Reading:

• Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
• Talking Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah

Writing:

We are writing for the following purposes:

• Inform (recount, instructions, facts)
• Entertain (story, poetry, performance)
• Persuade (letters, posters)
• Discuss (newspapers, book reviews, debates)

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Spring 1

Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo.

Writing a play script, character description and a setting description.

Guided Reading - Podkin One Ear: vocabulary, inference, prediction, explain and recall.

Spring 1

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Further multiplication and division: multiplying 3 digit numbers and word problems.

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• Exploring Pentatonic Scales
• Unit Aim - To develop children's ability to recognise and use pentatonic scales and to work with 4 X 4 beat phrases

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Playground Songs

Follow teacher’s hand signs to sing drmsl phrases (do/re/me/so/la), then improvising vocally and singing 4 beat phases using drmsl to solfa notation

Share, learn and study playground songs from around the world

Take an existing playground song and add another verse to make into a performance in a group.

• Colour to reflect mood - Abstract volcanoes
• Black History Month - Mark making - depicting Peckham
• Artists: Gerhard Richter, Faith Ringgold
• DT - Nutrition - Pompeii pasta - meal design, preparing food, cutting skills.

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Print: 

Cyanotypes inspired by Anna Atkins: 

• Researching great artists and in history 
• Experimenting with drawing techniques and materials 
• Making observational drawings and experiment with drawing materials 
• Exploring and creating cyanotypes 

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Pneumatics inspired by Anna Atkins:

• Learning about pneumatic systems 
• Making designs for a pneumatic system 
• Creating a pneumatic system 
• Evaluating pneumatic systems 

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• Being me in my world: Becoming a class ‘team’ including our learning charter, Rights, Responsibilities, and Democracy and what it means to be a school citizen, Rewards and Consequences
• Celebrating difference: Judging by appearances, understanding influences, understanding bullying, problem-solving, special me

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Sikhism: Practices and values, the 5 K’s, the story of Guru Nanak, Sikh festivals, and celebrations. We will develop the children’s inquisition skills and encourage reflection on how Sikhism forms part of our world’s and locality’s cultural heritage.

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Five pillars and Islamic community:

• What are the five pillars?
• What is salat?
• What is sawm and zakat? 
• Why are Eid and Ramadan such important events for Muslims?
• Introducing the Muslim community in Britain.
• What is the Grand Iftar in Bristol?
• How do Muslims in the UK celebrate the end of Ramadan?

• States of matter: Compare, group, explore the solids, liquids, gases. Understand the water cycle, including evaporation and condensation. Understand, explore, and investigate melting, freezing, and boiling points.
• Animals including humans: The digestive system, including teeth, functions of the main organs, food chains, and food webs

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Living things and their habitats: 

• Exploring different habitats 
• Researching habitats 
• Exploring how animals are classified 
• Creating a classification key 
• Adaptations and classifications within species 
• Explore and classify pond plants 

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Electricity:

• Explore electrical appliances and electric safety
• Learn about electrical components in a series circuit 
• Investigate electrical circuits 
• Explore conductors and insulators
• Learn about electrical switches 
• Investigate how electrical components can change within a circuit

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• Geography topic: Volcanoes and Mountains - Layers of the earth, tectonic plate movement, primary and secondary effects of earthquakes, how mountains are formed, volcanoes.
• History topic: Collapse of the Roman Empire - Formation of the Roman Empire, the decline and split of the empire, the sacking of Rome, withdrawal from Britain and subsequent impact, why did Rome fall?

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Spring 1

History - Anglo Saxons: chronology in the post Roman Empire era, different Kingdoms, the Danelaw and Alfred the Great

• Computing systems and networks: Connecting networks, what is the internet, and who owns it, websites, sharing information, can I believe what I read online?
• Creating media: Audio and digital recording, editing digital recordings, combining audio, evaluating podcasts.

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Computing - Creating media: editing pictures, changing pictures, fake images.

Tag Rugby: To consistently perform basic tag rugby skills, implement rules and develop tactics in competitive situations, increase speed and build endurance during gameplay.

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Dance

Say, read, write and understand:

• Vocabulary and simple sentences about school - Objects in and around the classroom, numbers 0 to 20, the days of the week and months of the year, commands, classroom instructions
• My local area, your local area - Firework poetry, recognize places in town, using ‘where is’, identify and name shops

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Spanish - Epiphany - 'I am learning about Epiphany celebrations in Spain

Los Reyes Magos.