Autumn: Can we always go with the flow?
Our Enquiry
The below enquiry overview shows the week by week learning for your child's class in English, enquiry and maths. You can use the overview to see what your child is learning in school each week.Enquiry overview
Enquiry mat
1. What makes the flow?
2. Where do rivers flow?
3. Does the cycle ever end?
4. Why did people settle near water?
5. Country or city - what do you see?
6. Country or city - How did it all begin?
7. Is there a mountain high enough, is there a river wide enough?
8. Should we take responsibility for change?
9. Is there more than one source?
10. Can we always go with with flow?
English
A high-quality text drives each of our enquiries and the texts are used to give knowledge and purpose to the enquiry. High quality texts can only be accessed through knowledge of vocabulary in different tiers. Explicit teaching of new vocabulary and using the classroom environment to showcase key vocabulary helps us to infuse rich and sophisticated vocabulary from EYFS to Year 6. The texts are used as a stimulus for both English and cross curricular writing, ensuring high expectations of our children. Reading is interweaved into all aspects of the enquiry to encourage reading and language development and promote reading for pleasure.
Key texts
Maths
In maths we follow the Power Maths programme to support children’s learning and to build a deep understanding of maths concepts. Power Maths is a curriculum mastery programme designed to spark curiosity and excitement and nurture confidence in maths. It is built around a child‑centred lesson design that models and embeds a growth mindset approach to maths.
This term we are covering the following:
- Numbers to 1000
- Rounding to the nearest 10 and 100
- Representing 4 digit numbers
- The number line to 10,000
- Roman numerals to 100
- Finding 1000 more or less
- Comparing 4 digit numbers
- Ordering numbers to 10,000
- Rounding numbers to the nearest 1000
- Adding and subtracting 1s 10s 100s 1000s
- Adding two 4 digit numbers
- Equivalent difference
- Estimating answers
- Checking strategies
- Problem solving