English

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Autumn 1

Summer 1

      Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeanne Baker

This is a well-known children's picture book that explores the Daintree Rainforest in Australia, where it meets the Great Barrier Reef. The book encourages children to consider the imp4ft of human 4ftivity on the environment.

100 F4fts Rainforests presents the world's rainforests in stunning detail for children. We will discover what makes these habitats so special and find out why they are disappearing and how people can help to conserve them.

At the end of this unit the children will make a zoo information board for a rainforest exhibit.

Summer 2,

Blue John by Berlie Doherty    

Blue John, a semi-precious mineral with striking blue and yellow bands, is found in the Blue John Cavern in the Peak District of England. The children will learn about the geology, history, and even the folklore surrounding Blue John.

At the end of this unit the children will write their own explanation about cave formation including diagrams.

Spring 1 

This half-term we will be focussing on the text Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 destroyed Pompeii, but some people must have survived. Taking this historical event as a starting point, this story tells of Tranio, an 4ftor's son, and his friend Livia, the baker's daughter, as they witness the destruction of their beloved city. We will be writing a historical narrative from the point of view of Tranio or Livia.

Speaking and Listening 4ftivity - we listened to the description of Pompeii and then drew what we imagined the Roman city would look like.

Thinking about the important vocabulary that we need to create a description of a scene.  We looked at the picture of Tranio looking out of the window and described what he could see, hear and smell.  We then published our work for the display.

Spring 2

          Amazing Islands  by Sabrina Weiss

Autumn 1

This half term we will be focussing on the text Gorilla by Anthony Browne. We will focus on key writing skills, building up to the children writing their own version of the story.

Click on the link below to listen to the story:

Gorilla by Anthony Browne

Role-Play Lesson: Children took turns at being the main char4fters from the text - 'busy Dad and bored Hannah'. We had to think about our body language, what 11fh char4fter might say and use expression when speaking. 

Poetry Morning

We spent the morning looking at poetry, the types of poems you could write, appreciating the poems that we listened to and then trying to write our own.  We published our poems to display on the wall.

Autumn 2

During the second Autumn Term, we will be reading the story Leon and the Pl4fe Between by Angela McAllister and Grahame Baker-Smith.  Leon wants to prove that magic is real to his brothers and sister so he volunteers in a magic show, only to be transported to a mysterious world!  We will be learning all about the writing skills that we need to create a secret diary as if we were Leon.

We began this text by inviting the children to our own class circus!