We have had an incredible Summer 2 term in LKS2! The children have had a busy and exciting term of learning.
English
This term the children have used their creative minds to produce instructions all about their own potion inventions based on the book, ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’. They have included imperative verbs and thought about alliteration for their interesting ingredients and amazing adverbs within their writing.
Through learning all about the Muslim festival of Eid-al Adha, the children have written detailed explanation texts about the celebration.
Towards the end the half term, the children yet again used their creative minds to write tricky riddles for their peers and teachers to solve. They have thoroughly enjoyed engaging with this text. As we prepare for transition, the children have enjoyed writing limericks to share with their new classes.
At the end of the half term, the children will write their own play scripts and have an opportunity to perform them within groups in class.
Maths
This term, Year 3 focused on pictograms, bar graphs, fractions and angles. Year 4 have learnt about angles within shapes, position and movement (learning how to read and plot coordinates) and began to learn Roman Numerals. Throughout, the children in LKS2 will continue to use mental arithmetic, structural apparatus, jottings and column method to solve one step and two step word problems.
During their fluency lessons, the children will also revisit a range of strategies they can use to solve mixed calculations with speed, efficiency, and accuracy.
We are keen for the children to become fluent with all their times tables, so extra practise at home is essential.
Geography
Our Geography topic for this half-term is ‘Weather and Climate’. The children have discussed the difference between weather and climate and can share how climates differ depending on where they are in the world and why. The children have produced a travel brochure based on comparing the climate in the UK to Egypt (Africa) and India (Asia).
Science
In Science week this half-term, the children have learnt about light. They have engaged in a variety of investigations to find out how light travels, different shadows are formed and learnt new vocabulary.
Magna Science Adventure Centre
In July, Year 3 and Year 4 went to Magna Science Adventure Centre in Sheffield. They had a fantastic time exploring the four elements: Earth, Fire, Water and Air. The fire tornado was very impressive, but the children were thrilled to explore how to move water in different ways, including a model canal lock to control. The children took part in a workshop based on ‘Light’. The children loved creating their own shadow puppets and investigating how mirrors can reflect light.
RE
We have been learning about how Jewish people remember Abraham and Moses. The children have learnt about important celebrations including weekly traditions of Shabbat and how this is celebrated. Through discussion and recorded work, the children have learnt about important Jewish stories and the key messages within. They have compared traditions to traditions they have with their families as well as similarities and differences with celebrations.
DT
This term the children have learnt about two Jewish breads they are made on Shabbat – Challah and Matzah. The children have enjoyed writing the recipe and putting their baking skills into action with making both breads.
Music
This term we will be focusing on ‘Food and Drink’. Looking at developing our understanding of beat, metre and rhythm. We will do this through listening to a range of audios and using a variety of instruments to create percussion.
Pufferfish have continued to be taught by Leeds Education to play the djembe.
Computing
Pufferfish and Blue Tangs will be putting their editing skills to the test to crop, rotate and adjust the colour of images. They are currently having lots of fun trying to copy and paste images to different platforms.
Stingrays will be looking at sequencing sounds using the programme Scratch. They will start by being introduced to programming before creating their final project, a representation of a piano.
Spanish
The children have continued to learn numbers up to 31, which will then help them as we learn the days of the week and months of the year. They will then be able to say and read the date in Spanish.
PE
The coaches and teachers have taught the children athletic skills in preparation for Sports day. Sports day was a great success, and the children demonstrated their fantastic skills in a range of sport activities.
We wish you all a great summer break!
