Autumn Term 2 2024

Our enquiry question this term is 'What jobs keep our world moving?’

We will be learning about different types of jobs and the role they play in our world. We will be exploring these jobs through books, art and design, role play and real life experiences! 

The key concepts that we will explore are 

Identity, Power, Conflict, Care.

Autumn Term 2024

Our enquiry question this term is 'Where did I come from and Where am I going?'

We will be learning about our families, our friends, different types of home, our local community and people who help us. We will also look at how we can help look after our local environment and the world around us. .

The key concepts that we will focus on mostly this term are.... 

Identity, Change and Care.

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Harvest Festival

We've been learning all about the Harvest festival. We know this is the time of year that farmers gather the crops and foods they have grown. We give thanks to God for all of the wonderful food he provides the world. We made some tasty Harvest soup!

Our Families 

We've been learning about different types of families. Our families are all unique and special to us!

Summer 1 2024

Our enquiry question this term is 'What can I learn from a book?'

We will be using different types books to explore what we can learn from them. We will be looking at fiction and non-fiction texts with a key focus on what we can learn from them. Our mini topics are Space, Transport, The Ocean and Traditional Tales. 

The Key Concepts we will be focusing on this term are...

Identity, Change, Power, Fairness

What can we learn from a book about dinosaurs?

We have read books about how dinosaurs became extinct. We also looked at dinosaur fossils and made our own salt dough fossils. We loved drawing dinosaurs on J2E on the Ipads and small world in the classroom and outside area. 

What can we learn from a book about under the sea?

We've been using books to learn all about our different types of sea creatures. We have learnt lots of facts and written our own riddles. The rest of the class guessed our animal from our riddle. We looked at pollution in the ocean and read the story 'Someone swallowed Stanley'. We made our own bags out of t-shirts. 

What can we learn from a book about transport?

We've been using books to learn all about our different types of transport  and have been comparing transport from now with transport from the past. We visited Aerozone at Stansted Airport and explored air travel. We were very excited to see the planes taking off and landing. 

In D&T we have designed, made and evaluated our own car designs too!

What can we learn about space? 

We've been using books to learn all about our solar system, our planet, the moon, astronauts and  space travel.

Spring 2 2024

Our enquiry question this half term is 'What food do we get from the farm?’

We will be learning about where our food comes from. We will be learning about different types of farms and visiting a farm. We will also look at the life cycles of some animals. 

The key concepts that we will explore are 

Change, Power, Fairness, Care.

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Spring 1 2024

Our enquiry question this half term is 'Does chocolate grow on trees?’

We will be learning about where chocolate comes from and the journey it goes on before we can eat it. 

The key concepts that we will explore are 

Change, Power, Fairness, Care.

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Chocolate Lollipops! 

We've had lots of fun in D&T this term. We have researched, designed, made and evaluated our very own chocolate lollipops! Look how fabulous they were...

More Chocolate Fun! 

We have been learning about how the cocoa bean is made into tasty bars of chocolate in a chocolate factory. We tasted different types of chocolate and decided which was our favourite. We also walked to our local shop to buy chocolate. We decided that lots of hard work went into making our tasty treats! 

The Journey of Chocolate

We've been learning all about the journey of chocolate from the Cacao tree all the way to the chocolate factory. Look at our brilliant maps....

Autumn Term 2 2023

Our enquiry question this term is 'Which jobs keep our world moving?'

We will be learning about different jobs. We will be meeting some local people and finding out about their jobs including firefighters, doctor, vet, police officers and dental nurse. We will be looking at how to keep safe. 

The key concepts that we will focus on mostly this term are.... 

Identity, power, care and conflict. 

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Postal Workers 

We've been learning all about the postal system! We wrote special letters to Santa and posted them. 

Vets 

We've been learning about the role of vets and how they help look after our pets. We also thought about how pets make us feel!   

Dentists and dental nurses 

We had a special visit from the dental nurse. She taught us how to look after our teeth. We've been investigating how different drinks affect our teeth too. 

Doctors and nurses 

Dr Ryan came to visit us. He talked to us about his role as a doctor and we learnt how to stay safe around medicines. We also learnt about the importance of washing our hands. 

Firefighters 

We have been learning about the role of a firefighter. We know how to stay safe around fire at home and on bonfire night. We know how firefighters keep us safe!

Autumn Term 1 2023

Our enquiry question this term is 'Where did I come from and Where am I going?'

We will be learning about our families, our friends, different types of home, our local community and people who help us. We will also look at how we can help look after our local environment and the world around us. .

The key concepts that we will focus on mostly this term are.... 

Identity, Change and Care.

Scroll down to see what we have learnt this term. 

Our homes

We've been learning about different types of homes. Our homes are special for us because we share them with people we love! We compared homes around the world and homes from the past. 

Where we live 

We've been exploring where we live. We walked to our local park and then drew maps of our local area. 

Harvest Festival 

We have been learning about Harvest Festival. We know this is the time of year that farmers gather the crops and foods they have grown. We give thanks to God for all of the wonderful food he provides the world. 

Self-Portraits 

We've been looking closely at ourselves and have created some beautiful self-portraits. We made careful colour choices and made sure we included all of our facial features. 

Our families 

We've been learning about different types of families. Our families are all unique and special to us! 

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