Topic Plan
Context – What do we Know?
Starting point – Hook and Wow!
We will be asking which animals live in a cold place and which animals live in a hot place. What features do they have to help them with the weather and the environment in which they live?
We will be watching Meerkat adverts and questioning why Meerkats are suited to their environment.
Maths We will be learning the following: Number and Place Value Addition and Subtraction Capacity and Volume Fractions Position and Direction/ Time 2-D and 3-D shape
English
Writing Opportunities
We will be learning and writing about stories from other cultures. We will be learning to assess our own work by editing with our ‘polishing pens’. We will also be looking at poetry and trying to learn some off by heart so we can perform it to each other. We will be writing a recount about our trip to Park View and the zoo. We will be concentrating on using capital letters, full stops, finger spaces and using our phonic knowledge to sound out unfamiliar words.
Science
The Learning Challenge Question
The children will have the opportunity to write their own stories based on other cultures. They will also write recounts about our trips to Park View and the Zoo. The children will write about hot and cold places around the world and compare them. Geography
Topic: Animals
We will be looking at different animals and grouping them based on what they eat (carnivores, herbivores or omnivores). We will also look at the animals’ habitats.
Why can’t a Meerkat live in the North Pole?
Design Technology
Music
We will be learning about healthy eating and asking what they would like in fruit salad. Computing We are TV Chefs – we will be planning and recording a sequence of instructions to make a healthy snack. We will be learning to record and edit video footage.
We will be learning about hot and cold places in the world. We will look at the people who live in those places and identifying the clothes that they wear.
We will be learning to compose using our voices. PE
RE
Games – we will be learning to throw under-arm and over-arm. We will be learning to catch and kick balls and playing games using these skills.
Judaism – What do people say about God? We will look at Jewish stories about God and be learning about how Jewish people celebrate special occasions.