Welcome back after a lovely half term holiday. We have lots of exciting events and activities going on over the next few weeks, including Sports Day, Oakwood and several transition activities with Y Pant.

Our topic this half term is Darkness and Light.

In Maths we will be :-

• Calculating %
• Using a variety of mental and written methods for multiplying whole numbers and decimals
• Using a variety of methods for adding and subtracting whole numbers and decimals
• Looking at probability
• Using an presenting data in a variety of ways
• Reading the time, using timetables and calculation time differences

In Language we will be:-

• Learning to become enthusiastic and reflective readers
• Experiencing and responding to a range of texts
• Reading extracts with challenging subject matter
• Distinguishing between fact and opinion, bias and objectivity
• Using prediction, inference and deduction
• Reading texts based on Anne Frank's experiences
• Looking at the life of Martin Luther King
• Adapting writing styles to suit a specific audience
• Using punctuation to clarify meaning
• Presenting writing appropriately

In Science we will be:-

• Studying the uses of electricity and its control in simple circuits
• Communicating clearly by speech, writing, diagrams and line graphs
• Planning the equipment and techniques required for their enquiry
• Recognizing hazards and risks to themselves
• Identifying and describing trends and patterns
• Explaining links between cause and effect
• Suggesting how approaches and methods can be improved

In D.T we will be:-

• Building low-voltage electrical circuits within products
• Developing a simple specification for a product indicating intentions and approach
• Working to a specification to make a product

In R.E we will be:-

• Learning how different forms of authority such as sacred texts, leaders and codes, guide and influence people's lives

In P.E we will be :-

• Planning sequences and a range of movement patterns
• Developing skills and techniques needed to take part in athletic activities

In History we will be:-

• Studying the differences in people's daily lives in the 1940s and 1970s
• Carrying out investigations into the life of people at different times in the past
• Looking at how daily lives of people during these periods have been represented and interpreted and why?

In Welsh we will be:-

• Holding simple conversations about our Summer holidays
• Expressing likes and dislikes
• Describing family members
• Completing a short piece of transition writing for Y Pant