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PE: The class will be continuing to
PSHE and RE: We will be exploring themes of
Art & DT: Opportunities will be given to design and create
develop their gymnastic and dance
love, jealousy and tragedy. Ideas surrounding equality
an Elizabethan style theatre, design costumes suitable for a
skills. A range of indoor and
and the role of women in Elizabethan England will also
modern day interpretation of Romeo and Juliet, and design
outdoor games will be played,
be discussed. UNICEF articles will refer to themes of
and make theatrical masks. Images of love will be explored,
including volleyball and football.
protection (19), separation (9), freedom of association
including scenes painted by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Links to dance and drama will
(15), parental responsibility (18) and family
reunification (10).
Music: Guitar, singing and composition skills will continue.
involve stage fighting.
We will ask the question ‘Can love ever be wrong?’
History: Historical enquiry will be
to research the life and times of
Shakespeare’s
William Shakespeare, and to look at
Theme tunes related to love will be listened to.
Literacy: The class will be reading a range of genres,
which they will be able to identify and classify.
Written work will include information texts, researching
and writing facts about the life of Shakespeare, the Globe
where Shakespearean England falls on
theatre and Tudor life. The class will learn about
the time line.
Shakespearean language, including Shakespearean insults.
A study of some significant events and
A synopsis of famous scenes from Romeo and Juliet, along
individuals, including Tudor monarchs,
with other Shakespearean plays, will be studied.
who shaped this period, will take place.
Character studies will inform possible diary entries, both
A look at Elizabethan Theatres, in
historical and fictitious. We will compare Shakespeare’s
particular the Globe theatre, will lend
Romeo and Juliet to modern day versions of the play,
itself to our design and make project.
including Gnomeo and Juliet and other filmed adaptations.
The class will compose their own stories based on similar
themes of love, jealousy, rivalry and feud. ICT resources,
Spring Term 2014
ICT: This half term will begin with the class learning
about e-safety. The class will continue to develop their
keyboard and iPad skills.
Ongoing researching skills, including scanning and
skimming in order to locate specific information, will be
taught, and the children will be encouraged to read
around a subject to check for reliability.
Linked to literacy, they will create stories and films
using Epic Citadel and Story Creator apps, and will learn
how to use and apply the special effects of green
screening.
including Epic Citadel, will help combine words and images.
Science: The children will
learn about and investigate:
Numeracy:
Tooth decay – of humans and
This term the children will build upon existing mathematical knowledge,
other animals
focusing on the four rules of number (+, -, x, ÷), place value, time,
Healthy bodies – how health has
measures and conversions of, perimeter, area, volume, fractions,
improved throughout the ages
decimals, data handling and problem solving – including multi step
Bugs and medicines – history of
problems.
vaccines and medicines