Disciplines:

Sculpture, Drawing, Collage

Medium:

Paper (sugar and cartridge), Soft pencils, wax crayons, watercolours, pastels, graphite, scissors, glue sticks, cardboard or foamboard, paper clips or wire.

Artists:

Andrea Butler

Pathway: Making Birds 🔗

In this pathway children continue to develop their understanding of sculpture and build their making skills.

Shape –To change or form a material using your hands.

Join – To stick or fix materials together.

Build – To make something by putting materials together..

How can we use our hands and tools to make a sculpture?

Watercolour paint can spread, mix, and make soft, light colours when we add water.

National Curriculum:

the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles

understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country (Bedlington Station compared to village in Botswana)

use simple compass directions and locational and directional language to describe the location of features and routes on a map

Cross Curricular Writing Opportunity:

As Travel Planners working for Portal Travel, your task is to create a simple non-chronological report to help others learn about Botswana.  Use clear headings and short sentences to organise your ideas so that travellers can quickly learn about this country.

Where is Botswana?

Africa

Hot part of the world

Near the equator  

How is Botswana similar to the UK?

People live there.

People work there.

People live in families.

How is Botswana different to the UK?

Food, Houses, Animals, Weather, Flag

What are maps and compass directions and what do we use them for?

A map is used to show where places are. Compass directions help us to find the right way to go (direction)Maps can be used to find a way from one place to another.

Real PE Unit:

Unit 5

Cog Focus

• Physical Skills

Fundamental Movement Skills

• Coordination: Sending and Receiving
• Agility: Reaction/Response

Planning Link

Sport:

Multi-skills

Football

National Curriculum:

Working Scientifically

Investigations:

What sticks to a magnet? Children test different everyday objects to find out which materials are magnetic and sort them into groups.

Which direction is North? Children use a compass to observe which way it points and notice that it always shows the same direction.

Can we make our own compass? Children create a simple floating compass using a magnetised needle and observe how it turns to point North. 

Ongoing:

observe changes across the 4 seasons

observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies

Online Safety

Lesson 5: How much time should we spend on technology? 🔗

Learning what is meant by the term 'digital footprint' and finding out how we can ensure that the things we share and post online do not negatively impact us later in life.

Creating Media

Digital Imagery 🔗

Using creativity and imagination to plan a miniature adventure story and capture it using developing photography skills. Learn to enhance photos using a range of editing tools as well as searching for and adding other images to a project, resulting in a high-quality photo collage showcase.

Oak Academy

Compose and create: high and low melodic responses🔗

Performing/singing/evaluations