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Woodbridge Junior School

Happy Children Inspired to Learn

Foundation Subjects

Spring 1.

Could we survive in the Stone Age?

History- We will explore all aspects of the Stone Age. We will create a time line of events, look at shelters, think about how artefacts help us understand history and look at how the Stone Age moved into the Iron and Bronze age.

 

DT – We will create a Stone Age shelter. We will learn how to join materials, design and test ideas and then evaluate how successful our shelter is.

 

Art – We will create a Stone Age cave painting using charcoal and chalk, inspired by what we have studied.

 

Science- We will learn about sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks. We will observe and classify rocks and learn how fossils and soils are made.

 

Geography – We will use maps and atlases to be able to locate and name countries within the United Kingdom.

 

Music – In music we will continue to learn how to play the Ukulele.

 

French – We will begin to learn animals names.

Autumn 2. What is art?

Art

We will be exploring a variety of types of art. We will then look in detail at Roman art. We will explore different techniques of shading to help us design a Roman pot. 


 

 

History.

We will learn about how the Roman Empire grew and what made it so successful. We will explore what made the Roman army the strongest force in the world at the time. We will examine primary and secondary resources and compare how they give us clues to the past.

 

Geography.

We will use maps and atlases to locate Rome and the countries which made up it's empire. We will explore the physical and human features of Rome. 

D.T.

We will explore the properties of clay and how to manipulate it. We will use a variety of techniques and joining methods to produce a Roman style pot. We will evaluate our product and give suggestions for improvements if needed.

Science

We will explore forces and magnets, investigating which materials are attracted to magnets and why. We will explore the strength of different types of magnets and make and test predictions to various scientific questions. We will explore the force of friction to understand what this means. We will test various surfaces after making predictions and record our results.

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