Topic – The Indus Valley
Maths
Your child will be learning about the early
In Numeracy we will be focusing on mastering basic
civilisation of the Indus Valley. They will learn
about significant events from the time and order
these events chronologically on a timeline of early
world history. The children will also use their
geographical skills to locate where in the world
the Ancient Indus Valley civilisation existed and
investigate the physical features of the landscape.
In addition to this they will learn about some of
the key people who led the discovery of the Indus
Valley civilisation. They will examine archaeological
skills and understanding in addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division. They should be confident
using formal written methods for all the operations
but they also need to develop reasoning and problem
skills alongside. Towards the end of the term, we
will focus on fractions and particularly equivalent
fractions, improper fractions and multiplying
fractions by whole numbers. We will also have
weekly times tables tests with associated division
facts.
evidence to find out how historians and
Science
archaeologists use a variety of evidence sources
to draw conclusions about what life was like in the
past. The children will also have the opportunity to
learn about different aspects of life during the
Ancient Indus Valley civilisation, including what it
was like to live in a city and what clothes and
jewellery the people wore.
English
In English we will continue practicing our spelling
punctuation and grammar skills. There will be a set
list of spellings given out (please see below) with a
prize awarded for those who achieve full marks.
Congratulations to who scored full marks in the
competition and got their Spelling Bees! My
We will learn about balanced and unbalanced forces,
gravity, friction and the use of mechanisms such as
levers, gears and pulleys. The children will identify
forces and complete force diagrams. They will find
out about Isaac Newton and his discoveries about
gravity, completing a comprehension about his life
and his work. The children will look for patterns and
links between the mass and weight of objects, using
newton metres to measure the force of gravity.
Furthermore, they will work collaboratively to
investigate air and water resistance, participating in
challenges to design the best parachute and boat.
They will have the opportunity to work in a hands-on
way to explore friction, developing their own brake
suggestion is practise a couple every week.
pad for a tricycle. Finally, they will find out about
We will be looking at persausive texts and the
pulleys, and will design their own marvellous
language of persausion. Then we will be focussing
machine.
on Jeremy Strong, who has written several
children’s books. Afterwards, we will be looking at
biographies and autobiographies.
This website for Jeremy Strong is well worth
looking at: http://www.jeremystrong.co.uk
different mechanisms, including levers, gears and
Geography
In Geography we will investigate where the Indus
Valley is and how it was formed and how the climate
affects life for the people who lived there (and
those who live there now).
Art
In Art we will be learning about the jewellery of
the Indus Valley, how it inspired modern jewellery
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank
and hopefully make some of our own.
everybody involved with helping the children with
their homework tasks, reading and spellings. It is
clear that the children are putting in a great deal
Music
We will be listening to and creating our own music
of effort and I hope it continues through this new
term. We will continue to sign off each day’s
reading and celebrate when a child completes their
bookmark.
based on Asian music.
P.E
In P.E we will be continuing to swim. We would like
every child to achieve and be able to swim at least
25 metres confidently. Please ensure money is in a
labelled envelope as it speeds up the
administration process. We will also have a
PE/Games session.
P.E kit including shorts, shirt and a change
of shoes. Our P.E lessons will take place on
Thursday.
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apparent
conscience
convenience
parliament
Check List
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Spelling Bee List for this term
Water bottles that are to be filled up at
home on first thing in the morning.
nuisance
hindrance
excellent
restaurant
sufficient
existence
government
transparency
Any other business
Thanks to Astor Drama
Department for allowing
us to see their fantastic
music last term. The
children were all very
impressed and wrote
super thank=you letters.
They will need to know how to use them as well so
get the dictionaries out!