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Physical Education: In

outdoor games, we will be

developing skills with tennis.

This will involve improving

hand-eye coordination and

accuracy in different tennis

strokes. In dance, we will be

creating and performing a

space dance.

What was it like

in Roman times?

Art:Linking to our

Literacy topic, we will be

using textiles and fabric

paints to retell the story

of Romulus and Remus

through a series of

images.

ICT: In relation to our Science

topic, we will be using databases

to ask questions and find out

about the planets in our Solar

System.

Science:We will be learning

more about the Earth, Sun and

Moon including how we get day

and night as well as the seasons.

We will also investigate the

phases of the moon and how

shadows appear to move

throughout the day.

Maths:We will be learning to read,write and order bigger numbers as

well as improve the written

methods for addition, subtraction,

multiplication and division

.Additionally, we will investigate

fractions and decimals as well as

learn more about how to collect

data and record it in a variety of

graphs. Throughout the term,

these topics will be taught usingproblem solving and real life skills.

History:We will be finding out who the Celts were and why the

Romans chose to invade and settle in Britain. Also, we will be

learning about what life was like in the Roman Army and why

Roman soldiers were such effective fighters. Furthermore, we

will discover the story behind Boudicca and her brave but

tragic revolt against the Romans.

Literacy: We will be learning the

story of Romulus and Remus (a

famous Roman legend) which will lead

into planning and writing our own

Beat the Villainstories. We will

also be writing war poems based on

Boudiccas revolt. Within Literacy

lessons, we will improve our use of

vocabulary, connectives, sentence

openers and punctuation. Our class

story will be the Roman Bean Feast

by Gillian Cross.

Religious Education: This half

term we will recap what the

children remember and know about

Christianity. We will focus on theParables from the New Testament

and discuss what these teach us

and how these values can be

reflected in everyday life for all,

irrespective of religious beliefs.

Music:We will be looking at

ways to match sounds and

music to film clips of theuniverse and a rocket launch.

We will choose and play

appropriate tuned and

untuned percussion

instruments and we will

experiment with electronic

keyboards. We will create a

graphic score to record our

composition and we are hoping

to perform and record thefinal result.

PSHE:We will be reflecting upon

New Beginnings. We will

investigate and discuss our

feelings about starting new

things and how we can overcome

uncomfortable feelings when

starting something new.

Theme: This half termwe will be learning

about the Romans and

the Earth, Sun and

Moon.