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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