Autumn Term
This Term LBi are going Under The Sea !
We will have three mini topic based projects within this term - Sea Creatures and Stories of the Sea; Transport, Sea Myths.
Project 1: Sea Creatures and Stories of the Sea
Throughout this term we will use Julia Donaldson's style of writing in her ocean based books. Using geography skills the children will be going to the beach and looking at coastal features, beginning with where we would find local sea creatures.They will develop their geographical observation skills through real life fieldwork of the local environment and researching other sea environments around the world to make comparisons. Through research in Science and Geography the children will write information texts on the local coastal environment and the groupings/observations of sea creatures.Whilst at the beach the children will develop the skill of reviewing other artists’ sea sculptures (Gormley, Hambling, http://www.artandeducationbythesea.co.uk/ ). From their reviews they will design and make their own sand sculptures. In Computing, the children will be reminded of Hector's World as an ongoing theme for Internet Safety which is also set in the ocean. The children will develop their reporting/information writing skills to produce a PowerPoint of the creatures they have been looking at closely in the projec. The ocean theme will link into dance and gymnastic lessons for P.E. In outdoor P.E lessons the children will be learning how to contribute to team games. Religious Education will follow the theme as closely as possible however the main focus on Special People and will look at this through all the religions.
Project 2: Transport
In PSHE we will be learning about the importance of looking after our local coast, the ocean and recycling. We will use our geographical skills to help map the ocean and continents of the world and create a ‘sat nav’ style program to support this in our computing lessons. In DT we will create a vessel to sail our plotted course using our maps and navigations. We will research famous vessels and explorers of the past in our history lessons to help create our own ships. And in PSHE we will be thinking what it must have been like for those explorers.
Project 3: Sea Myths
In music and dance we will explore the mythical creatures of the deep. Using mermaid stories in literacy this will inspire some creative writing and design. We will use these in out DT lessons when we create a mythical sea creature out of cane work. In science we will think about the habitats these mythical sea creatures would need.
Project 1: Sea Creatures and Stories of the Sea
Throughout this term we will use Julia Donaldson's style of writing in her ocean based books. Using geography skills the children will be going to the beach and looking at coastal features, beginning with where we would find local sea creatures.They will develop their geographical observation skills through real life fieldwork of the local environment and researching other sea environments around the world to make comparisons. Through research in Science and Geography the children will write information texts on the local coastal environment and the groupings/observations of sea creatures.Whilst at the beach the children will develop the skill of reviewing other artists’ sea sculptures (Gormley, Hambling, http://www.artandeducationbythesea.co.uk/ ). From their reviews they will design and make their own sand sculptures. In Computing, the children will be reminded of Hector's World as an ongoing theme for Internet Safety which is also set in the ocean. The children will develop their reporting/information writing skills to produce a PowerPoint of the creatures they have been looking at closely in the projec. The ocean theme will link into dance and gymnastic lessons for P.E. In outdoor P.E lessons the children will be learning how to contribute to team games. Religious Education will follow the theme as closely as possible however the main focus on Special People and will look at this through all the religions.
Project 2: Transport
In PSHE we will be learning about the importance of looking after our local coast, the ocean and recycling. We will use our geographical skills to help map the ocean and continents of the world and create a ‘sat nav’ style program to support this in our computing lessons. In DT we will create a vessel to sail our plotted course using our maps and navigations. We will research famous vessels and explorers of the past in our history lessons to help create our own ships. And in PSHE we will be thinking what it must have been like for those explorers.
Project 3: Sea Myths
In music and dance we will explore the mythical creatures of the deep. Using mermaid stories in literacy this will inspire some creative writing and design. We will use these in out DT lessons when we create a mythical sea creature out of cane work. In science we will think about the habitats these mythical sea creatures would need.
Making Models of Coastal Features in Geography
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