Spring 2 2016 Class; Badgers and Falcons
Topic – “The Highwayman”
Topic
Activities
Week 1
15 February
Week 2
22 February
Week 3
29 February
Week 4
7th March
Week 5
13th March
Week 6
20th March
Mathematical
Understanding
Loop 8; MULTIPLICATIVE
REASONING- multiplication
and division, fractions
(including percentages and
decimals) and measurement
Loop 8; MULTIPLICATIVE
REASONING- multiplication
and division, fractions
(including percentages and
decimals) and measurement
Loop 8; MULTIPLICATIVE
REASONING- multiplication
and division, fractions
(including percentages and
decimals) and measurement
Loop 9; GEOMETRIC
REASONING- geometry;
properties of shapes and
geometry; position and
direction
Loop 9; GEOMETRIC
REASONING- geometry;
properties of shapes and
geometry; position and
direction
Loop 9; GEOMETRIC
REASONING- geometry;
properties of shapes and
geometry; position and
direction
Understanding English,
communication &
languages –
English, Sp&L, reading,
writing & MFL
Literacy
Narrative; Fiction; Theseus
and the Minotaur
Literacy
Narrative; Fiction; Theseus
and the Minotaur
Literacy
Narrative; Fiction; Theseus
and the Minotaur
Literacy
Non-Fiction; Nonchronological report
Literacy
Non-Fiction; Non-chronological
report
Literacy
Poetry- A Smuggler’s Song,
Rudyard Kipling
Daily: Handwriting,
Spellings,
Sentence Structure.
Daily: Handwriting,
Spellings,
Sentence Structure.
Daily: Handwriting,
Spellings,
Sentence Structure.
Daily: Handwriting,
Spellings,
Sentence Structure.
Daily: Handwriting,
Spellings,
Sentence Structure.
Daily: Handwriting,
Spellings,
Sentence Structure.
Creative arts; drama‘The Highwayman’
Starting point; reading images
activity
Class dictionary
Storyboard setting
Hot seating
Character profile
Features of the poem
Exploring the poem in a
modern say setting
Opinion line: villain or hero?
Freeze frame
Performance
Soundtrack with illustrations
Exploring percussion
instruments
Imaginative movement to the
poem
Art and music
Chalk and charcoal doors
Illustrations of the trees
Illustrate a line of the poem
Figure drawing
Steel drumming lesson
Steel drumming lesson
Steel drumming lesson
Steel drumming lesson
Understanding
Physical development,
health and wellbeing; PE
Know the basic skills and
techniques of tennis.
Understand the importance of
hand eye coordination and ball
control.
Play a forehand shot.
Apply the key steps of a volley
or backhand shot.
RE
Religious debates on
Christianity
Religious debates on
Christianity
Finding out what makes a
good blog
Writing a blog post
Commenting on blog posts
Adding images to blog posts
Working with media
Live blogging
Telling the time
Telling the time
Telling the time
Telling the time
The weather
The weather
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nd
th
3D representations of a
character
Steel drumming lesson
Serve
Creating a soundtrack
Steel drumming lesson
Apply racket skills to a
game situation.
Understanding the Easter story
Easter; Light and Darkness
and the Bible
Computing;
we are bloggers
Spanish