This terms Computing topic is Computing Systems and Networks: Exploring AI.

Children will explore what AI is and how it generates text, images and code, as well as learning about creating and refining prompts to improve AI responses while also considering the ethical implications of AI and its potential to replace human roles.

Children will:

• Explain what AI is and its basic functions.
• Identify real-life applications of AI that are commonly used in everyday life.
• Identify how AI understands and processes text and image prompts.
• Generate and refine prompts to achieve the best possible response from AI.
• Identify how AI generates code and how it can be useful in web design.
• Identify how AI can be a useful starting point for a project.
• Explain the key ethical considerations of AI.
• Debate the potential of AI replacing human roles, presenting well-structured arguments.

This terms Disgn and Technology topic is Cooking and Nutrition: Come Dine with Me

Children will learn about tastes, flavours and aesthetics of creating a 3 course meal.

• Find a suitable recipe for their course.
• Record the relevant ingredients and equipment needed.
• Follow a recipe, including using the correct quantities of each ingredient.
• Write a recipe, explaining the process taken.
• Explain where certain key foods come from before they appear on the supermarket shelf.

This term children are looking at a book called A Monster Calls 

Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there's a visitor at his window. It's ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.

Children will write their own story with a gothic and eery element to it, similar to that of Partick Ness.

This terms History topic is World War II

Pupils will learn about World War II, a major global conflict that took place from 1939 to 1945 and involved countries around the world. They explore the causes of the war, such as the rise of dictators like Adolf Hitler in Germany, and the effects of events like the invasion of Poland, which sparked the conflict. Students learn about key countries involved, including the Allies (like the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union) and the Axis powers (like Germany, Italy, and Japan). They also examine life during the war, such as the impact on civilians, including rationing, evacuation of children, and the Blitz in Britain. By studying World War II, students gain an understanding of the resilience shown during challenging times and learn why peace and cooperation between nations are essential. This topic encourages empathy and helps students appreciate the importance of remembering history.

By the end of the topic children will be able to:

• Identify the causes of World War 2.
• Identify the different phases in the Battle of Britain.
• Make inferences and deductions about a photograph.
• Describe how children may have felt when evacuated.
• Evaluate the accuracy and reliability of sources.
• Describe the impact WW2 had on women’s lives.

This terms PSHE topic is personal Health and Wellbeing.

Children will discuss different ways of looking after their own minds and bodies - children will realise that what might be relaxing and calming for them might not be the same for those around them and they need to be respectful of that. 

By the end of the topic children will:

• Describe qualities or values they want to develop and create achievable goals.
• Describe the importance of relaxation and suggest different strategies.
• Describe how they take care of their physical wellbeing.
• Understand that technology can have an impact on physical and mental health and know some strategies they can use to overcome this.
• Describe what resilience is, why it is important and some useful resilience strategies.
• Understand how vaccination works and why it is important to individuals.
• Understand that habits can be good or bad for health.
• Understand that changes in their body could indicate illness and know what to do if they notice them.

This terms Science topic is Light and Reflection 

Pupils will investigate light and reflection, exploring how light travels, how it interacts with surfaces, and how it allows us to see objects. They learn that light travels in straight lines and can be reflected, or bounced, off surfaces. Through experiments, students discover how different materials reflect light differently; for example, smooth, shiny surfaces like mirrors reflect light well, allowing us to see clear reflections, while rough surfaces scatter light in many directions. They also learn about the angle of incidence and reflection, which explains why light reflects at the same angle it hits a surface. This topic helps students understand how mirrors work, why we see ourselves in reflective surfaces, and the importance of light in our everyday lives. It also encourages curiosity about how light enables us to perceive the world and forms the basis for learning about optics and vision.

Pupils will be able to:

• Compare sources of light and explain how the eye is protected from light.
• Describe how light travels and how we see luminous and non-luminous objects.
• Recall factors that affect the size of a shadow and describe how the distance between an object and the surface its shadow is cast on affects the size of the shadow.
• Use ray diagrams to explain why shadows change size and why the shape of a shadow matches the object that cast it.
• Recall what happens to light when it reaches a smooth mirror surface.
• Identify the incoming and reflected rays and describe the relationship between their angles.
• Use mirrors to make a working periscope and explain how a periscope works using ray diagrams.
• Recall a range of uses of mirrors and reflection and describe how a mirror reflects light in different situations.
• Explain how light is reflected using knowledge of light and reflection.

When working scientifically, pupils will be able to:

• Make observations about the properties of light.
• Use my observations as evidence to support conclusions about light. 
• Draw ray diagrams.
• Pose testable questions in response to observations.
• Record my measurements as a line graph.
• Use my line graph to extrapolate data and make predictions about missing values.
• Recall various jobs or inventions that use mirrors and reflection.