English
Our focus this half term is writing an explanation text about space.
Our immersion into this topic began with a classroom planetarium and we were able to go on a journey through space. We started on the ground and worked our way up the sky until we reached the planets. We observed how big the planets were and tried to understand their significance
looking at the skies.
We then continued with our immersion by acting out a journey to space as if we were the astronauts. This meant we had to build our rocket and imagine what a journey would feel like, sound like and look like.
Acting
History
In our history this half term we are looking at the space race. We will be exploring why Man went to the moon and what impact technology has had on today.
We explored whether man really had been to the moon and how we could know for sure.
'The parachute had to come before the boats in the sea. How did they get down from space?' - Asher
We explored the early attempts of flight and how it was possible to even get a transport vehicle in the air. We ordered these in the order we thought they happened. Some of us were very surprised. Then we introduced and looked at the humans and animals who went before the moon landing.
Ordering the moon landing events
We then discovered the timeline of the space race and what came before man on the moon. We ordered this and then researched about how it was possible to even get to the moon.
DT
In our DT this half term we are focussing on cooking and nutrition. Linking to our second english journey, we will be exploring and making our own healthy wraps and then writing up instructions for this.
We started with exploring the food groups and where different foods fit into these categories.