Class Teacher: Miss Knapton

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Roebuck and Mrs Sale

PTFA Rep: Mrs Abbott, Mrs Dhir and Mrs Dale

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Important Information 

Homework this half term is to spend time reading, practising spellings and learning the 6x , 7x , 9x and 12x table facts.  

Click on the image below to practise your tables. 

Spellings will be sent home at the beginning of each new half 

term. Spelling tests take place on a Friday.

Please make sure your child has a named PE kit, water bottle, reading book and message book in school every day.

Our PE days are Monday and Thursday. 

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This term, our History topic question is...

'Who makes the decisions in Britain?'

This half term, we are going to be learning all about how the decisions and laws are made in Britain. We will be exploring the differences between the House of Lords and the House of Commons, investigating who our Prime Minister is and how elections work.  

Click on the picture below to find out more about Parliament : 

Key vocabulary:

ancient, modern, century and decade, AD and BC, period, Monarchy, Parliament, House of Commons, House of Lords, Government, Prime Minister, Magna Carta, reform, suffragettes

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Science 

This half term, we are going to be revisiting our previous five topics from our Science learning. We will be conducting a Scientific experiment and working scientifically. 

Click the images below to find out more: 

Key vocabulary:

bar chart, battery/cell, condensing, conclusion, evaporating, gas, insect, liquid, motor, precipitation, solid, switch, temperature, the water cycle, trustworthy, variable

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DT

This half term, we are going to be designing and creating a working torch. We will be discovering how to make a working electrical switch and implementing this skill into creating our own electrical device.  

Key vocabulary:

battery, bulb, buzzer, circuit diagram, component, conductor, electrical item, electricity, electronic item, insulator, series circuit, switch, target audience, test, torch, wire

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Reading this half term: 

We will be reading Sky Chasers by Emma Carroll 

Our Class Author is: Emma Carroll

   Some of her books include: