Summer Term topics

“Communication is Key”

Nursery Summer Term Routes to learning Pre PS1

In the Garden   - Concepts -  growth , wellness, identification of plants and  minibeasts

• Growing - planting seeds, growth, harvesting
• The Hungry Caterpillar + other texts from Eric Carle
• Jasper's Beanstalk
• Mad about Minibeasts
• What the Ladybird Heard

Reception/Year 1

Concepts -Create, Imagine, Respond

We will teach concepts through a Traditional story theme including - 

Emperor's New Clothes, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Little Red Riding Hood, Pinocchio, Chicken Licken

Year 2/3/4

For Health & Wellbeing / Science we will be doing a mini project on Oral Health (as part of the Cluster Progression Project on Health Promoting Behaviours).

We are going to look at

• people who have influenced & changed the way we communicate.
• the different ways people communicate - art, photographs, drama & music. We are going to look at how we can communicate with others all over the world.
• jobs in communication & the media with local examples.
• positive / negative effect communication / media can have on mental health.
• how people communicate their beliefs.
• Class novels for this term The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd/ The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo.

Year 5/6

STEM Cluster project – designing, creating and testing soap box cars (Y6)

STEM – Bridge Design (Y5)

Showtime (leavers concert performance).

We will look at

• script writing, song writing, poetry through rap.
• oracy around performance
• expression though character and costume design
• animation and story boarding
• direct and indirect speech

Skills include

• creativity and innovation
• critical thinking and problem solving
• planning and organising
• communication to audience
• investigate and draw conclusions
• evaluate and inform opinions

School Council organised and judged a ‘Design your own Comic Relief Nose Competition’ for every class.

They also organised a mini raffle for the whole school.