Autumn term 1

For the first week of English we will be discussing what you did over the summer holidays. By the end of the week the children in Merlin class will have completed a recount of their holidays as well as a poem linked to what they did during the summer. For the rest of the term we will be reading and basing our work on the texts 'Tom's Midnight Garden' by Phillippa Pearce, 'The magicians Elephant' by Kate DiCamillo and 'The Magnifying glass' by Walter de la Mere. 

In Maths, we will be looking at place value including Roman numerals as well as improving our addition and subtraction skills of 4 digit numbers. 

In Science, we will be learning about forces and how important gravity is for our planet. We will also conduct an experiment to help us explain friction on different surfaces. 

Our foundation subjects for this half term are as follows:

History: The Stuarts

PSHE: Being me in my world 

Music: Harvest songs

PE: Tudor dancing

Spanish: My family 

RE: Christianity

Art: Stuart landscapes

Please keep encouraging the children to keep practising their spellings- using their word lists, and reading as frequently as possible.

PE is every MONDAY so please come appropriately dressed - refer to the parent meeting powerpoint for more information.