Focus Narrative:

Environmental Stories

Key Text/Stimulus:

Little Turtle Turns the Tide  

Writing Outcome:

Create a new picture book in the 'Little Animal' series.

Focus Grammar

• Choosing nouns and pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion
• Fronted adverbials

Debate, Freeze-frames

Poetry performance

Focus Non-Narrative:British Poetry (Oral)

Key Text/Stimulus:

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Writing Outcome:

Poetry reading performance

Cross-curriculum support genres:

Labels, lists & captions

Non Chronological Reports

Pathway: Storytelling Through Drawing

Explore how artists create sequenced drawings to share and tell stories. Create accordian books or comic strips to retell poetry or prose through drawing.

Disciplines:

Drawing, Sketchbooks

Medium:

Drawing Materials, Paper

Artists:

Laura Carlin, Shaun Tan

What techniques can artists use to make their storytelling drawings more effective?Artists use line, shape, colour, and composition to add feeling and focus. They can include text, experiment with mark-making, and plan how images flow across a page to guide the viewer through a narrative.

Sequence – A series of drawings placed in order to show how a story unfolds.

Composition – How elements like characters and background are arranged on the page.

Narrative – A story or account of events told through words or images.

National Curriculum:

No focus

Content:

No focus

National Curriculum:

No focus

Content:

No focus

Real PE Unit:

Unit 2

Cog Focus

• Social Skills

Fundamental Movement Skills

• Dynamic Balance to Agility: Jumping and Landing
• Static Balance: Seated

Planning Link

Sport:

Circuits

Yoga

Feedback, sharing ideas, coaching

National Curriculum:

Focus objectives:

DESIGN OBJECTIVES

MAKE OBJECTIVES

EVALUATE OBJECTIVES

apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures

Recipes:

Food Packaging - reusable/recyclable  

Feedback, sharing ideas, conducting surveys

What are the key purposes of food packaging?The key purposes of food packaging are to protect the food, keep it fresh, provide important information, and make it look appealing to customers.

What materials are commonly used for food packaging and why?Common materials include cardboard for its strength and recyclability, plastic for sealing and protecting food from moisture, and foil for keeping food fresh by blocking air and light.

Packaging – The material used to wrap or contain a product to protect it and keep it fresh.

Material – What something is made from, like cardboard, plastic, or foil.

Purpose – The reason something is made or used, such as protecting food or giving information.

National Curriculum:

Living Things/Habitats

recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment

recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things  

DiscussionsFeedback, sharing ideas, performance of digestive system- explanation

WOW! Wonder Launch

Nature Hunt. Search outdoors for living things (mini beasts) and add to temporary habitat in class to observe

Investigations:

Classification Keys

Mini-beast observation

Environment/habitiat 'trioramas'

How can living things be grouped?Living things can be grouped based on their characteristics, such as animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms, or by features like how they move, what they eat, or where they live.

What is a classification key, and how is it used?A classification key is a tool that helps us identify and group living things by asking a series of questions about their characteristics, leading to the correct name or group.

How can changes in the environment affect living things?Changes such as pollution, deforestation, or climate change can harm habitats, make it harder for animals and plants to survive, and sometimes cause species to become endangered or extinct.

Classification – Grouping living things based on their similarities and differences.

Characteristic – A feature or quality used to identify and group living things (e.g. number of legs, type of leaves).

Classification key – A diagram or tool that helps identify living things by answering yes/no questions about their features.

Habitat – The natural home or environment where a plant or animal lives.

Environment – The surroundings or conditions where living things exist, including both natural and human-made factors.

Instrument Tuition

Steel Pans

Language Angels Unit

• Fruits

Speaking aloud