Lower Key Stage 2

Teaching Staff - Lower Key Stage 2

LKS2 WHAT WE ARE LEARNING AUTUMN 2 2018

MATHS

•add and subtract numbers mentally, including: •a three-digit number and 1s

•a three-digit number and 10s

•a three-digit number and 100s

solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction

•solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why

recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12

•use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together 3 numbers

•recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations

•multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout

•solve problems involving multiplying and adding, including using the distributive law to multiply two-digit numbers by 1 digit, integer scaling problems and harder correspondence problems such as n objects are connected to m objects

 

ENGLISH

Text focus - Night of the Gargoyles, Hunch Back of Notre Dame

Writing Focus - character description, third person narrative, non-chronological report, persuasive brochure.

Reading - guided reading 30 minutes per day, class read 10 minutes per day.

 

SCIENCE - ELECTRICITY Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series circuit, identifying and naming basic parts Identify whether or not a lamp will light Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit Recognise some conductors and insulators

RE – PROMISES AND BELONGING Baptism, learn the symbols and baptism and what they mean Learn about the baptism of Jesus Talk about baptism promises Christmas and advent

 

TOPIC - CARCASSONEE

1.         Identify human and physical features of a European region

2.         Locate France/Carcassonne on a map

3.         Identify distinctive features of Carcassonne

4.         Understand the economic activity and land use of a European

Lower Key Stage 2 Information