This term in Jupiter Class we will be spending a considerable amount of time on preparing the children for their transition into secondary school. We will have workshops, role-play scenarios, discussions, debates and informal chats whereby we can hopefully answer any questions that may arise.
Curriculum Subjects:
Science – evolution and adaptation
DT – textiles
RSE- Puberty and the changing body (details about the content for these lessons will be sent out nearer the time)
Wellbeing – mindfulness and managing change
Computing – data handling
PE - Swimming (Tuesdays) and athletics (Wednesdays)
Forest School - Thursdays
Music - music days and preparation for the Leaver's production
Art - Sculpture
PE - swimming and athletics
Margate Beach
Dover Castle
Kent Cricket Day Out
Music Days Term 6 - Listening to Rapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, making Soundscapes and Learning to play Ode to Joy using handbells
First Aid Workshop and Stained Glass Window Workshop at Canterbury College and School
Art Days - Sculpture - Alberto Giacometti inspired finished sculptures
Art Days - Sculpture Alberto Giacometti - Creating by shaping, using form, modelling and joining malleable and rigid materials
Art Days - Sculpture Alberto Giacometti - Creating by shaping, using form, modelling and joining malleable and rigid materials
Art Days - Sculpture Alberto Giacometti - Exploring using Mod Roc and wire
Term 5
Term 5
Subjects and Learning for Term 5
During this term we will also be learning about the following:
Science – Rocks and Fossils
RE – What do religions say to us when life gets hard?
Music – Theme and variations (Theme: Pop art)
PE – Swimming and rounders (not at the same time!!)
Wellbeing – Healthy body, healthy brain
RSE – Safety and the changing body
Writing genres – non-chronological report and newspaper recount
Class reading book - Skellig by David Almond
Term 5 Displays
Art Days - Drawing - Creating Accurate Observational Drawings using composition, scale, proportion, foreground, middle and background, inspired by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright and artist David Hockney
Art Days - Drawing - Creating Accurate Observational Drawings Exploring the skills of observational drawing, perspective, composition, scale, proportion, foreground, middle and background
Art Days - Drawing - exploring using charcoal
Investigating the permeability of rocks
Golden Afternoon - SATs Week
Investigating the hardness of rocks
Visit to Faversham Charters and Magna Carter Exhibition
Term 4
Subjects and Learning for Term 4:
History – The Tudors and the Dissolution of the Monasteries (including an educational visit to Canterbury Cathedral)
Music – playing the recorder – Hot Cross Buns
PE – Tag Rugby and Netball
Wellbeing – Resilience
RSE – Family and Relationships
RE - Is it better to express your beliefs in arts or in charity and generosity?
DT – structures
Writing genres – i) narrative with a flashback ii) explanation iii) Big Write – descriptive writing
Maths lessons daily
Online safety – collecting evidencein incidents of cyberbullying
Holi Lunch Term 4
Art Days - Paint - Printing - Final Relief Screen Prints
Art Days - Paint - Screen Printing Final Design - Layer 1
Art Days - Paint - Design - Creating Final Template on Acetate
Art Days - Paint - Explore Screen Printing
Art Days - Paint - Explore Screen Printing - Making a practice template
Visiting Canterbury Cathedral linked to the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Measuring Faversham Abbey Footprint
6 Figure Grid References
World Book Day - Where's Wally? Reading can take you places.
History - Using secondary sources to create a Tudor family tree and timeline
Online Safety - Capturing Evidence
Scholastic Book Fair
Term 3
During this term we will be learning about the following:
RE – What difference does it make to believe in ahimsa, grace and/or Ummah?
Music – evaluating classical music: Fingal’s Cave composed by Felix Mendelssohn
PE – Quicksticks hockey and handball
Computing – Python Programming
Wellbeing – Meaning and purpose: What can I be?
RSE – Economic wellbeing
Art – Painting and Colourin the style of Hokusai
Writing genres – narrative poetry; discussion
Daily Maths lessons
Class text - Holes byLouis Sachar
Writing - narrative poems inspired by traditional fairy tales
Holes - Discussion: should children be sent to Camp Green Lake?
DT - Making Steady Hand Games using a complete electrical circuit
Making Polar Bears for School Entrance Winter Display
Gymnastics - Counterbalances
Electricity - Investigating bulb brightness in electrical circuits
Maths - Pictorial Long Division using Place Value Counters
Children in Need Day 17th November
Science - Electricity (Investigating Circuits)
P.E - Cross Country Running
Diwali Celebration Lunch 14.11.23
Happy birthday to Riyah and thanks for the lovely cakes on Friday!
Polly brought in Christmas cards for the class to send to a special friend in hospital. Thanks Polly!
Visiting Faversham Police Museum
Crime & Punishment Workshop - 6.11.23 The Victorians
Term 2 - Crime & Punishment Alexander Centre Trip (Tudors - Detectives/Thomas Arden Murder)
Term 2 - Gymnastics - Performing shapes and balancing to make a short sequence
Term 2 - Neil Tonge Crime & Punishment Workshop: Introduction & Case Scenarios
TERM 1
Term 1 Learning
Our learning journey for this term will be linked to geography and finding out about the country of Japan. Other subjects will include:
Computing – online safety: data handling investigation (focus on weather)
Art and Design – Japanese artists; Zentangles – printing
PE – football and basketball
Wellbeing – Wonderful Me and Social Media
RSE - Citizenship
English – writing: stories from other cultures, persuasive holiday brochure
Class reading book – Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
Maths – daily lessons
End of Term 1 Displays
Japanese Culture Day - Food Tasting; sushi, miso soup, sea weed crisps and Japanese miso rice
Japanese Culture Day - Trying on a traditional Kimono
Geography - Measuring distance and places using online maps - Google Earth
Bikeability Training - carrying out safety checks on our bikes
Japanese Writing
Japanese Folk Tales websiteClick on the link by tapping the title to take you to the website. Complete Tuesday's (12.09.23) homework by reading one of the 3 Folk Tales from today's lesson and then writing a summary of the main events. Remember to include a title too.
1970s Dress Up Day - Catwalk
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