Autumn Term 24 -25

Key Concepts - Identity, change, fairness, conflict, care and power.

Our enquiry question this term…

How can we save the Rainforests? 

Not only are we exploring this through Geography but we are also using English, including our class text 'Journey to the River Sea', Science and Music as cross curricular links to deepen our investigation.

Art - native birds - working on contour drawings. 

DT - constructing Rainforest shelters and musical instruments. 

English - non-chronological reports based on our Rainforest topic.

French – Greet people, ask questions about family members and say what someone has and what someone is like.

Geography - looking at types of forests biomes, the Amazon River, deforestation and fair trade. 

Maths - place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division & fractions. 

Music - musical forests/ body percussion plus Christmas Concert.

PE - will be on a Thursday in Autumn term one (one lesson in the morning and one in the afternoon). Autumn term two, will be a Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon. Throughout the Autumn term we will be covering squash, netball, core skills and dance. 

PSHE/RSE- British Values, me and my relationships, valuing differences and RSE; mental health and keeping well.

RE (philosophy) - Is believing in God reasonable? 

Science - living things and their habitats, life cycles and process of reproduction. 

Home reading - we will be encouraging the children to read at 4 times per week at home.

Homework - this may link to work that has taken place in class and will serve as a source of revision or it may be project based and will link to an upcoming lesson.  

Banham Zoo Trip – Class trip (Tuesday 15^th October 2024)

Highlights of Autumn 2024.

Banham Zoo

Junior Ambassadors 

Garrison Squash Visit

Roots to Food.