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Children will learn all about the main features of the Mayan Society.
They will sequence independently the key events, objects, themes, societies and people of
main Mayan periods using specific dates including chocolate, housing, agriculture and
trade links before comparing them with other civilisations in order to find out which
civilisation was the most successful.
Useful Websites
https://kids.kiddle.co/Mayan_civilization
www.ducksters.com/history/maya/daily_life.php
Children will consider the implications of the Spanish
conquest on the Mayan people they found living in
Mesoamerica, explore the concept of a hierarchy and how
our social structure compares to that of the ancient Maya. In
addition, they will compare the lifestyles of the Maya with our
modern lifestyles to assess which is healthier.
https://kids.kiddle.co/Mayan_civilizationhttps://www.ducksters.com/history/maya/daily_life.php
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Children will locate cities in Spain (Valencia, Seville, Malaga, Alicante, Las Parmas)
and in Mexico (Mexico City, Guadalajara City, Puebla City, Ecatepac) on physical and
political maps before building their own map which will highlight and label all
continents and seas plus the countries of Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Canada,
Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Russia and Mexico.
They will locate Spain and Mexico in relation to the Equator, the Tropics of Cancer
and Capricorn, longitude and latitude to understand and explore their time zones,
climate, seasons and vegetation. Using their knowledge, children will compare the
physical environment, climate and economic activity of Spain to Mexico in the form of
a postcard in which they describe holidays to both Spain and Mexico.
Children will highlight the key mountain ranges in Spain and Mexico, adding the highest points of
each country to their own maps. They will research the northernmost, southernmost, easternmost
and westernmost points in Spain and Mexico. In maths, they will order mountain ranges from
highest to lowest points, converting units of measurements.
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Children will explore the funerary mask of Lord Pakal that was found at Palenque and the story of
how it was discovered then share their knowledge of why the Maya wore masks by including
examples. They will annotate their own drawings to show techniques, likes, dislikes, suggestions for
improvements/changes to be made to those studied when recording their own ideas for a Mayan
mask.
Children will examine the Maya's
stone-carving and pottery-making
skills, (from examples that have
survived from the Mayan
civilisation) and consider what we
can learn from them before
recording their own ideas.
Children will be challenged to
work with clay to create their
own artwork in the style of the
Maya, e.g. create a Mayan tile,
stele or coil pot and will create
their own Mayan mask using
papier mache.
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Useful Websites
https://belize-travel-
blog.chaacreek.com/2017/11/mayan-food/
Naturally, children will be given the opportunity to taste test
some delicious and healthy Mayan foods before planning,
preparing and making their own Mayan feast.
https://belize-travel-blog.chaacreek.com/2017/11/mayan-food/
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This term’s focus will be Ball Skills. Children will move into a strategic
place to catch a moving ball and learn how this can be applied in game
play to accurately pass a ball to a team mate, learn how to travel when
dribbling a ball and change direction whilst dribbling a ball.
This term, children will participate in a thematic study:
From life to death, what role does religion play?
They will use their knowledge of the rites of passage
studied last term to explain the purpose for a
community for each rite of passage, using key
vocabulary.
They will suggest why all cultures have rites of passage
and make comparisons across cultures.
Religious
Education
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Children will listen to a piece of Mayan music and write
down all the sound effects or musical instruments they
hear before using this to help them recreate some of
their own mystic music, considering the instruments that
could replicate or come near to the sounds heard.
Children to watch a Mayan ceremonial dance to music
and listen for examples of a crescendo (rise in volume
). Children to redevelop the piece, following the beats,
rhythms and patterns. Following on from this, they will
develop a score and record their own music.
Music
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Computing
Linked to our relationships and health focus, children will
learn about internet safety and harms as well as the
advantages and disadvantages of social networking.
Relationships and Health Education
Following on from last term, children will learn to recognise bullying and abuse in all its forms (including prejudice-based bullying both
in person, online and through social media) and how to critically examine what is presented to them in social media and why it is
important to do so. Children will gain an insight into how information contained in social media can misrepresent or mislead and
recognise the importance of being careful of what they forward to others.
Campaigning/Global Goal
Linked to our Science topic of electricity, we are
campaigning to reduce the amount of electricity we
use in school and at home.
Rights Respecting Focus
Article 17 - Access to information from the media (linked to our Computing and Relationships and
Health Education)
Every child has the right to reliable information from a variety of sources, and governments should
encourage the media to provide information that children can understand.
Governments must help protect children from materials that could harm them.
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Reading regularly at school and at home is essential to children’s
language development: it increases their vocabulary and develops their
understanding of age-related texts.
In school, children will use Reading Plus three times per week and as a
result, they will be exposed to a vast range of texts across a range of
genres.
Whilst they will have regular reading sessions in school, children will also benefit further by sharing and discussing texts at home.
To support your child, you should encourage them to access Reading Plus at home and when sharing non-fiction texts, ask them to
consider how the structure and layout helps make the information clear for the reader.
https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login
Bespoke Book Focus
The Arrival – the story of an immigrant's life in an imaginary world.
Without the use of dialogue or text, the author portrays the
experience of a father emigrating to a new land
Reading
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Children will examine the literary features and structure of
explanation texts, non-chronological reports, letters and
comic strips before writing their own versions of these texts.
As they write, they think very carefully about their use of
grammar and apply their understanding of new word and
phrases, especially those during Word Power lessons.
Whilst children will learn and
consolidate a range of
spelling rules and patterns,
they can practise their
spellings using Spellodrome
at home.
https://uk.spellodrome.com
/#/home
Writing
https://uk.spellodrome.com/#/home
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Children will continue developing their knowledge of number, statistics, geometry and
measures. They will solve problems, reason and investigate how they can apply their
knowledge in a variety of contexts including topic-based activities and situations in
everyday life.
https://home.oxfordowl.co
.uk/kids-activities/fun-
maths-games-and-
activities/
In order to support your child with their learning, it would be helpful if you
could:
• Support them with any home learning tasks
• Ensure that they access Mathletics at home at least 3 times per week
Maths
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Please assist your child in ensuring they get some
fresh air and take some form of exercise each day
(whilst following lockdown restrictions).
Please try to listen to your child read at least three times a week and discuss key
themes, events and characters.
Please comment on your child’s reading in the Home School Book.