Term 5

Welcome back Otters! Hopefully, you all had a great Easter break and didn't eat too much chocolate! 

In our Writing lessons this term, we focus most of our pieces around our class text of 'Shackleton's Journey'. We begin by researching and learning about Shackleton and his crew members before choosing a member to write a biography on. Next, as we develop our understanding of the expedition, the children will write a diary as their crew member. We finish the term by writing haikus and kennings about Mountains (which links to our Geography topic). 

In Maths this term, we begin our topic on Shape by learning about angles, identifying regular and irregular 2D shapes and identifying properties of 3D shapes. We move on to Position and Direction and begin our Decimals unit.  

Throughout our learning this term, we will focus our Geography learning around the topic of Mountains.

In RE, our focus is Judaism, 'What does it mean to be a Jewish person in Britain today?' Our theme in and Science will be learning about Forces. Our Computing is learning how to use Scratch coding to create our own quizzes.  In DT, the children will be cooking a meal suitable for the crew members aboard Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctica. 

Our PE days are Wednesday (Tag Rugby) and Friday (Cricket). Please remember to wear appropriate PE kits. 

We are excited about our trip to the Maritime Museum in Greenwich to learn more about Shackleton and other Polar explorers. 

Should you need to contact us please email; jcutts@lyminge.kent.sch.uk.

Thank you so much for your continued support, 

Mrs Cutts, Mrs Garcia, Mrs Boler and Mrs Miller