Throughout this term, we are going to be looking at the Romans and learning about when they invaded Britain and what influences they had on our lives today e.g. roads and our language. In Art and Design Technology we will be learning to sketch a Roman bust using different pencils and how to make bread similar to the Romans. In our Computing lessons we will be learning about the parts of a computer and how we can search for information about the Romans using the internet.

King Midas is granted one wish and he chooses the ability to be able to turn anything he touches into gold. At first this is amazing but soon things turn bad. He cannot eat or drink because his food and water turn to gold. He cannot hug his children because he fears they will turn into statues. Eventually he asks the Gods to remove his ability but he does not learn from this experience. King Midas upsets the Gods and they give him a pair of donkey ears.

The Hook

This term our book is all about having a wish granted so for our hook we watched a video called ‘The Wish-granter’ and then we thought of what our three wishes would be.

Our Experience:

For our experience we will be visiting the Derby Museum to look at the artefacts they have related to the Romans.

More information to follow.

This half term, children will be learning more about the City of Derby. In History, they will investigate the past by studying significant buildings –  the Silk Mill and Derby Cathedral. Geography will focus on map skills. In Art we will explore graffiti and the works of Banksy and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Our key text this term:

The Hook

We watched a video of lightning striking buildings and discussed how we felt and what warnings we would give other people to protect them from being struck by lightning.

Our Experience:

We will be taking a tour of Derby City centre, looking at significant places, buildings and monuments. We will be carrying out a traffic survey in the local area to establish how much traffic is contributing to climate change through emissions.

In Burps, Bottoms and Bile, we will be looking at animals and humans digestive system and their skeletons. We will will also be looking at healthy diets and how to prepare and cook food in design and technology.

Our key text this term:

Poppy, Waldo and the Giant by Pie Corbett

The day that Poppy thought she saw a giant was the first day of the summer holidays.

Who is this giant and what are they doing around where Poppy lives?

The Hook

Someone raided our classroom!

Whilst we were out, someone helped themselves into our classroom and raided our book corner. They left huge white footsteps and they left us a piece of paper with a strange story on it.

Our Experience:

Coming soon!

As part of Design and Technology, we will create a moving robot – how exciting!

We are very lucky this term to be having a community artist Kate to help deliver our art lessons – we will be making metal structures. Parents will be able to come into school on the 16th May to create metal jewellery with the children – Yay!

In PE, we shall be learning to play badminton.

Our key text this term:

The Robot and the Bluebird by David Lucas

There was once a robot with a broken heart, good for nothing but expiring slowly on a scrap heap. Then one winter’s day a migrating bluebird lands on his shoulder, too exhausted to go further. The robot offers her shelter in the place where his heart used to be, and her warmth and singing and companionship stir up the last glimmer of energy the robot has; he carries her across snowy wastes to the warm south, whereupon his strength dies out finally. And there he still stands today like an old hollow tree, home every year to singing birds.

The Hook

Junk Model Robots

For the hook of our topic, we made some junk model robots. We used old cereal boxes, tubes and paper to create our very own robots. Some of us made actual robots, and some of us turned each other into a robot, by making a robot head, or arms!

Our Experience:

Jewellery Making

To start off our jewellery making activity, we asked the parents to come in and we designed our own jewellery. Once we had finished our designs, we then made the jewellery by manipulating metal wire into necklaces, earrings and bracelets. We also added beads and charms to our jewellery to make them look pretty.

In Blue Abyss we are going to be looking at living things and their habitats and food chains. In Geography, we are going to be identifying the positions and the importance of many key parts that a globe tells us. We are also going to be thinking about climate change on the water cycle and the availability of drinking water.

Our key text this term:

The Tear Thief by Carol Ann Duffy

Each night, in the hours between supper and bedtime the Tear Thief carries her waterproof, silvery sack over her shoulder as she soundlessly steals the tears of every child who cries. But what does she do with all of those tears? This tale illustrates a message to teach children to value true feelings.

The Hook

We found some tears!

When we came in from break time today, we found a bag with something in it. We opened the bag and it was a bag of tears. We talked about who we thought the tears had come from.

Our Experience:

Coming soon!