Term: Summer 2
Class: 2
Teacher: Natasha Marshall
Topic Title: The Jungle Book
Un-goggle-able Question: which animal characteristic would you like to have?
Launch / Real event: A trip to Banham zoo. We will make notes on how we see the
animals cared for, what their environment is like. How do we feel about the
animals? Do the zookeepers look happy?
Intended Outcomes:
Identify carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Compare the structure of animals
and identify fish, amphibians and reptiles. As well as some human biology.
Emneth Top 20! Events: world record
Thinking Questions
Lower Level
Remembering
Understanding
What are the 5 senses? Literacy
compare a fish and a bird.
Where would I find a fish?
Explain why a fish lives in the
Narrative fiction: explore reading preferences. And identify types / genres of
water.
text – like book club
Compile lists of top 5 in each genre – publish for library?
Chd to ‘finish’ a story with their own ending.
Crime scenes and CSI – set up crime scene – chd to write story around the
scene like detective story – what happened, how will they solve it?.
Planning, drafting, writing and improving a detective story. – Link to drama
with a trial for the crime?.
Poetry: personification, surrealism and surprising images.
Write, share, and improve poems. Performing poems.
Using imagery and write kenning poems
Understanding the World
Microbes, physical processes and changes + investigations
Yeast, mould growth etc.
Looking at moulds, decay and micro organisms – living without
Medium Level
Applying
Analysing
Higher Level
Creating
Evaluating
Categorize these animals into Numeracy
Do you think the animal are
Plan and design an
Determine the most suitable
ICT
herbivore etc.
happy?
appropriate environment for
home for an individual animal,
Numeracy closely linked to science work, often not discrete.
To be used in all areas of the curriculum. Writing and
What
are
the
functions
of
an
animal
of
your
choice.
or Computerised
in captivity?
A1: Sequences, finding patterns, ordering etc – look at how bacteria multiply, i.e. double, half
publishing our texts, class wild
blog etc.
hands?
Modify
Banham
zoo
to
be
Can
you
influence
again, quadrupling, etc. use objects to make repeated patterns, inc textile design.
microscopes, research for science and
numeracy the
as zoo to
Written methods for - + x ÷. OMS to include counting in jumps, inc negative numbers
and
well
as
healthy
me.
more appropriate.
change their mind?
decimals.
B1: properties of shapes, finding and classifying 2D and 3D shapes in environment –
competition to find the most and the most interesting – use only mathematical language – lots
of holding and touching – kinaesthetic. Drawing shapes accurately, link to tessellations.
Patterns and textiles – look at African textiles, bee hives, ferns, fractals, snowflakes (if snowing)
C1: Using data from science investigations to produce a variety of formats, inc, bar/line graphs
etc.
Reading scales during science activities, inc. Mass, volume, etc.
Towards end of term, Children to pick one topic to plan their own ‘lesson’ to teach year 4
children – consolidate their own understanding etc.
Creativity
Looking at microbes and adaptation to habitat – design microbe and make in 3D.
Playing our ‘made’ instruments.
Making a ‘camera obscurer’ to demonstrate how the eye works – follow up making
Switched on Computing We Are App Planners
Look at what smart phones can do
Learn how to geotag
Identify problem to solve with an app
Research and create an idea
Pitch idea
Healthy Me
Microbes on the menu: Food processes involving
microbes, brewing, bread making – chd to make
bread and understand process. Try and make
Literacy
Mathematics
Reasoning with fractions – parts of a whole, ½, ¾
We will be looking at writing stories and non-chronological reports.
Science
we will be learning about body parts and the five senses, the structure of
animals and categorising them.
Visualising shape – visualising and constructing 2d and 3d shapes
We shall read The Jungle Book and look at other related stories.
Exploring change - time
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
we will be looking at understanding how an apostrophe represents
an omitted letter
Music
Design and Technology
we will be making models of a perfect zoo for the animal of our
choice.
Physical Education
Athletics – Track and Field
Religious Education
Class 2 will learn about Christian and Hindu celebrations.
Computing
History
We will look briefly at the life of Rosa Parks and Emily Davison
Art and Design
Geography
Our aim is to be able to name key features of the land