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Spring 1: Why does the Earth get angry?

Welcome back to Spring 1 at Swarcliffe Primary, we hope that you have all had an amazing Christmas and are now returning refreshed and energized for this half term. Our topic for the next half term is volcanoes and extreme weather.

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English 

In English this half term, we will be reading a classic in the Wizard of Oz. We will have chance to explore the different characters and the amazing imagery that is used throughout this book. We will first use our launch of the Wicked Witch being crushed underneath our forest school to write our own newspaper report. We will work carefully to ensure we use different sentence types (including direct speech) and maintain the formality needed for this type of writing. Once this is complete we will have the exciting opportunity to write our own alternative ending to the Wizard of OZ- maybe they didn’t all live so happily ever after?  

Spellings Focus we are continuing to use Spelling Shed to deliver spellings.

Our spelling focuses for this half term include;

• suffixes such as ed, en and ing
• Strategies for spelling common 3/4 words
• Remember Spelling Shed can be accessed at home. 

Science:

Science this half term will really rock as we investigate the different types of rock. In our first session, it will be our job to identify the similarities and difference between different rocks and then group these in to sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous. We will then spend some time investigating the features of different rock types through a range of different experiments, before turning our attention to fossilization.

Maths

Building on from our learning last half term around times tables, we will now look at how we can complete multiplication sums including up to 3 digits. We will also look at multiplying and dividing by ten. By the end of this half term we will be fluent with this. Once multiplication is complete, we will turn to the inverse and look at division. We will identify different strategies we can use to divide 3 digit numbers by a single digit (including when an exchange is required). For our last piece of maths learning, we will focus on measurements. First, we will work to measure in mm, cm and m and then look at how we can add and subtract different lengths- possibly even ones with different units of measure.

Art:

Art this half term will revolve around Edvard Munch and his famous piece the Scream. We will begin by discovering more about the artist and his work, before looking at how to observe and sketch different emotions. Once this is complete, our next step is painting and using different brush strokes to create specific effects to create our final piece.

Geography:

Geography this half term should be explosive as we look deeper into volcanoes. Our learning will start with a look at the structure of the Earth. It will then move onto describing what happens at plate boundaries. Then it is time to look into volcanoes. We will explore the features of volcanoes, locate different volcanoes around the world and identify what life is like living near a volcano.