Woodthorpe Church of England Primary School

Spring–Rocks, Relics and Rumbles

In the Rocks, Relics and Rumbles project, your child will learn about the different layers of the Earth, including plate tectonics and their potential effects on the Earth's surface. They will investigate different types of rock to learn about their uses and properties. They will also investigate soil and fossils, including learning about the work of Mary Anning. They will also learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have.

Science

In the Forces and Magnets project, your child will learn what forces are and what they do. They will learn about pushing and pulling forces and sort different actions into pushes and pulls. They will identify and explain contact forces. They will learn about and investigate frictional forces. They will use force meters to measure the forces needed to carry out everyday tasks and record their measurements. They will learn about magnetism (a non-contact force) and explore bar magnets. They will find out about magnetic attraction, repulsion and magnetic fields. They will test the magnetic properties of different objects. 

Art

In our art project this term we will learn about figure drawing. We will study the figure drawings and urban landscapes of the artist LS Lowry and create artwork in his style to show scenes from their school.

As always, hearing your child read as much as you can will help improve their fluency.