Rainforest - Stratford St Mary Primary School

Numeracy - Abacus
Literacy
Mental Multiplication
Addition and Subtraction (Decomposition and Compact)
Time – Digital and Analogue – Intervals in Time.
Fiction 5 – Stories with Humour (Mr Stink &Billionaire Boy – D.Walliams)
Non Fiction 5 – Persuasive Writing (The Rainbow Bear by Michael Morpurgo, Zoo by
Anthony Browne & The Ice Bear by Nicola Davies)
MFL – Les animaux
Rigolo 1: Unit 4. Les animaux – but focus on wild animals. Instead of
What do you have? What do you like?
Speaking and listening
Be able to name and identify animals in French.
Know the numbers from one to twenty in French.
Topic:
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Rainforest
Art
Printing – block Printing and exploring textiles
7weeks
Owls
Year3&4
Geography
(Place knowledge, human and physical geography, geographical skills and
fieldwork)
I can identify areas of the world containing rainforests.
I can use maps and atlases to locate rainforests.
I can identify areas of the world containing rainforests.
I can describe the key aspects of a tropical climate.
I can describe and understand the features of the layers of a
rainforest.
I can describe the animals and plants living in the rainforest.
I can explain the effects humans are having on the rainforests.
PE
Dance/Netball.
Netball competition @ EBHS – Friday 6th May.
Mini-Tennis @ EBHS – Friday 20th May.
Kwik Cricket @ EBCC – Friday 10th June.
Poetry 6 – Poems by Heart (Poems for you to remember by Roger Stevens)
DT - Construction
SealFocus–Responsibility
ValueFocus-Respect
Science
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Explain the main stages of plant reproduction (pollination,
fertilisation, seed dispersal)
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Describe the main requirements for plant growth (air, light,
water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow)
Computing - Shapes, crystals and flowers (Barefoot)
Use repetition in programs Computing)
Draw 2D shapes, recognize angles as a property of a shape or or a
description of a turn (Maths Yr 3)
Compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and
triangles, based on their properties and size (Maths Yr 4)
RE – Christianity (Beliefs in Action)
Leaders – what makes a good leader
Homework
Abacus Homework
Weekly spellings
Reading