During this Topic, we will be exploring significant historical figures (Amelia Earhart and Nelson Mandela) who have challenged stereotypes such as gender roles and race.  Through our Environmental Studies we will be looking at Greta Thunberg and how significant she is to fighting climate change.  In science we are looking at animals including humans.

This term, our fiction text is Traction man by Mini Grey. We will use this to help us write a ‘defeat the monster’ story.

For our Non-Fiction topic, we will be writing an information text about Greta Thunberg.

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This term we will be having a superhero day! We will get to dress up as any superhero we would like to. During the day we will get to do an agility/ gymnastics course, find and rescue the people in danger and think about real life superheroes.

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For our topic this term, we will be learning about the oceans and continents in Geography.  In Science we are learning all about animals. we will find out about what animals need to survive, classifying animals and investigate animal life cycles. We will also be learning about animals food chains and what habitats different animals live in and why.

Our model text for this half term is based on the book ‘How to Hide a Lion’ by Helen Stephens. We will be writing our own wishing tales focusing on openings and endings.

For our Non-Fiction writing, we will then be learning about instructions and writing instructions about how to care for a pet. We will also create a non-fiction persuasive leaflet persuading someone to visit our City, Derby!

For our memorable experience this term we will be visiting peak wild life park! We will get to investigate the park and see all the animals.

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During this term we will be focusing on Brazil and deforestation in the Amazon. In geography we will be using maps and looking at the physical and human features Brazil and England. In Art we will be designing and making a headdress for our Carnival. In Science we will be looking at animals and humans.

For our quality text this term, we will look at the traditional tale ‘The three Bears,’ The Non-Fiction text is a Explanation text on “Why are poisonous frogs are disappearing?”.

During playtime someone had come into our classroom and split porridge all over the floor and pushed chairs on the floor. There were lots of clues left us to find: Golden blonde hair, small hand print, ring and red ribbons.

For our topic experience we had a Carnival in the afternoon, we wore our headdress we made and tried some Carnival foods from Brazil. We even got to practise our samba dancing!

In this topic, we will make lots of mess! We will also learn about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. We will take a look at the human body and in Art we will learn about Carl Warner.

Our focus for RE this term is ‘belonging’.

We will innovate and write our very own wishing tale based upon this classic story.

Oh no! Someone came into school and left a mess!

We had a fun-filled messy afternoon!

In Land Ahoy this term, We are looking at Christopher Columbus and Grace Darling. They will learning about his travels, this will link to our Geography where we are looking at maps and the different seas and oceans in the world. In Design and Technology, we will be designing, testing, modelling and evaluating boats. In Science we will be looking at Materials and different properties.

Our Fiction Focus this term is “How the Tortoise broke its shell”. This is a warning story. We will also be doing an Information text on “Why is Christopher Columbus Famous?”.

During Storytime a map got delivered through our class window, the map was of our playground with seven red crosses. We went on a treasure hunt to search for the clues. Once we found all the clues we brought them inside and pieced the clues together. The clues made a broken tortoise shell!

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