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