During this Topic, we will be understanding when the seasons are throughout the year, be making a moon buggy for Skybadger and also having a visit from the WonderDome!

This term, our fiction text is Beegu by Alexis Deacon. We will use this to help us write a ‘losing tale’ story.

For our Non-Fiction topic, we will be writing a set of instructions on how to look after an alien.

On the 4th December we will be having a visit from Wonder Dome for our Hook!

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For our topic this term, we will have a messy afternoon. In history we will be learn about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole . We will look at different forms of technology in computing. In design and technology we are creating our own pizzeria and making our own pizzas!

Quality Texts

Our Fiction Key text for Spring 1 1 is ‘The Magic Paintbrush’ We will be using the talk for writing structure to learn and innovate the story. We will be focusing on writing the ending of the story.

Memorable Experience

Our Hook for Muck, Mess and Mixtures will be a messy afternoon happening soon!

Parental Engagement

For our memorable experience in Muck, Mess and Mixtures, we are going to be making our own pizzas. We will be designing our own pizza based on a flag using vegetables to create it.

During this term we will be focusing on plants in our science lessons. We will learn how to name, identify and describe common plants and trees and investigate how beans grow. In geography we will be using maps and looking at the physical and human features of our school environment. In Art we will be looking at the artist Georgia O’Keeffe and creating our own observational drawings of flowers. We will also be designing and building our our bug hotels in Design and Technology.

Quality Texts

For our quality text this term, we will look at the traditional tale ‘Jack and the beanstalk”‘ The Non-Fiction text is a Instructions on “How to plant a seed”.

Hook

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Experiences

For our memorable experience this term we will be planting and growing seeds. We will be watching them closely to check how the grow and check on them regularly to make sure all their needs are met. We will be using our knowledge to write our instructions.

In this topic, we will be learning about dinosaurs.  Through our Environmental Studies we will be looking at extinction; looking at other animals now extinct or endangered due to climate change/human development. In History we will look at Mary Anning who was a palaeontologist. Through Art we will be creating dinosaurs sketching and working on our pencil skills.

Our model text this half term will be based off the book ‘ Tyrannosaurus Drip’ by Julia Donaldson. We will be writing a tale of fear.

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During the topic, in History, we will be learning about changes within living memory looking specifically at transport over time, including uses of bridges and tunnels. We will also be looking at Isambard Kingdom Brunel who was an architect. He is famous for building the Thames Tunnel. In Design and Technology we will be designing and building a bridge to solve a tricky problem. We will also be comparing transportation, looking into which ones are the most eco-friendly.

Fiction

This term our focus text is ‘The Tunnel’. We will be writing a portal story.

Non-Fiction

We will also be writing a recount about our visit to a castle.

For our hook, we explored what is through a special tunnel! We made predictions and described the setting that we would explore if we climbed through the tunnel.

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