English Term 4 Weeks 1 & 2

For the children to:

Understand how texts are made cohesive through word associations, synonyms, and antonyms. Map examples of word associations in texts that refer to the main character.

Identify visual representations of characters’ actions, reactions, speech and thought processes in narratives.Consider how they add, contradict or multiply the meaning of accompanying words.

Compare two versions of the same story, identifying how a character’s actions and reactions are depicted differently by different illustrators.

Create events and characters using different media.

Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences

HistoryTerm 4 Weeks 1 & 2

For the children to:

Identify the impact of changing technology on people’s lives (at home and in the ways they worked, travelled, communicated, and played in the past).

Examine changes in technology over several generations by comparing past and present objects and photographs, and discussing how these changes have shaped people’s lives.

The Impact of Technology

Identify where the technology used in their grandparents’ childhoods was made, compared with the technology they use today.

Sequence familiar objects and events.

Compare the area of shapes and objects.Measurement

Mathematics Term 4 Weeks 1 & 2For the children to:

ChanceDescribe outcomes as ‘likely’ or ‘unlikely’ and events as ‘possible’ or ‘impossible’.

TransformationsInvestigate the effect of one-step slides and flips with and without digital technologies.Understand that objects can be moved but changing position does not alter an object’s size or features.Identify and describe half and quarter turns.

Place ValueGroup, partition and rearrange collections up to 1000 in hundreds, tens and ones to facilitate more efficient counting.

Science Term 4 Weeks 1 & 2

Make predictions about familiar objects.

For the children to:

Forces

Investigate how a push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape.

Explore how different strengths of pushes and pulls affect the movement of objects.

Use informal measurements in the collection and recording of observations, with the assistance of digital technologies as appropriate.

Explore ways that objects moveon land, through water and in the air.

Media Arts Term 4 Weeks 1 & 2For the children to: Explore ideas, characters and settings in the

community through stories in images, sounds and text.

Experiment with technologies to capture images, sounds and text.

Experiment with image, for example, retelling a story of the school day in a series of captioned images.

Use media technologies tocapture and edit images, sounds and text for a purpose.

Practise using computer software to add captions to images to enhance meaning in a photo story.

Create and present media artworks that communicate ideas and stories to an audience.

Capture and sequence images and text to create comic books that retell familiar and traditional stories to share with the class.

Personal Development Term 4 Weeks 1 & 2For the children to:

EmotionalReflect on what they have learnt about themselves from a range of experiences at school.

Physical

Language

Social

Cognitive

Understand and practice the use of positive body language in social interactions.

Outline the sequence and details in a whole task and separate it into workable parts.

Recognise the difference between listening and hearing. Be aware of both verbal and non-verbal messages.Practice active listening skills.

Perform and complete routine tasks in the classroom.Participate in PMP fitness exercises.