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Ancient Maya and Curriculum Information

Our topic for this half term is Ancient Maya. 

 

English: 

Our English work is cross curricular with our theme. Within this we will look at:

  • Description and atmosphere work based on the text 'Curse of the Ancient Maya'
  • Short story writing based on Maya myths
  • Editing and Improving our work
  • Sentence work such as compound and complex sentences
  • Spelling strategies
  • Reading comprehension

Maths

  • 2D and 3D Shape
  • Area and Perimeter
  • Triangles - drawing angles, calculating missing angles and constructing triangles
  • Reflection and Translation
  • Co-ordinates

 

Science:

  • Living Things and Classification

 

RE:

  • What do religions tell us when life gets hard?

 

History:

  • Ancient Maya: What was special about the Maya civilisation?

 

PSHE:

  • Staying safe

 

PE:

  • Jasmine (Monday)
  • Jasmine: Core PE skills (Friday)

 

ART:

  • Zentangles and analysing famous artists: Hopper and Monet

 

MUSIC:

  • Composition