Topic/Writing
Summer: How Does Your Garden Grow?
Our fingers go green for this topic! We plant strawberries and sunflowers and learn how to look after them ourselves. We learn all about life cycles and the parts of flowering plants and trees.
Painting inspired by Eric Carle
How tall have our sunflowers grown so far?
Taking care of our plants
Science afternoon at Inkersall Primary
What types of tree are on the school grounds?
Creating a sunflower circle
Highlighting features of information texts
Parts of plants and trees
Lifecycle of a sunflower
Planting sunflowers
Planting strawberries
What can we find?
Acting out scenes from Percy Parker: The Treasure Hunt
Creating treasure maps
Designing posters to advertise our treasure hunts
Role play
Spring 2: Chocolate
This topic involves learning all about where our food comes from, including the origins of chocolate. We also explore Fairtrade and how we can help farmers get a fair price for their produce.
Fairtrade!
Taste test...
Chocolate fountain mania!
Farm to Fork Project at Tesco
Trip to the chocolate shop
Spring 1: Pocahontas/Native Americans
This topic dives into the history of Christopher Columbus and his discovery of the Native Americans. We learn all about their way of life and how they survived by living off the land.
Making totem poles
Homework exhibition
Role play
Autumn 2: Does it Snow in Summer?
This topic is all about the weather and how this is effected by the four seasons in the UK. We learn about different climates across the world and why animals live in different places.
Which animals live where?
The Snowman
Exploring areas of heat on a world map
Autumn 1: Castles
"Would our school be a good place to build a castle?"
This topic involves learning all about the medieval times including sport, food and clothes. We also look at how and why castles were built and how knights fought for their King.
Making shields #3Rs
Trip to Bolsover Castle
Making our own castles
Medieval Day!
Role play
