What are we learning about this half term?

This half term our main topic is entitled 'Amazing Africa' With a focus on geography, we are going to learn all about Kenya.  The highlight of this will be a trip to Whipsnade Zoo to look at all the African animals that live there.

This topic will link to our DT, where we will be making animal hand puppets, which will help us to learn or develop our sewing skills. 

In science we will again explore Living Things and their habitats, with a focus on what we can discover in the grounds of Monks Risborough School and a mini safari to look at animals from Kenya. 

In mathematics we will begin our journey with fractions.  We will then look at time (a tricky topic, please look at lots of clocks at home!) and consolidate our knowledge surrounding the four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

In music we will explore the sounds and rhythms of the African drums.

Our RE focus will be consider how Jesus and Christian's shared the good news of the Easter Story, looking at prayer and how this can help us be closer to God.

In English we will have two focus books:

Lila and the Secret of the Rain by David Conway and Jude Daly 

The Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler