BedlingtonStation PrimarySchool

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  • 1A The Investigation Bureau
  • 1B The TIME Institute
  • 2A Station Studios
  • 2B Portal Design
  • 3A Flowerton Enterprises
  • 3B Book of Wonders

The Investigation Bureau: Everyday Materials

Year 2 Term 1A

CONTEXT

Detectives

EDUCATIONAL VISIT

Discovery Museum

CLASS READER

The Twits

Oracy Development Opportunities

ENGLISH

Focus Narrative:

Roald Dahl Stories

Key Text/Stimulus:

The Twits

Focus Non-Narrative:

Recount (Diary)

Key Text/Stimulus:

Investigation Bureau (Detective updates)

Curriculum support genres:

Labels, lists & captions

Senses Poems

ART

Artist:

No focus

Medium:

No focus

RE

Jigsaw RE

Is it possible to be kind to everyone all of the time?

 

(Northumberland Agreed Syllabus - Unit 1.4 What is the ‘good news’ Christians believe Jesus brings?)

 

What do Christians believe Jesus  the most important commandments were?Love God, and love your neighbour.  

What is a parable?Christians believe that Jesus then gave examples of stories (parables) and acted in a way to help people around him understand how important these commandments are.  

 

HISTORY

National Curriculum:

No focus

 

Content:

No focus

GEOGRAPHY

National Curriculum:

No focus

 

Content:

No focus

PE

Real PE Unit:

Unit 1

Cog Focus

  • Personal Skills

Fundamental Movement Skills

  • Coordination: Footwork
  • Static Balance: One Leg

Sport:

Gymnastics

Dance

Planning Link

DT

National Curriculum:

Focus objectives:

DESIGN OBJECTIVES

MAKE OBJECTIVES  

build structures, exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable

What is a Structure?
A structure is something that is built and designed to support a load or stand up by itself, such as buildings, bridges, or towers.
What is Stability?A structure needs to be stable so that it doesn’t fall over. A stable structure has a good base and is balanced.

Content:

Professor Crankpot inventions

Tasks from Professor Crankpot

SCIENCE

National Curriculum:

Everyday Materials

identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses

find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching

 

WOW! Practical Introduction

Mixed materials sort. Children set own criteria and find materials.

COMPUTING

National Curriculum:

Computer Science

Coding (PM Unit 2.1)
 
Information Tech

Inventions app (iPad) Problem solving

Planning Link

Digital Literacy

School Acceptable Use Policy

Online Safety

Recap Hector’s World.

Look at SMART Rules

Planning Link

MUSIC

Singing

Specialist teacherUkulele

Performing/singing/evaluations