BedlingtonStation PrimarySchool
BedlingtonStation PrimarySchool
Year 1 Term 3A
CONTEXT
What ho! Regina Flowerton here - world-famous explorer, botanist and historian! Welcome to Portal Travel, my a worldwide travel company. As Travel Agents working at Portal Travel, you will complete a range of different tasks for me including the running of Portal Travel. I also need you research and advertise a new trip to Africa for Portal Travel. Let's go... adventure awaits!
CLASS READER
Julia Donaldson
BROADENING EXPERIENCES
Posting Postcards Home
PSHE ‘Relationships’.We will learn about all kinds of relationships, including, family, friends and people who help us and about how we show respect to others.
Curriculum Overview
Oracy Development Opportunities
ENGLISH
Focus Narrative:
Travel Stories
Key Text/Stimulus:
Meerkat Mail
Focus Non-Narrative:
Information Text (Poster)
Key Text/Stimulus:
Tourism Brochures/Posters
Curriculum support genres:
Recounts
Instructions
RE
Jigsaw RE
Is Shabbat important to Jewish children?
(Northumberland Agreed Syllabus - What does it mean to belong to a faith community?)
What is Shabbat?
- Shabbat (Sabbath) is celebrated both in the home and the synagogue and the main requirement is that no work should be attempted from sunset on Friday until sunset on Saturday.
- The start of Shabbat is marked with a special meal and ceremony in the home.
- When worshipping, Jews wear a skull cap called a kippah. This is usually worn by men as a sign of respect to God.
HISTORY
National Curriculum:
No focus
Content:
No focus
GEOGRAPHY
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
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 is 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.
DT
National Curriculum:
Focus objectives:
Cooking and Nutrition
Focus skills:
Recipes:
Pancakes
SCIENCE
National Curriculum:
Working Scientifically
Investigations:
Exploring magnets - What is magnetic?
(Link to Geog - compass and previous Science -materials)
Ongoing:
observe changes across the 4 seasons
observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies
MUSIC
Singin
Specialist singing teacher
Performing/singing/evaluations