Our topic for the Summer term is World War 2. This topic is history based and we will be using books, the internet and looking at artefacts to research what life was like during this time. We will be finding about the cause of the war and how it affected people’s lives. We will research and find out what it would have been like for a child living in this period. We will look at the end of the war and how Britain as a society had to build and restore the country back to its formal glory.

In Maths we will be preparing for SATS by revising some of the topics we have already covered and will then move on to do some learning on Statistics, time and other areas of geometry. We will be doing “Big Maths Beat That” on a weekly basis to help us learn our times tables, and we hope to improve our score each week.

Our Art work will be linked to a famous sculptor called Barbara Hepworth whose work was inspired by World War 2. Her sculptures depict the ideas of resilience and recovery post WW2 and we will be doing some sculpture work based on her ideas.

In Science we will be finding out about Electricity. Children will learn to represent circuits using symbols in a diagram. They will learn about two of the most important scientific inventors in the field of electricity – Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. Children will get the opportunity to develop their understanding of what electricity is and how to measure it. As well as conducting their own investigation, they will get the opportunity to create their own torch.

In Geography we will be learning about extreme weather conditions and how different countries are more prone to certain types of weather. We will look at what countries do to prevent damage and how they show resilience after a natural disaster.

In PE we will be doing Boogie Bounce on a Monday and Gymnastics which will be every Tuesday so please have your PE kits in on those days.