PE

Children will develop their understanding of different ways of travelling and different types of jumps. The unit builds on the children’s knowledge of jumping by looking at jumping for dis-

tance and height. It also gives your class time to explore a variety of other ways of jumping, apply these skills to jumping

games and creating jumping sequences. ,

Memorable Experience

Minibeast hunt in the local park and within school playgrounds.

LITERACY

Children will read the book ‘Moth’. An Evolution Story by Isabel Thomas and Daniel Egnéus. It is the story of the peppered moth – speckled and freckled and a master of disguise. Children will complete: Free Verse Poem Mind map notes Non-chronological report Explanation text Instructions Per-suasive text of choice: letter Book and Learning Review.

TOPIC

Children will go on a safari to Africa with this Kenya through their Geography topic this term. They will join explorers as they explore Kenya and meet the people, wildlife and land-scapes. The class will learn where Kenya is on a map and un-dertake a variety of fun activities to help them learn more

about Kenya and compare it to the UK.

SCIENCE

Children will learn about what ani-mals, including humans, need in or-

der to grow, thrive and survive. They will explore the life cycles of various animals and investigate how young develop into adults, looking

specifically at what humans need to live a healthy life.

PSHE

.Children will focus on:

Understanding feelings, and why and how they lead us to behave the way we do – particularly the feelings of being excited, proud, surprised, hopeful, disappointed,

worried and anxious.

MATHS

Children will cover the following:

*Time *Money *Reading Scales *Pictograms, Tally charts, Bock

Diagrams and Simple Tables

* Number and Place Value.

ART/DT

Children will find out how to work with fabric to create their own puppets. Starting off by looking at simple finger puppets, your class will then develop their sewing skills before designing, creating and

evaluating their own animal glove puppets.

ISLAMIC

Children will cover the topic of Aqaaid this term. They will learn the core beliefs for a Muslim. They will also cover RE in

which they will learn the places of worship for the 6 main religions.

They will learn from Sorah Kaafiroon—Surah Asr with

Meaning.

They will complete the duaas from Yr 2 section in Duaa Book.

Imaginative Learning

With a strong science focus, Wriggle and Crawl aims to devel-op children’s knowledge of living things and their habitats. Pupils identify, observe and investigate mini-beasts and un-

derstand their life cycles .

Write a letter to Miss Muffet and explain why she

shouldn’t be scared of spiders. Look for information

online and in non-fiction books to support your ide-

as.

Read James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, then

write a description of the main characters.

Make a non-fiction

book about minibeasts.

Include a title, head-

ings, a contents page,

an index, downloaded

images and drawings.

Create a minibeast word search containing all the

minibeast names you have learnt. Give it to your

family and friends to solve!

Download and print a large image of an insect and label each body part.

Make a minibeast game. Allocate each body part a number:

head = 6, body = 5, leg = 4, antennae = 3, eye = 2, mouth = 1.

Take it in turns to throw the dice and collect the part of the

body that corresponds to the number. The winner is the per-

son who builds the beetle first.

Write a list of adjectives to describe what spiders look like and a list of

verbs to describe what spiders do. Use the lists to write six facts about spi-

ders and make up a story about a spidery adventure.

BOOKS TO READ

• Mad about Minibeasts by Giles Andreae.

• Yucky Worms by Vivian French.

• Tickly Minibeast Adventures by Jess French.

• The Bad Tempered Ladybird by Eric Carle.

• The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.

Create a table to collect information about

minibeasts, including their name, body parts, legs and

wings. Identify whether or not each minibeast is an insect.

Watch Antz, A Bug’s Life or Epic with your family. Make a comic strip that shows part of

the film or write a review and include a star rating. Use the web to research a weird and wonderful minibeast. Perhaps find out about the Borneo

walking stick or the Goliath beetle. Make a poster to display amazing facts that you can show

your friends at school.

Go on a minibeast safari with your family. Investigate your garden, local park or wood-

land to search for wriggly and crawly creatures! Take photos or draw any minibeasts

you find, then use your knowledge to identify them. Create a graph to show how many

of each minibeast you find, and identify the most popular habitats.

Visit your local library and find stories, poems and non-fiction books about

minibeasts. Write a review of your favourite book and display it at school,

on the school website or even in the library.