This Terms Project in Australia Class! Rio De Vida!This half term, we’ll dress up in bright clothes, hang out the bunting and enjoy a carnival party! Afterwards, we’ll write about our carnival experiences, compose carnival poetry, create vibrant dances and play carnival rhythms. We’ll learn to speak some Portuguese, study maps and globes to locate Brazil and decide what it would be like to live there. We’ll also create colourful collages, cards and carnival bunting. Brazilian sporting excellence is paid tribute to when we take the time to practice and hone our sporting skills ready for a mini-Olympics.

Our Learning QuestionDoes a carnival support cities?We want the children to research what carnivals are and why we have them, how carnivals effect cities and decide whether carnivals are a benefit or damaging to local culture and businesses. We will also be getting very creative with colour, dances and expressing ourselves in different ways. Throughout the topic we will look into different parts of Brazilian culture and compare it to ours.

Learning Launch! Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to party in Rio! On the 3rd of March the children in Australia class are going to have an all-day dancing workshop, using their wild imaginations to create carnival dances and party at their very own carnival. Please make sure you wear your brightest carnival clothes and are ready to party in Rio!

How can you help?Homework

Spellings, please practice the common exception words regularly in the back of their reading records,

Home reading (we would like your child to read at least 5 times a week please) Times Tables practice 2, 5, 3 and 10s. Weekly Maths homework, related to their Maths work in class for that week. Project-based homework. Please complete 3 or 4 of these tasks

Homework will be sent home Friday afternoon and due in on the following Wednesday.PEThis term, your child will be doing PE on a Monday and swimming on a Friday afternoon. Please make sure that your child has their PE kit in school every week and swimming kits on a Friday.Skills summaryThis half term your child will learn about fractions, money and measurement in Maths.English we will focus on writing recounts, stories and information text with right punctuation and making good word choices. In reading we will work towards fluent and expressive reading, as well as retrieval and inference skills.Knowledge summaryYou will find a knowledge organiser overleaf, showing you specific areas your child will develop and find out more about.

Rio De Vida!

Does a carnival support cities?

Term DefinitionBrasilia The capital city of Brazil.Brazil A large country in South America that is

famous for its beaches, carnivals and football.

Carnival A celebration with parades, costumes, food, music and dancing.

Celebration A special event.Flag A piece of cloth that represents a country

or group.Legend A very old story that might be true.Myth A very old story that explains something

about the world.National anthem

The special song of that country.

Patriotism Supporting your country.Percussion Instruments that make a sound when they

are hit, scraped or rattled.Portuguese The language spoken by most people in

Brazil.Rhythm A pattern of sounds, words or notes.Rio de Janeiro A city in Brazil that is famous for holding

carnivals.Samba A Brazilian music and dance style that

started in Africa.Serpent A large snake.

Green = Brazil's lush fields and forests.

Yellow diamond = Brazil's wealth in gold

Blue celestial globe displays a white equatorial band with the motto ORDEM E PROGRESSO translation = (Order and Progress.)

Comparing Cleethorpes Carnival and Rio Carnival

N = North, E = East, S = South, W = WestNever, Eat, Shredded, WheatNaughty, Elephants, Squirt, Water