‘Transport Systems Are Created To Meet Our Needs’
This term our unit of inquiry is ‘Transport systems are created to meet our needs’
In Unit of Inquiry, we are going to find out when different modes of transport were invented and, whilst doing so, find out about the significant individuals who invented them. We will inquire about the roles these modes of transport played in significant historical events. When finding out how transport has changed, we will be learning about how the first aeroplane flight changed history and who the Wright Brothers were. By working scientifically, we are going to investigate different materials and their properties, including if they can be squashed, squeezed and twisted. We will use our findings to understand why different types of transport are made out of the materials they are. This term in art, we will be studying the work of Claude Monet and will be using the techniques he used to create our very own transport themed paintings.
This term our unit of inquiry is ‘Transport systems are created to meet our needs’
In Unit of Inquiry, we are going to find out when different modes of transport were invented and, whilst doing so, find out about the significant individuals who invented them. We will inquire about the roles these modes of transport played in significant historical events. When finding out how transport has changed, we will be learning about how the first aeroplane flight changed history and who the Wright Brothers were. By working scientifically, we are going to investigate different materials and their properties, including if they can be squashed, squeezed and twisted. We will use our findings to understand why different types of transport are made out of the materials they are. This term in art, we will be studying the work of Claude Monet and will be using the techniques he used to create our very own transport themed paintings.
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We will be following different lines of inquiry to help us discover:
In English this term, our core text will be ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers. We will start the term by making many predictions and asking many questions to develop and challenge our creativity in story writing. After reading the book in parts, we will use role play and hot seating to help us understand the thoughts and feelings of the characters in the book. After story mapping and retelling the story using actions, we will be adapting the story to create our very own version of ‘Lost and Found’. Throughout the term we will also be looking at and reading other texts by Oliver Jeffers, as well as studying ‘Mrs Armitage on Wheels’ by Quentin Blake.
- Which materials have properties suitable for different modes of transport?
- How has transport changed and which significant individuals have influenced this?
- Looking at Monet’s transport paintings, which techniques did he use in his art?
In English this term, our core text will be ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers. We will start the term by making many predictions and asking many questions to develop and challenge our creativity in story writing. After reading the book in parts, we will use role play and hot seating to help us understand the thoughts and feelings of the characters in the book. After story mapping and retelling the story using actions, we will be adapting the story to create our very own version of ‘Lost and Found’. Throughout the term we will also be looking at and reading other texts by Oliver Jeffers, as well as studying ‘Mrs Armitage on Wheels’ by Quentin Blake.
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In maths, for the first part of this term, we will be developing our understanding of subtraction when taking away 10 and will be starting to look at the place value of numbers. We will begin by representing numbers using the dienes to show the tens and ones, we will be using these to help us identify one more and one less and then we will order and compare numbers. In addition, we will be practising counting in multiples of 2s, 5s and 10s. Further on in the term, we will explore measurement. We will begin by looking at length and height and then we will develop our knowledge and understanding of measurement by weight and volume.
You might like to join in with our learning by…
- Visiting a transport museum
- Creating your own Claude Monet style painting
- Making a model of one of the types of transport
- Designing a new method of transport – how will it work, what materials will it be made from
- Writing a transport poem
- Taking pictures of all the different transport you have been on
- Finding out how many different ways you can travel to Scotland – what different vehicles would you go on?
