This half term our Cornerstones topic is Rocks Relics and Rumbles.
This is a geography topic that explores volcanoes and earthquakes. We will be learning about the core of the Earth; what causes a volcano; types of volcanos; what causes a earthquake and tsunamis.
English - This half term we will be covering setting descriptions and newspapers. We will be writing a setting description about a jungle, like the one Lila enters as she tries to find Mount Merapi. We will also explore the features of newspapers and learn about their purpose as well as eventually writing our own newspaper reports.
Reading - Our class books are called 'The Firework-Maker's Daughter' by Phillip Pullman and 'The Volcano Challenge' by Bear Grylls. The children will all have access to their own copy of the class book in school. It's also really important that the children read regularly at home and we will try our best to change books on a weekly basis. 
Maths - We are going to cover place value and addition and subtraction this half term. It is also really important that the children practise their times tables everyday and get more confident at recalling them.
Science - This half term in Science we will be covering the topic of 'Rocks'. We will look at types of rocks and conduct experiments to find out which rock is the hardest and find out which rocks are waterproof.
This half term we took part in the 'Be Bright Be Seen' workshop. As a class we concluded that yellow and green were the brightest colours and are the best colours to wear when you are walking at night.
