two days of this academic year, we will look back at our achievements over the year and celebrate with some fabulous summer fun activities and enjoy some summer treats (hopefully outside in the grounds with some lovely sunshine to keep us company).

For our off-site physical activity this half term, we will continue with our weekly cycling sessions, however, the track we use will be hosting school sporting events this year and so on weeks that we are unable to cycle, we will participate in other off-site activities such as football, tennis or cross country running instead. We also look forward to some fabulous community visit opportunities, including a trip to the beach next week, visits to local parks and travel centres.

In our Science sessions, we will be completing the White Rose scheme of work, focussing on living things and their habitats before moving on to exploring plants, bulbs and seeds. We will be learning about microhabitats, food chains in the animal kingdom and will also explore animals that live today versus animals that are now extinct. When we move on to our plants topic, we will conduct an investigation looking at bulbs and seeds and explore how they change over time.

In our Jigsaw PSHE sessions, we will be focusing on our new topic ‘Changing Me’. We will cover areas such as how we grow, as well as looking in more depth at internal and external changes that our bodies go through when we grow/reach puberty.

For our R.E. focus for this half term, we will be following the unit ‘Why do people make promises?’ over the next few weeks, exploring and comparing how different religious and non-religious communities demonstrate commitment through making promises e.g. in marriage, at birth, rites of passage etc.

If there is any other information you would like me to provide you with or if you have any questions, please do get in touch.    

Nikki