Literacy
Fiction: Stimulus- ‘Silly Billy’, ‘Operation Night Monster’
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Character description
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Comprehension- answering questions about the text
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Sentence construction
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Punctuation including full stops and capital letters
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Using conjunctions including ‘and’.
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Expanded noun phrases
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Letter writing
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Writing a new ending for a story
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Write own story based on experiences
Poetry:
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Identify favourite lines from a range of poems
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Identify simple rhythm and rhyme
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Decide on suitable vocabulary choices within a poem
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Identify patterns in poetry
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Produce a class performance of a poem
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Create and evaluate own poem
Non-fiction: Stimulus- ‘All about Orang-utans’
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Ask questions about a text
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Collecting facts
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Research another animal and present findings
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Using imperative verbs and recognise how they are used
in command and instruction
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Design and write own non-fiction book or report
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Make book or report into and eBook- on the computer
Live Unit:
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Write news reports as ‘newshounds’
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Read and discuss new stories
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Write news reports to develop writing skills
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Use past tense and noun phrases to write captions
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Write questions using punctuation- capital letters and
question marks
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Edit, proof read and publish work
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Discuss success of news stories
Numeracy
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Number and place value in tens and units
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Mentally calculate +, -, x, ÷ questions.
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Properties of 2D and 3D shape
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Use Carroll diagrams to record findings
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Use, order and record amounts of money in £ and p
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Use position and direction including N, E, S, W.
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Measure using length and height in any direction.
To know 2,5 and 10 times tables to 10x10
From A to B...
1/2 & 2NS
Autumn Term 2014/2015
Geography
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What human and physical features do we have at school
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Journey to school what human and physical things to you
pass on way to school
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Use directional language to plot a journey
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Create train journey around country using maps and atlas
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Find differences in ways cars and trains travel
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locate 7 continents and 5 oceans
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characteristics of Eng, Ire, Scot, Wales and capital cities
of UK and surrounding seas
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Weather- seasons, daily patterns, hot and cold areas in
relation to equator and north and south poles
History
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Timeline of car manufacturing
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Comparing old and new transport
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Research about aeroplanes and Concord
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Label parts of a plane
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Debate strengths and weaknesses of a commercial
shuttle
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Evolution of trains including inventor George Stephenson
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Comparing George Stephenson to invention of Google car
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Celebrating milestones in transport invention.
Science- Materials
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Identify materials
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Similarities and differences between properties of
materials
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Investigate most suitable material to patch a hole in a
boat to make it float
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Create a fair test to decide how to make and fly a paper
aeroplane
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Forces- using pushes and pulls to move objects
PSHCE- Golden Rules
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What would make our classroom a happy classroom?
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Sign the class charter
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Why do we need rules?
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What are our school rules?
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What rules do we have at home?
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What rules do grown-ups have?
Seal: Getting on and Falling Out
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What makes a good friend? Read and respond to ‘Rani and
Leroy’s’ story
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Giving and receiving compliments
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Points of view and accepting others points of view
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Listening to and accepting others views to make up
D&T
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Plan, make and evaluate a clay medal to present to George
Stephenson ‘The Father of Railways’
Explore materials, tools and products to produce a mode
of transport- use Kinect to make chassis
Create badge for transport using ICT
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BMW ‘expression of Joy’ – painting with tyres
Boat collage in style of Turner/ Monet
Portrait of famous transport inventors
Paint transport scene in style of famous artist
Futuristic painting to capture speed and movement
Design new vehicle/ mode of transport
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Art
RE- Belonging
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What does it mean to belong to a family?
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Why is it important to have values and rules in school?
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What are similarities and differences between Christian
and Jewish believers and you?
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Why does someone have a special book?
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What are the different ways you can show forgiveness to
someone?
Harvest- Why is Harvest a special time for Christians?
Diwali- What happens at Diwali?
Christmas- Why is Christmas a special time for Christians?
PE
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Gymnastics- balancing and movement
Dance (Wednesday afternoon)
Swimming