Language & Literacy – In this half term we will be studying:

GRAMMAR

• Revision of all parts of speech
• Colons and semi colons
• Compound and complex sentences
• Understand how clauses can be manipulated to achieve different effects in complex sentences
• Use active and passive verbs

WRITING

• Study how effective arguments are constructed in journalistic writing
• Write a balanced report on a controversial issue
• Take part in debates
• Understand the features of explanatory texts
• Create, organise, refine, and present ideas using traditional and digital means, combining text, graphics or sound e.g keynote or PowerPoint presentation
• Writing related to class novel ‘Street Child’ – diary entry
• Newspaper report
• Writing about an event from a character’s point of view

Planning and redrafting of a final writing piece will also be carried out by the pupils.

World Around Us (Topic Work) -

Our topic this half term is ‘Space‘  Children will:

• In groups children will discuss and record what they know about Space and also what they want to find out.
• Use a torch to investigate how the earth, moon and sun move around to create day and night and the seasons.
• Using the internet to find out facts about the sun, moon and stars.
• Investigate the phases of the moon
• Find out about and investigate gravity – use different sized objects to create a fair test to see if larger objects fall quicker than smaller objects.
• Learn the names of the planets and create mnemonics to help them remember the names. Explain that Pluto is no longer seen as a planet. http://www.ict4us.com/mnemonics/en_planets.htm
• Find out about the history of space travel – using the internet and books.