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

Elders Class 3 newsletter summer 1 2021

CYCLE B	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
THEME	History	Geography	Art	STEM (British Science Week)	STEM	Geography
QUESTION/STATEMENT	The Lady in the Lake	Planes, Cranes and Automobiles	The Game is Afoot	Innovating for the Future	It’s a buzz!	Turkish Delight?
ENGLISH	Narrative (one piece of extended writing per half term) based on the legends of Beowolf and Grendel the monster and the legend of King Arthur. Play scripts based on Beowolf and Grendel the monster and the legend of King Arthur. Poetry in various forms	Narrative (one piece of extended writing per half term) Narrative on James and the Giant Peach Newspapers and Magazines depicting James and the Giant Peach. Persuasive writing in the form of selling products made by the Inspects eg: Centipede Shoe Stores.	Narrative including one piece of extended writing each half term. Sherlock Holmes- taken from Oak Academy and based on the Red-Headed League. Letter writing (persuasive)- letters to 221b Baker Street.	Biography of famous British scientists Explanation Texts of the Wallace and Gromit’s cracking contraptions. Diary writing from the perspective of Wallace or Gromit..	Narrative (one piece of extended writing per half term) Recount of the adventures of DoLittle Balanced arguments pertaining to the pros and cons of zoos.	Narrative (one piece of extended writing per half term) Non Chronological reports on the land of Narnia. Instructions on how to get to Narnia? Investigating Audience
SPAG to include:	Formal and informal speech Synonyms and antonyms	Active and passive voice (subject and object) Nouns adjectives and verbs.	Direct and indirect speech Linking paragraphs through cohesive devices, such as adverbials and ellipses	Semi colon, colon and dashes to mark embedded clauses,	Use of hyphens to avoid ambiguity Bullet points to mark information	Subjective form
BOOK STUDY &	Michael Morpurgo The Sleeping Sword	James & the Giant Peach (journey across the Atlantic from his house to New York)	Children of Winter – Berlie Doherty	Room 13 by Robert Swindells	Dr Doolittle by Hugh Lofting (formerly Frozen in Time)	The Lion, the With and the Wardrobe by C S Lewis.
COMPREHENSION	Various genre	Various genre	Various genre	Various genre	Various genre	Various genre
MATHEMATICS	Place value The 4 operations + – ? x	Statistics- representing data Measurement- Area and perimeter.	Fractions Decimals and percentages	Algebra Ratio Measuring converting units	Geometry position and direction Geometry properties of shapes and angles	Investigations and problem solving
SCIENCE	Animals including humans- the circulatory system Y6	Forces Y5	Evolution and Inheritance y6	British Science Week 8-15 March https://www.britishscienceweek.org/	Electricity Y6	Classification Y6
ART	Making a Bayeux tapestry of Beowulf	–	Create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas including botanical and anatomical drawings like Linneus to show the evolution of, say, a horse.	to improve their mastery of art and design techniques by designing and creating a model of the Snoozeatron.	–	Learn about about great artists, architects and designers in history
COMPUTING (*Oak Academy)	Communication Y6 How to effectively search and how search engines work.	Web Page design Y6 Using a wysiwyg editor to create and link several pages. Links to external sites. Implications, ownership etc.	Variables in Games Y6 Explore variables in Scratch as well as designing and writing your own short programs.	Spreadsheets Y6 Exploring how to organise data for purpose. Creating new, calculated, data Automatically using basic formulas.	3D modelling Y6 Using software like Tinkercad to create 3D models, exploring 3D space, applying scale, real world problems	Sensing y6 The micro:bit and its block based programming environment: MakeCode
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY	Design, make and evaluate relating to strengthening and reinforcing more complex structures. (marble maze which models the human circulatory system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAsskbnsqDQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PADoyFAEYQ	Design, make and evaluate mechanical structures including gears, pulleys, levers, cams and linkages. Make a crane which could bring down the giant peach. Make the Empire State Building, then the crane.		Design, make and evaluate electrical systems in their products [for example, series circuits incorporating switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors] with Mr Doar linked to British Science Week we created variable resistors in a parallel circuits.	Design, make and evaluate electrical systems in their products [for example, series circuits incorporating switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors] with Mr Doar
PSHE	Exploring Emotions	Bullying Matters	Being Responsible	Being Healthy	Relationships	Difference and Diversity
RE	U2.1 Why do some people believe in God, and some not?	U2.2 Creation and science: conflicting or complementary?	U2.5 What is the better way of expressing your faith- through the arts or through charitable works, or both?	UC U2.5 What do Christians believe Jesus did to save people?	UC U2.6 For Christians, what kind of King is Jesus?	U2.3 What do religions say to people when life gets hard?
PE	Swimming and Invasion Games	Swimming and Striking and Fielding Games	Invasion games	Invasion games	Athletics	Outdoor pursuits (Residential)
GEOGRAPHY	–	James and his trip from rural Wales to NYC – understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a region within North or South America James journeys from a rural place to New York- Location knowledge: locate the world’s countries, identify the position and significance of latitude	Eyam- An in- depth study linked to one of the British areas of study listed above a study over time tracing how several aspects of national history are reflected in the locality (this can go beyond 1066) a study of an aspect of history or a site dating from a period beyond 1066 that is significant in the locality.		Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including energy and sustainability.	Population as a specific element of Human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water Population from Oak Academy.
HISTORY	Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots Roman withdrawal from Britain in c. AD 410 and the fall of the western Roman Empire Scots invasions from Ireland to north Britain (now Scotland) Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life Anglo-Saxon art and culture Christian conversion – Canterbury, Iona and Lindisfarne					WW2 Modern British History post 1066?
MFL	Introductions	‘Our Café’ – Learning about French food and drink	Bon appetite plus La Chenille Qui Fait des Trous!	Les animaux et les coleurs

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