Curriculum Overview- What is our place in the universe? What lies beyond the earth? We know that when we look up at our sky, we will see the Sun, the Moon and the stars. We take them for granted. But why are they there? What do they do? How do they affect the Earth? Astronomy, like all sciences, is about asking questions. By becoming space explorers, we can find out more about our solar system and the deeper mysteries of the universe.

As aspirational artists, the children will explore the techniques of Marbling and charcoal to create lunar landscapes. We will consider how the best ways to share our art with others.

Astronomical Art

We have been creating space art, using a variety of different mediums: oil pastels, sketching pencils and marbling inks.

We have learnt about colour wheels, complementary colours and analogue ones.

   

We have focused on creating tone in our sketching and drawing, looking at how we can add shadow and light to them.

‘I loved the marbling because it was so easy, but the patterns were amazing.’

‘The marbling oils laid on the top of the water and we had to swirl them to make a pattern.’

‘I can’t believe that in a couple of seconds the water and oils had mixed.’

Harvest

Harvest time is scarecrow time. We worked collaboratively to create our own scarecrows.

‘I enjoyed stuffing the hay into the clothes.’

‘It was hard to attach the head; ours kept falling off. It was really funny.’

‘We really had to work together to get this challenge done.’

‘Every time we secured part of our scarecrow to the dowling, we lost part of it.’

Phases of The Moon

We have been learning about the 8 phases of the moon. Did you know it takes 29.5 days for the moon to orbit Earth? We had to explain why there are these different phases.

 

 

Maths

In Maths, we are addition and subtraction in our new booklets. In English, we have been writing instructions to build a rocket to venture into our solar system.

    

Betteshanger Trip

On Friday 27^th September, Tolerance class had an exciting and adventurous day at Betteshanger Park. Despite the rain, we had the best day ever.

Battle zone archery

Orienteering

Biking

Eleven of us earnt to ride a bike, others honed their cross-country skills.  We all learnt how to use a bow and arrow and aim accurately at a target.

During this trip we all showed all of the school’s values and earnt tokens to show this.

  

 

Maths

Tolerance Class have been incredibly aspirational with their number maths this new term. We have been exploring our existing knowledge and busily exploring the number system to one million! We have also really enjoyed using our new workbooks.

      

Earth and Beyond

Our exploration of earth and beyond has extended from Galileo and Copernicus to modern scientific discoveries that explain the movement of the planets in our galaxy. It is really fascinating to learn more about our universe.

           

The Green Book

Our class reader this term is ‘The Green Book’ by Jill Patton Walsh. As they land on the Planet Shine in an escape from the dying Earth, we have been busy writing about what our planet might look like using complex sentence descriptions. Very imaginative work has been generated. Keep it up!!

          

 

During our Learning Lift-off, we learnt about all the planets, sun and asteroid belt in our Solar System. We researched the planet we were given, finding interesting facts about them. We compared the different planets and created a discrete bar graph on the different planets’ diameters. Jupiter had the largest can Mars the smallest.

       

 

 English

In English, we are focusing on making predictions that are stated and implied and summerising what has happened in the Green Book. We have also been extending our vocabulary when reading this text,