Unit 2 - Spring Theme Work 2019

Buried Treasure

U nit T wo Spring 2 0 19 A reas of L earning Y ear T wo’s A s SC IE N T IST S we will study animals, including humans and plants.

Y ear T hree’s A s SC IE N T IST S we will study M agnetic forces and springs. W e will carry out an investigation to find the strength of magnets.

W e will also study how w e keep healthy and how to look after our bodies.

A S T E C H N O L O G IST S we will look at the life of the V ikings and recreate a V iking village and V iking L ong ship.

A S H IST O R IA N S we will study significant people such as K ing A lfred. W e will research where the A nglo Saxons and he V ikings came from and what clothes they wore. W e will also use a globe to find place names of where the A nglo Saxons and the V ikings came from. W e w ill at all times use historical vocabulary and look for evidence from the past.

A s M U SIC IA N S W e w ill take part in singing, follow ing a melody accurately. W e will create a mixture of sounds to generate a short musical patterns and short rhythmical phrases.

A s A R T IST S we will use various thicknesses of pencils

also look at two Spanish cities, M adrid ad B arcelona.

to create different patterns. W e will also look at the

W e w ill also look at cultural dance, music and food.

work of famous artists and use features of their work to inspire our own pieces of art.

In R .E W e are learning about M oses. W e will be looking at the story of the B aby in the B asket, T he

A s A T H L E T E S we will improve our ability to sprint

burning B ush, the P arting of the R ed Sea, T he E xodus

over a short distance and learn to jump in a number of

and the T en C ommandments. W e w ill look at how

ways, using a run up where appropriate. W e will also be

M oses (M usa) is in the Q uran and how the T orah is

competing with others and aim to improve their personal

the first of 5 books of the B ible, containing the stories

best.

of M oses.

A s part of keeping fit we will be monitoring our fitness levels through circuit training.

SP A N ISH W e will look at developing our spoken skills in meeting and introducing ourselves. W e will

M A T H E M A T IC S W e w ill be follow ing the year two and three C urriculum 2 0 14 for M athematics. T he emphasis will

be on: P roblem solving when using numbers and how to

our speaking and listening, reading and writing skills

use equations in everyday situations. W e w ill practise

through M arket place activities, quick on the draw

mental arithmetic every day.

questioning lessons and debates in P 4 C and P SH E .

In C omputing W e w ill create and debug simple programs.

U sing logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs.

C O M M U N IC A T IO N : R E A D IN G , W R ITIN G , SP E A K IN G A N D L ISTE N IN G W e will be follow ing P rimary framework for E nglish.

W e will read a variety of books and talk about what we have read. W e will develop our writing skills through our topic on B uried T reasure. W e will develop

O U R SC H O O L D R IV E R S T he key elements of our school drivers are that our children will become independent learners w ho understand the strategies they need to use in order to be team workers, effective participants, self- managers, reflective learners and to be creative in their thinking.

T his term we will focus on being an E ffective P articipator and a C reative T hinker.

Helping your child •

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Find books in the school library

the world the Anglo Saxons and the

about our new topic.

Vikings came from

Read books about life in England in

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the year 865.

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Use the Internet to research where

Find out what Sagas and Runes are.

Lindisfarne.was an important place in England, find out why.

Research Viking long ships and Village life in the Viking times.

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Talk about famous pirates.

Keep up the daily reading with your child.

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Do some counting back in steps of 2,3,5,10 from any given number every day.

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Practise joined up writing.

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Practise spellings ready for spelling tests each week.

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Complete the Learning Log activities

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Good Web sites for children:

www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/funhistory.shtml Primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk

Everyschool.co.uk Ngkids.ks2