Year 3
This term’s topic, Rock ‘n’ Roll, has a history focus and will be based around prehistoric Britain. We will be exploring The Stone Age and considering the changes that occurred during the Bronze and Iron Ages before the Romans invaded Britain. We will learn how Stone Age people survived as hunter-gatherers, and we will be studying Stonehenge as an important historic site from this period. We will consider the significance of historic artefacts in giving us clues about the past before the time of written language, and construct timelines to order events.
Science will primarily focus on the formation of rocks and soil. We will study the three main types of rock and learn how to classify them using their different properties. With this in mind, the children will also explore the life of Mary Anning and her famous discoveries. The children will love our class reader, The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley, a story about a young boy who travels back in time to the Stone Age. We will also use The Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura and How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth by Michelle Robinson and Kate Hindley to aid their writing in Literacy.
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Year 4
This Summer Term, Year 4 is diving into an action-packed adventure with our thrilling topic: Glorious Glevum! Get ready to step back in time as we uncover the secrets of the Rotten Roman, how they invaded, conquered, and ruled over most of Europe! Our class reader, ‘Twitch,’ will take us on an exciting journey alongside other captivating texts that will expand our vocabulary and learning. In Science, we’ll be exploring fascinating topics like teeth, the digestive system, and food chains, unlocking the mysteries of how our bodies work! But that’s not all! We have an unforgettable Roman Day planned, where children will get hands-on with Roman battle formations, make and enjoy delicious pizzas outdoors (weather permitting), and fully immerse themselves in the Roman way of life. And for an extra dose of adventure, we’re hoping to take a trip to Slimbridge Wetlands Centre, tying in perfectly with both ‘Twitch’ and our science learning. It’s going to be an epic term full of discovery, fun, and unforgettable experiences!
Y4 Curriculum Overview Summer Term
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Year 5
For our Spring Term Topic, we are going to be exploring the vastness of space! We are going to learn all about the planets in our solar system, cover the Space Race and delve into the science of how things work in our galaxy. In our writing, we will be creating our own Sci-Fi stories to coincide with our class reader ‘The Boy In The Tower’ by Polly Ho Yen, as well as writing our own poetry and an explanation piece. We will also be covering the work of Paul Klee in Art, designing our own moon buggy in DT and taking part in both dance and rugby in PE. It’s going to be out of this world!
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Year 6
Our topic this term is Science and geography based, as we explore the life and work of the pioneering naturalist, geologist and biologist Charles Darwin. We will investigate the history of the discovery of the evolution of life: exploring the work of the incredible scientists who came before Darwin and how their amazing discoveries and work allowed Darwin to develop his theory over time. We will move on to the classification and identification of animals based on their characteristics, and see how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment and understanding that these adaptations may lead to evolution. We will be able to recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, and will have features inherited from the parents, but are not identical and vary from each other. Finally, we will explore how fossils are created and how they provided us with evidence of what lived on the Earth millions of years ago and provided evidence to support the theory of evolution. In Geography, we will follow in the footsteps of Darwin and travel to the spell-binding Galapagos Islands – the volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean considered one of the world’s foremost destinations for wildlife-viewing.
Y6 Curriculum Overview Summer Term
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