English

Autumn Term

In the first half of the Autumn term, Blue class looked at creating their own fictional story. Using the text, 'Until I met Dudley'.

Using this text, we looked at layout, sentence structure and time connectives. Using these skills, we then designed our own invention with step-by-step instructions. 

In the second half of the Autumn term, we used the text 'How Santa really works' as a skills example.

We then worked on our skills of conjunctions and nouns, to produce our own ideas on how Santa really works. 

Spring Term

Blue class have written a fictional hero story based on Beowulf. 

Using the videos from BBC bitesize (link below) as a stimulus, Blue class recapped on the story, adding their own detail using conjunctions and correctly punctuating sentences. 

KS2 English: Beowulf - BBC Teach

After half-term, Blue class focused on the story by Marcia Williams called 'My Secret War Diary'.

We focused on the Blitz. Watching videos on the Blitz and researching that period of the war, Blue class wrote a 1st person recount of a Blitz bombing experience. 

Summer Term

During summer term, we will be using the text Illegal by Eoin Colfer. We will be looking at the journey taken by Ebo, a 12-year-old boy who flees grinding poverty and zero opportunities in his small village in Africa. 

Maths

Autumn Term

During the Autumn term, Blue class looked at place value, decimal numbers, addition and subtraction and improving our recall multiplication facts. The boys used resources such as numicon, place value charts and times table sheets. All work has been achieved individually or on a 1:1 basis. 

In the second half of the Autumn term, Blue class continued to improve on their calculation skills as well as some moving onto calculating area and perimeter.  

Spring Term

During the spring term, Blue class worked on writing and calculating multiplication and division statements using the times tables that they knew. These include 2 digits by 1-digit numbers as well as x by 10, 100, 1000. We then worked together to understand measurements and angles, before using lots of resources to learn about fractions.

Summer Term

During the summer term, we are revisiting our addition and subtraction calculations.

Cooking

Blue class cook a variety of delicious recipes. The boys work hard as a team to learn different skills such as measuring, weighing, mixing, as well as knife skills. They also learn to use a hob and oven safely with tasty results!