Pupils will be encouraged to express themselves clearly and confidently.
They will participate and discuss their opinions with their peers.
They will be expected to ask questions that are responsive to others
in the class. Pupils will use standard English and develop their use
of it in an increasing range of contexts, including the extension
and enrichment of both grammar and vocabulary.
b. Reading
Pupils will be expected to develop their existing reading skills,
they will be introduced to more challenging and demanding texts. They
will be introduced to higher order reading skills such as deduction
and inference. They will be encouraged to evaluate the texts they
read and support their views by referring to the text. Pupils will
have the opportunity to read for a variety of purposes and use appropriate
strategies such as skimming and scanning information books. Book reviews
will be done regularly and will be read and discussed with other members
of the class.
c. Writing
Pupils will be given the chance to write in many and varied forms
and for a variety of audiences. They will be encouraged to pay attention
to how they organise their writing. They will be expected to plan
and pay attention to their writing considering the appropriateness
of its form. They will be expected to use more elaborate vocabulary
and to pay attention to the grammatical context of the sentence.
Pupils will develop their different approaches and strategies in
order to solve problems. They will be expected to present their
information and results in a clear and logical manner and be able
to justify the reasoning behind their presentation.
Number and calculation
There will be continued reinforcement of place value and tackling
of multiplication and division of whole numbers by 10 or 100. Mental
recall of multiplication facts will be used and practised. Pupils
will be expected to understand negative numbers and use them appropriately.
Pupils will use decimals. They will develop an understanding of
fractions and percentages.
Shape, space and Measure
Pupils will recognise and draw 2D shapes. In addition, they will
make mathematical models of 3D shapes.Pupils will explore symmetry.
Appropriate units and instrument will be chosen and used accurately
to explore numbers on a range of measuring instruments. Perimeters,
area and volume work will be examined.
Handling Data
Pupils will be able to collect data, record it in diagram form,
and interpret it. We will investigate a variety of graphs. Probability
will be introduced in a simple way.
Pupils will learn how to turn their own ideas into a form that
can be investigated.
They will be encouraged to predict possible outcomes and decide
what evidence should be collected.
They will lean to choose appropriate apparatus and how to use
it safely.
They will learn to analyse their results and draw scientific
conclusions.
Life processes and Living things
Pupils will learn that animals (including humans) grow. They can
use ideas about feeding and growth to learn about ways we need to
look after ourselves to stay healthy.
They will also have opportunities to consider ways in which science
is relevant to their personal health and to relate science to aspects
of their everyday life (food, exercise, medicines), and to recognise
and control hazards and risks to themselves.
Pupils will learn about plants and animals in their immediate environment
and how differences between places very close to each other result
in a different range of plants and animals being found.
Materials and their Properties
Pupils will learn to describe and group rocks and soil.
They will be able to describe the appearance and texture of these.
They will look at the effect that heat and pressure has on these.
Physical Processes
Forces and Motion
This unit gives children experience of forces, including attraction
and repulsion between magnets, compression and stretching of springs
and stretching of elastic bands. They learn that these forces
have direction and can vary in size. They also learn which materials
are attracted to magnets.
Light and Shadows
This unit introduces the relationship between light, an object and
the formation of shadows. Children observe the apparent movement
of the Sun and the associated changes in shadows.
