Introduction

Welcome to the summer term!! There are lots of activities planned for the children's final term in Devonshire including our residential trip to Alfriston. We will be continuing our revision for the SATs in May and will be focusing on our musical production for the second half term.

Core curriculum areas

Literacy

We will be studying Kensukes Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo this term and will be revising the art of critical commentaries on specified texts. Children will be encouraged to reflect critically on the text and make comparisons between this text and other novels by the same author in reading journals. Also, children will continue to practise their reading comprehension skills and their ability to read, analyse and produce examples of explanatory texts.

In word work children will be exploring the effect of figurative language focusing on rhetorical devices. They will develop their knowledge of prefixes and suffixes and devise mnemonics for challenging spellings.

Numeracy

Children will be investigating the four rules, money and real life problems, fractions, decimals and percentages. Investigations will also take place into data handling involving the analysis and construction of pie charts, line graphs and conversion charts. In addition, children will be developing their understanding of the properties of 2 and 3 D shapes.

Science

The children will focus on dissolving materials and how to separate solids and liquids from each other. They will also discover how materials may change through heat or reaction to another material and whether this change is reversible. The children will discover more about the natural world that can be found around them and comparing it to what they see at Alfriston.

Information and communication technology (ICT)

The children will learn about web design.

Foundation subjects

Geography/History

Children will be completing a unit entitled 'Contrasting Localities' which will focus upon the physical and human differences between Sutton and Alfriston (the location of their residential visit).

Religious education (RE)

The children will be considerng the importance of religious writings.

Physical education (PE)

We will be focusing on cricket skills and later in the term a variety of athletic events.

Personal, social and health education (PSHE)

Children will be undertaking a variety of speaking and listening skills including Circle Time to address issues which arise involving their transfer to High School.

Art

Children will be involved in the design of the set for their musical production and in the making of costumes and props.

Design technology (DT)

The children will be very busy, designing and creating scenery and props for their end of term production. They will also have the opportunity to create their own short soap animation sequence.

You can help at home with

Reading with your child and helping them with their homework.

Helping and encouraging them with revision tasks before the SATs in May.