Transcript Starlings Curriculum Map Term 2 2012

PSE Development
(Personal and Social Emotional)
•SEAL unit – Getting on and falling out
• What qualities make a good friend?
•What triggers anger and how can we diffuse it?
•Anti-bullying week: What is bullying and how do I
deal with it?
Physical Development
Knowledge & Understanding of the World
We will be focusing our learning in these areas:
We will be studying the Romans, including
Games – we will be developing skills in finding and using
space and using tactics when playing small-sided games.
•The changes that the Romans brought to Britain
including road building, aqueducts temples and baths .
Gymnastics –We will be developing our skills of poise and
balance
•Roman beliefs and gods.
We will also begin to develop our swimming skills
•In RE we will be exploring the deeper meanings of
religious festivals including Hanukah, Christmas
and the Roman festival of Saturnalia
•Investigating how the Romans entertained themselves.
•Emperor Hadrian and Hadrian’s wall.
•Roman cooking activities and toga party.
•Trip to the Roman legion museum in Wales.
Our science this term is a study of Light, including:
•Investigating sources of light and how we see.
Learning
•Designing experiments to test materials that are
reflective, opaque, transparent and translucent.
Developing lifelong learning skills is central to all
that we do. This term we will be focusing on:
•Investigating how shadows are made.
•Continuing to increase our ability to focus on tasks
for longer periods of time and manage distractions
•Developing skills of empathy and reflection
Mathematical development
We will be focusing on the following learning:
•Developing our prediction skills.
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The rotten Romans
•Investigating the properties of 2d and 3d shapes
including angle and symmetry.
•Developing increased accuracy with measuring
skills including length, area and perimeter.
•Developing our addition and subtraction skills of
large numbers using a range of written strategies.
•Problem solving
In ICT, we will be developing our control skills using the
computer programme logo.
We will also be looking at aspects of e-safety and
investigating a Roman adventure game
In Design and technology we will be designing and
making our own pizzas
•Revising our skills of doubling and halving.
• Consolidating our addition and subtraction
mental maths skills and developing our knowledge
of multiplication tables.
•Developing our ability to use the evidence we have
collected to spot patterns and make conclusions
Creative Development
In Art we will be developing our 3d clay skills by
designing and creating our own night light holders
We will also be creating our own Roman mosaics and
Roman shields
Connected to our Science theme of light we will be
creating stained glass window designs and using light
paper to create shadow pictures
The children will continue to develop their music skills
with our specialist music teacher Mrs Winning- Hart
Communication, Literacy and Language
We will be focusing on the following learning:
• investigating and creating our own information texts
about the Ancient Romans, including developing note
taking skills and presentation techniques.
•Exploring stories with historical settings: Romulus and
Remus.
• Reading and performing Christmas poetry.
•Spelling investigations
•Whole class and group reading activities
•French: numbers, and classroom instructions