We hope you have had a wonderful break and are ready for a half term, jam-packed with lots of fun and interesting topics.

Here are our wider curriculum topics for this half term:

Autumn 2

 

History Stone Age to Iron Age

When did humans first begin to walk the earth? How did early humans live and survive?  

Children will learn about life in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, a period covering a million years of history. As well as understanding the chronology of this fascinating time, children will learn about the food, religion, homes, technology and art and how each of these areas developed and changed over time and how amazing developments occurred from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science  - Forces and Magnets

Why do magnets attract? What forces do we experience in everyday life?

Children will learn they need to know about forces and magnets! From pushes and pulls to uses for magnetic materials, your children will combine practical enquiry and scientific research to help them become more familiar with how forces and magnets work.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DT  - British Inventors

Who invented the world wide Web? Could you be the entrepreneur who invents the next technology humans can’t live without?

 
 


In DT, we will focus on some important Victorian inventions and more recent 20th century inventions created by British inventors and scientists. We will discover how these inventions have changed the lives of the people who use them while also considering how each of the inventions shown has been developed and changed.

 

 

Core subjects

English – Newspaper Report; Playscripts

Maths – Addition and Subtraction; Multiplication and Division

 

Other non-core subjects

PE Gymnastics

Computing E-Safety; Coding and spreadsheets

RE Creation Story

Music – Soundscapes

Spanish – Animals

 

Our Whole Class Text in English

The Iron Man – by Ted Hughes

Weekly Timetable

Monday

PE – come to school in PE kit

Tuesday

 

Wednesday

 

Thursday

Homework due today

Friday

Reading records checked and booked changed

Swimming

Feel good Friday uniform

Homework set today

 

 

Spellings

To be completed through EdShed.

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