Term 1 - Rivers: how do rivers change our landscape?

Our learning this term is all about rivers - specifically a Geography focus exploring the formation of rivers, the water cycle, how humans have utilised rivers and how extreme weather impacts those who live along rivers. We will continue to develop on the Year 3 learning of weather and climate using secondary sources gain a deeper understanding of the impact of rivers in the UK and around the world.

In RE, our topics this term are:

• Domestic Church - Family: people, where we will investigate the ancestors of Jesus.

• Baptism and Confirmation - Belonging: called, where we will develop a deeper understanding of what it means to be chosen and called to follow Jesus' mission.

In Maths, our learning is place value, addition and subtraction. We will be focusing on recognising, recording and partitioning numbers to 10,000.  We will then be adding and subtracting up to two 4-digit numbers with up to 2 exchanges.

In Science, we are learning to compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases. We will then investigate the impact of temperature on materials.

In Art and Design we will explore French artist, Claude Monet, focusing on impressionist paintings of rivers, specifically Monet’s collection of the Palace of Westminster. In Design Technology, we will be focusing on Engineering, specifically about bridges and structures, looking at ways to strengthen structures and solve problems.

In English, we will continue to explore Rivers looking at a non-fiction text Rushing Rivers (by Kingfisher publications). We will also use Pie Corbet’s How to care for a dragon as inspiration for us to create an instructional text explain how to care for a mermaid or siren. We will also create a non-chronological report about our mercreature.