Our class has been named after the inspirational person Malala Yousafzai. Malala fought for girls’ education whilst going through many trials and tribulations! We aspire to be as driven as Malala and show perseverance and resilience. She has taught us to stand up for what we believe in and has made us recognise how lucky we are to have an education where we get to learn and grow.

Our transdisciplinary themes for this year:

As part of the IB PYP, we have the six transdisciplinary themes that help us to develop a programme of inquiry into these important concepts. Each term, we focus on one of these themes, this term is ‘how we organise ourselves’. This transdisciplinary theme is explained using the following descriptor: inquiry into the nature of the self, beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human. To ensure coverage, each year group is allocated part of the descriptor to focus on in more detail. By doing so, we can confidently ensure that each child will have explored these ideas – through age-appropriate and relevant inquiries – by the time they leave us in Year 6.

Below are the six transdisciplinary themes that we will cover throughout the year: 

  • Who we are
  • Where we are in place and time
  • How we express ourselves
  • How the world works
  • How we organise ourselves
  • Sharing the planet

Homework

Homework will be sent home every Friday and is due back the following Thursday in order to consolidate their core knowledge and skills.  This will consist of:

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Times Tables Rock Stars 
  • Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (Accessed on Spelling Shed)
  • Languagenut games

Reading

Children are encouraged to independently change their own books so that they regularly have access to an engaging text. They read with an adult as often as possible to ensure that the book band that they read from is appropriate and supports their progress and reading skills. We ask that when children read, it is recorded in their reading record.

PE

Children will have PE on a Monday and Thursday where they will be required to come into school in their full PE kit to wear throughout the day. 

Knowledge Organisers

Module 3

How the world works

Central Idea:
Scientific advances have often had a positive impact on society

Line of Inquiry 1:
Key scientific discoveries (Form)

Line of Inquiry 2:
Significant scientists (Perspective)

Line of Inquiry 3:
How scientific advances shape society (Connections)

English Writing & Core Texts:

  • Thomas Edison – NCR
  • Hello Lighthouse – Letter, Diary entry, Newspaper report
  • The Matilda Effect

Maths:

  • Multiplication and division

Science:

  • Light

History:

  • Thomas Edison (significant individual)

Geography:

  • Location Knowledge

Spanish:

  • Spanish – Where I live and How I look

Computing:

  • Programming – sequencing sounds

RE:

  • Why is the bible so important for Christians today?

PE:

  • Dance and Tag rugby

Art & DT:

  • Sketching lighthouses – Ivan Aivazovsky

Music:

  • Latin dance (classroom percussion)

PSHE:

  • Belonging to a community, Media literacy and digital resilience, Money and Work

Sharing the planet

Central Idea:
Humans use of resources may cause consequences for the environment and animals

Line of Inquiry 1:
Plants and how they grow (Function)

Line of Inquiry 2:
Sustainable use of resources (Causation)

Line of Inquiry 3:
How to support the environment (Responsibility)

English Writing & Core Texts:

  • Poetry
  • Adventure Narrative
  • The Great Kapok Tree
  • The Secret Explorers and The Rainforest Rangers

Maths:

  • Addition and subtraction
  • Multiplication and division.

Science:

  • Parts and functions of plants

History:

  • Stone Age to Iron Age

Geography:

  • Rainforests, map work and environmental issues

Spanish:

  • Spanish – Hobbies and Pets

Computing:

  • Stop Motion Animation of environmental issues

RE:

  • What do Christians, Hindu’s and Muslims believe about God?

PE:

  • Basketball

Art & DT:

  • Printing and carving to make a wrapper – Gustav Klimt
  • Cooking without palm oil

Music:

  • Comparing songs. Nao chariya de/Mingulay boat song – Sing Up

PSHE:

  • Safe relationships, and Respecting ourselves and others

who we are

Central Idea:
Early humans may have experienced life differently

Line of Inquiry 1:
Use of land over time (change)

Line of Inquiry 2:
Dynamics of a community (function)

Line of Inquiry 3:
Clues about the past (form)

English Writing:

  • Instructions on how to make a fire
  • Diary entry as a Stone Age boy
  • Non-chronological report on The Stone Age

Maths:

  • Place value
  • Addition
  • Subtraction

Science:

  • Rocks including fossils

History:

  • The Stone Age

Geography:

  • Geographical characteristics of the UK

Spanish:

  • About me

Computing:

  • Computing systems and networks

RE:

  • Who is a Hindu and what do they believe?

PE:

  • Hockey

Art & DT:

  • Cave paintings from the Stone Age

Music:

  • I’ve been to Harlem – Sing Up!

PSHE:

  • Families and friendships including safe relationships