Class Lakin/Gibbs

1. Literacy – linked to ‘The Dragon-Slayer’ Instruction Texts: Identify Key Features of instruction texts – look at video clip and analyse Produce text map for ‘How to trap a dragon’ – orally re-tell Shared write instructions for ‘How to feed a dragon’ Independently write instructions for ‘How to bath a dragon’ Report-writing: Identify Key Features – read assorted newspaper reports and analyse Produce text map for report about a fire Shared write newspaper report about the fire Independently write a newspaper report about a fire caused by a dragon Numeracy To subtract 2 digit numbers using counting on to find the difference. To use column subtraction to subtract two 2 digit numbers. Apply methods of addition of 2 digit numbers to solve word problems. Recognise right angles and angles that are smaller or greater than a right angle. Recognise fractions of shapes. Recognise unit fractions and find fractions of number. Solve simple algebra in order to calculate missing numbers ICT Use animation to create and retell part of a story. PE Gymnastics- practice and create different balances and rolls, thinking about body positioning and shape. To develop sequences of movement on both floor and apparatus. Swimming Class Lakin/Gibbs Art/DT Moving Monsters Look at a range of different moving models and identify how they move Investigate pneumatic systems and make one of their own Design and make a moving dragon which uses a pneumatic system Science Forces: Magnets and springs We will focus on investigations that include: Making predications Designing and carrying out a fair test and have an understanding of how to make a test fair. Ways to represent the results of an experiments, including using tables and bar charts Drawing conclusions from an experiment, noting patterns they observe. R.E/ Music/ SMSC links Playing drumming rhythms using the djembe drums/Group singing led by music co-ordinator Consider signs and symbols in religion with particular reference to Christianity and Sikhism Understand the importance of Guru Nanak in Sikhism and what makes a good leader Understand that there were 10 Gurus and that Guru Nanak was the first Guru Consider sharing and not sharing, and the ways in which our behaviour impacts upon our relationship with others around us Humanities Contrasting Localities: Begin to look at the village of Eyam and the town of Bulwell in preparation for next terms topic when we will make comparisons between the two localities Global dimensions Consider the origins of the Sikh faith and how it is practised globally today.