Summer 2

Summer 2

Week 1

English - The Clockwork dragon

At the start of the week we received a letter from the mayor of Cranktown asking for our helping by gathering the views of the town folk about how they felt about the their town being besieged by a fearsome dragon called Flamethrottle. The children took on different roles and debated the problem and who they thought was to blame. We then spent the rest of the week focussing on vocabulary, looking at comparative and superlative adjectives and recognising and using imperative verbs.

Maths - Number and place value - partitioning

This week in maths we reviewed partition by exploring the number of different ways numbers can be partitioned into their ten and one components. We also revisited comparing and ordering numbers using the greater than and less than symbols and working out numbers sat on blank number lines using known mathematical facts.

Computing - Programming and debugging algorithms

To finish our algorithms project the children were given the challenge of creating their own maps and then programming their Beebots to follow a route to not one, but two destinations avoiding different obstacles. The children tested their algorithms, spotted "bugs" / "mistakes" in their programming and reprogrammed their Beebots to reach their goals.

PSHE - First Aid

This week the children explored what first aid was and thought about different different injuries or illnesses before thinking about different ways of treating chosen injuries and illnesses. The children also learnt what to do if someone was having an asthma attack, had cut themselves, had concussion, burnt themselves, or choking.

PE - Games - Passing

This week in PE we focussed on sending and receiving a ball accurately and quickly using a chest pass to either send the ball directly to your partner or to send it via a bounce pass or air pass. The children competed against each other to see how many successful rally passes they could complete within a minute. The class were then split in half to compete against each other to see how many successful passes they could complete before the other half of the class had all run round the circle.

Science - How force can change a material

To finish our topic on forces, the children had to hypothesise what they thought would happen to elastic bands when we added more bands together to help Red Ted bungee jump. Most children predicted that the bands would snap because by adding more it would weaken the bands. However after observing the experiment, the children concluded that when Red Ted bungeed, his weight plus gravity caused the elastic bands to stretch. They also concluded that the more elastic bands that get added the further Red Ted fell as the elastics stretched even further.

PE - Athletics - Sprinting

This half term we are focusing on how we can apply previous learnt skills in actual events. This week we focussed on sprinting. We recapped the importance of having the right starting position, rocking between balls and heel of feet ready to push off. We also revisited the need to plant your foot and be able to twist with the the whole body to suddenly change direction and be in a good position to start sprinting again. The children completed relay races to practise these skills.

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