Please find the Summer 1 curriculum ‘Class newsletter’ for the Birch class!

 

Birch Class 2 newsletter summer 1 2021

 

Please see the long term curriculum overviews for Birch Class.

 

CYCLE A	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
THEME	Egyptians (History)	Monster Mache (Science)	Rainforests (Geography)	Escape from Atlantis (Science)	Crime through time (History)	Victorians (Local /Geography)
QUESTION	What legacy did the Egyptians leave?	What makes a good monster?	What can be found in the Amazon?	Where did it go?
LITERACY	Recount – Diary	Stories in imagined worlds	Information Texts (rainforests)	Adventure Stories	Instructions (Robin Hood)	Myths and legends (Arthurian Legends)
	Twisted Fairy Tales	Explanation Text	Discussion	Playscripts?	Persuasive Writing	Stories in a historical setting
	Performance Poetry		Stories that raise issues?	Language Play / Syllabic poetry	Letters	Authors (Beatrix Potter)
MATHEMATICS	Place Value / Addition & Subtraction / Multiplication and Division		Multiplication & Division / Measures (length, perimeter and area) / Fractions & Decimals		Money / Statistics / Time / Shape / Measures (Capacity & mass) / co-ordinates
SCIENCE		Y4 Animals including humans	Y3 Plants	Y4 All living things	Y4 Sound	Y4 Electricity
	SC1 – Task 7 Investigating Mummies	SC1 – Task 1 Tooth Fairy	SC1 – Task 2 Making Light work of it	SC1 – Task 9 Earthworm Survey		SC1 – Task 13 Stop that noise!
ART	Silouettes	Bodies	Rousseaux		Portraits
COMPUTING	Y3 Branching Databases (4 weeks)	Y4 Spreadsheets (6 weeks)	Y3 Online Safety (3 weeks) & Y4 Effective Searching (3 weeks)	Y3 Email (6 weeks)	Y4 Writing for different audiences (5 weeks)	Y3 Programming / coding (6 weeks)
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY	Egyptian Masks	Sock Monsters	Rainmakers / Pop up books			Woodwork – frames
COOKING	Egyptian Food	Balanced Diet	Rain forest foods
GEOGRAPHY	Location of Egypt and its physical features		Rainforests of south America – identify position and significance of equator, tropics of cancer and capricorn, etc.			Location Knowledge – name and locate counties and cities of UK, etc. Place knowledge – local region study
HISTORY	Egyptians				Chronological Study	Victorians – a local history study
FOREIGN LANGUAGES	Bonjour	Les Planetes	Ca Pousse	Carnival des animaux	Where in the world?	Dans Ma classe
MUSIC	Young Voices	Young Voices		Carnival of the animals
RE	What is the trinity and why is it important to Christians?	What does it mean to be Hindu in Britain today?	What does it mean to be Hindu in Britain today?	Why doe Christians call the day Jesus dies Good Friday?	For Christians when Jesus left what was the impact of pentecost?	Why do some people think that life is a journey and what significant experiences mark this?
PSHE	Drug Education	Growing Up	Changes	Being Me	Money Matters	Being Safe

 

 

 

 

 

CYCLE B	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
THEME	Early Settlers (History /Geography)	Dr. Who (Science)	Mighty Mountains (Geography) Extreme Earth	The wild, wild west	Romans (History)	Ingenious Inventions
QUESTION	Who lives in a house like this?	What’s the point in two hearts if you can’t be a bit forgiving now and then?	Where are the mountains?	Who’ll be coming around the mountain?	What was the impact of the Roman invasion on Britain?	What has been the most significant invention?
ENGLISH	Adventure & Mystery	Biography	Diary	Stories from other cultures	Newspapers	Explanation texts
	Syllabic Poetry	Postcards	Instructions	Shape Poetry	Fables	Persuassive Texts
	Discussion (Treasure)	Poetry (Descriptive)	Myths & Legends	Non-chronological Reports (Slavery)	Performance Poetry	Creating Tension (Titanium)
BOOK STUDY	Stig of the dump	Sputnik	Abominables / FWMD			Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
MATHEMATICS	Place Value / Addition & Subtraction / Multiplication and Division		Multiplication & Division / Measures (length, perimeter and area) / Fractions & Decimals		Money / Statistics / Time / Shape / Measures (Capacity & mass) / co-ordinates
SCIENCE	Animals including humans – diet, skeletons & muscles	Light	Rocks	States of Matter	Forces & Magnets	Scientists & Inventors
	SC1 – Task 8 Sweetie Grab	SC1 – Task 6 Shady Shadow	SC1 – Task 4 Mineral Criminals	SC1 – Task 11 The Great Stink	SC1 – Task 14 Washes Whiter	SC1 – Task 12 Treasure Trove
ART	Cave Art	Space Art	Hokusai (Watercolour / 3D Art)		Leonardo Da Vinci
COMPUTING	Y3 Touch Typing (4 weeks)	Y3 Simulations (3 weeks) / Graphing (3 weeks)	Y4 Online Safety (4 weeks)	Y3 Spreadsheets (3 weeks)	Y4 Animation (3 weeks) & Y4 Logo (4 weeks)	Y4 Programming / Coding (6 weeks)
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY	Shelters				Catapults	Pneumatics
COOKING	Stone Age food				Roman Food	bread
GEOGRAPHY	Human & physical geography, land use and changes over time	Identify position and significance of geographical terms	Physical Geography – Mountains, Volcanoes, Earthquakes and the water cycle	North American geography	Describe and understand the key aspects of human geography
HISTORY	Stone age to iron age changes in Britain			Pioneers and the impact on the settlement of the west	The Roman empire and its impct on Britain	The history of key scientific advances
FOREIGN LANGUAGES	Getting to know you	Les Animaux	Les Quatre Amis	Mon chapeaux / les vetements	Ma Famille	L’argent de poche
MUSIC	WOPPS	Appraisal – Holst & Create own & WOPPS	WOPPS	WOPPS	Chants / Marches & WOPPS	WOPPS
RE	What do Christians learn from the creation story?	What is it like for someone to follow God?	Why do people pray?	Why are festivals important to religious communities?	What kind of world did Jesus want?	What can we learn from religions about deciding what is right and wrong?
PSHE	Being Healthy	Relationships	Exploring Emotions	Difference and Diversity	Being Responsible	Bullying Matters