Term 2
Enquiry – CuriousCity States of Being
We are Scientists:
- recognise that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light;
- notice that light is reflected from surfaces;
- recognise that light from the sun can be dangerous and the ways to protect their eyes;
- recognise that shadows are formed when the light is blocked by an opaque object;
- find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change.
We are Geographers:
- Locational knowledge:- identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle
We are Artists:
- improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay] - stencils and cut-outs.
We are Engineers:
- select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to accurately perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing].
Fiction: the story of Rama and Sita:
- learn it – speaking and listening opportunities using voice and expression
- imitate it – re-write it close to the original
- innovate it – make one small change to make the story your own
- invent it – use the structure to create your own story
Non-fiction: non-chronological report:
- organisational devices to create a non-chronological report about the Arctic and Antarctica
- language devices to make appropriate vocabulary choices to fit for purpose / audience
Reading Vipers:
- developing reading and comprehension skills through weekly text foci- 3 times table
- 4 times table
- 8 times table
Addition:
- adding ones
- adding tens
- adding hundreds
- adding 99
- adding by rounding
Subtraction:
- subtracting ones
- subtracting tens
- subtracting hundreds
- subtracting by rounding
- finding the difference