Upper Key Stage Two
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Autumn Term 1 - How did we Evolve?
This term we will focus our learning around evolution and inheritance. We will spend time exploring the Stone Age and how early man developed in order to survive.
English
Our class novel this half-term is the classic: Stig of the Dump. We will go on a journey of discovery with a young boy called Barney, who finds an unusual and rather unexpected guest dwelling in the dump behind his Grandma's house.
We will begin English with a character description. Once the children have met Stig, they will work collaboratively to gather as much vocabulary as they can that could be used to describe the caveman. They will then up-level their language before combining it into fantastic, descriptive sentences.
After this, the children will work on writing a newspaper report, reporting on a major incident from the book (I can't tell you what yet, I don't want to ruin it for the kids... shhh).
They will explore the different features, both language based and organisational, to create a formal, informative and engaging news report.
Maths
Autumn term Maths will focus on basic skills and cementing the children's understanding of key processes before moving on to more complicated topics. They will first recap place value, looking at the value of each digit in a number all the way up to numbers in the tens of millions.
This will then progress in to exploring ordering, rounding and multiplying and dividing by 10,100 and 1000.
They will then spend the rest of the half term looking at the four operations: addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. In 5/6 they are introduced to new methods including short division (often called bustop method). By the end, the children should be trying to multiply and divide using numbers with two or more digits.
Science
In Science, the children will look at evolution and inheritance. They will explore how man evolved from apes, looking at the physical developments they made that allowed them to successfully hunt and gather as well as to develop many other skills (and intelligence) that enabled them to survive. We will then develop out understanding of evolution in animals. Using their geography understanding developed in previous years, the children will research how animals have adapted physical traits in order to survive. They will use studies such as Charles Darwin's Galapagos Finches to expand their understanding.
PE
The PE focus this half term will be golf. They will practice driving, chipping and putting as well as exploring the rules and scoring. They will finally apply their skills in to matches against their peers.
History
In History the children will be learning about the Stone Age Era. They will first look at early man and how they lived, including how and what they ate, the houses they lived in and the tools they invented. We will then follow the timeline along and to see what changes occured as they moved in to the Iron Age. We will make comparisons between the two Eras and try to understand why the Stone Age Era was left behind.
