Quakes and Shakes

Quakes and Shakes

1. Maths

   • Multiplication and Division
     • Multiplication as repeated addition, recall 3x, 4x and 8x tables, multiply and divide a 2-digit by a 1 -digit number
   • Fluency - revising 2x, 10x and 5x tables, doubling and halving

2. PE

   • Ball skills

3. Geography -

   • Locate places where volcanoes an earthquakes occur, understand the causes of earthquakes, understand the effects of volcanoes and earthquakes and how they affect human life

4. ART

   • Sketches linked to fossils (drawing from observation, using different media, pastels, charcoal etc.)

5. PSHE - Dreams and Goals

   • Staying motivated when doing something challenging, working well with a partner/group, positive attitude, helping others to achieve their goals, working hard to achieve their own goals and dreams

6. English

   • Writing to Entertain
     • Children will make predictions, identify and compose noun phrases, add effective adjectives and conjunctions, use prepositional phrases and begin to use dialogue
   • Grammar
     • Full stops, capital letters, conjunctions, prepositions, noun phrases, adjectives
   • Spelling: -el, le words, -il words, -al words, homophones and near homophones and weekly spelling test of common exception words

7. RE Christianity - The Bible

   • How do Christians use the Bible? Rewrite the parable of the Lost Sheep. Ten Commandments.

8. Computing - Tinkering with Scratch

   • Children will make loops and alter animations and learn about algorithms.

9. Topic Launch

   • Collect information from a range of sources and create a 3D model of a volcano with facts

10. Science - Rocks

    • Classify rocks in different ways
      • Devise tests to explore the properties of rocks
        • Explain how fossils are formed
          • Identify the components of soil and test its ability to retain water