Term 6

This term our unit of inquiry is ‘Where we are in Place and Time’ and our key concept is ‘I’ve not failed, I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work’. We will be following different lines of inquiry to help us different lines of inquiry to help us discover:

• How can we improve the way we give directions?
• Which inventions have changed our lives?
• How can we work scientifically to solve problems and answer questions?

Our unit of inquiry will begin by finding out about what an invention is and how different inventions have changed over time.  We will be learning about the invention of the telephone and how it has changed, as well as finding out about the life of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.  We will be working scientifically to solve a range of different problems and to conduct different experiments.  Our experiments will focus on using a range of different materials and scientific skills as well as collecting and recording data from our observations.  Towards the end of the term, we will problem solve to find different ways to give directions to a visitor to the school.  This will lead on to learning about how to use maps and compasses.

In English this term, our core texts are ‘Monstersaurus’ by Ben Cort and Claire Freeman and ‘Rosie Revere the Engineer’ by Andrea Beaty. It will be a messy start to the term, but a very exciting start, as we will be making our own monster potions. We will make predictions of what monsters will be created, we will write instructions for these recipes and then we will create our own instructions for our own monster potion. The following week, we will be looking at persuasive language. After story mapping the story, we will be identifying features of posters and adverts. We will discuss what persuasive language has been used and will use this to support us when we make our own poster/advert for this story book. 

​Moving on to our second core text of the term, the first week we will be focusing on using lots of descriptive language. We will use different word types (nouns, adjectives, adverbs, similes…etc) and will be editing and improving our sentences. Also, we will use this book to learn how to write instructions. We will create lists, identify features of instructions, plan our instructions and then publish our set of instructions.
 
In maths this term, we are beginning by using mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement.  This will include movement in a straight line and distinguishing between rotation as a turn.  We will be using the words ‘clockwise’ and ‘anti-clockwise’ to describe the direction of quarter, half and three-quarter turns.  We will also revise telling the time to o’clock and half past before learning how to read quarter past and quarter to times.  We will apply this knowledge to find and compare durations of time.  Towards the end of the term, we will have a unit on ‘measurement’ where we will learn how to measure and compare mass in grams and kilograms, capacity in millilitres and litres and temperature in degrees.  We will be solving a range of problems involving measurement.
 
This term during Week 5 the timetable will run slightly differently due to Healthy Living Week. We have got some exciting workshops planned and the lessons to go with these will all revolve around living a healthy life style.