The Mayans—Battles, Buildings and Beliefs
This leaflet contains curriculum information for the coming term. Please support your child where you can. If you would like more information please get in touch.
Many thanks,
Mrs Franklin, Miss Hartshorne and Mrs Strode
Key Dates for the Diary
SPARKs talk with Fire Service—29th January
Half Term 17th February - 23rd February
Safeguarding Week - 24th February
INSPRIE afternoon—To be confirmed
Homework
The pupils will receive every week:
* A piece of reading homework
* A piece of SPaG homework
* A piece of maths homework (Times Tables focus)
* Spellings to be tested on
It is vital that the homework is regularly submitted on Mirodo as new homework will be added weekly
It is also important that you hear your child read on a regular basis, ideally this would be for a minimum of 10 minutes a day. Please record when you have heard your child read in their reading
record book.
What will our curriculum look like over the next 3 months?
Reading
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Biography on Roald Dahl
- Non-chronological report on the Maya
Writing
Visual Literacy—Narrative
Playscript linked to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Newspaper report on Charlie winning a Golden ticket
- Write a non chronological report on Mayan Gods
Maths
- Multiplication and Division
- Length
- Perimeter
- Times tables
Science
States of matter
History
Mayans
- Archaeological dig
- Compare Mayan homes to Anglo Saxon homes
Geography
- Locate the world’s rainforests
- Identify the structure of a rainforest
- Deforestation
Art/DT
- Collage—Henri Rousseau
- Sculpture—A Mayan mask
- Pop up cards
- Food Technology Focus
Music
- Singing
- Beats and rhythm
R.E
- Just how important are our beliefs?
- Who was Jesus really?
PHSE
- Safety and changing body
- Online Safety
- Safeguarding week
P.E
Invasion Games
Spanish
- Families
- Pets
- Writing short sentences
Computing
- Animation
- Data input (weather)
Phonics
Catch up intervention
PSHE
- Safety and changing body
- Online Safety
- Safeguarding week
'Learning Outside The Classroom' is part and parcel of everything we do at Lyng Primary School. However, some key moments that will take us beyond our classroom walls over the next 3 months are:
- Edible playgrounds
- Let’s Say lesson—archaeological dig
- Orienteering
