English
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Art
Maths
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Describe the characters and setting of the
different practices and making links
Anansi stories.
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to their own work.
Orally telling stories, focussing on expression,
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voice and movement.
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Correctly punctuate compound sentences with
Plan, design and make Kente
weaving.
Write a different ending to an Anansi story.
Sentence level work:
To learn about a range of artists,
ICT
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Internet research
Re-read sentences to check it makes sense and
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2create and Photostory
correct if necessary.
How you can help at home:
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w/b 19th Jan: Number and place value
Stories from other cultures
w/b 2nd Feb: Multiplication and division
w/b 9th Feb: Problem solving
How you can help at home
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Ghana/Africa focus
Share reading with them every night and
discuss the story together.
Practice new spelling words with them.
Geography
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w/b 12th Jan: Measurement
w/b 26th Jan: Addition and subtraction
capital letters and full stops.
Write sentences with connectives.
w/b 6th Jan: Data handling
Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify
the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as
Ghana within Africa.
Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to:
key physical features, including: beach, cliff,
coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river,
soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather.
Understand that Africa has lots of different
landscapes.
To compare similarities and differences
between ourselves and children in Ghana.
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RE
Practice counting on in 2’s, 5’s, 10’s so that they
can learn their times tables as this term
progresses. Once they know these, they can
start to learn 3’s, 4’s etc.
Practice mental maths strategies based on real
life situations e.g. weighing whilst cooking or
baking, telling the time, handling money, etc.
Science:
Stories from different faiths and
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Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts
of the body and say which is associated with
each sense.
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Healthy Living Week: 9/2/15
belong to various groups and communities
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such as family and school.
Indoor: Gymnastics led by an external provider.
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Outdoor: Games with a focus on catching and
cultures.
PSHE
Belonging: Preparing to play an active role
as citizens and understanding that they
PE
throwing/ball skills.