Children will learn all about the main features of the Mayan Society.

They will sequence independently the key events, objects, themes, societies and people of

main Mayan periods using specific dates including chocolate, housing, agriculture and

trade links before comparing them with other civilisations in order to find out which

civilisation was the most successful.

Useful Websites

https://kids.kiddle.co/Mayan_civilization

www.ducksters.com/history/maya/daily_life.php

Children will consider the implications of the Spanish

conquest on the Mayan people they found living in

Mesoamerica, explore the concept of a hierarchy and how

our social structure compares to that of the ancient Maya. In

addition, they will compare the lifestyles of the Maya with our

modern lifestyles to assess which is healthier.

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Children will locate cities in Spain (Valencia, Seville, Malaga, Alicante, Las Parmas)

and in Mexico (Mexico City, Guadalajara City, Puebla City, Ecatepac) on physical and

political maps before building their own map which will highlight and label all

continents and seas plus the countries of Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Canada,

Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Russia and Mexico.

They will locate Spain and Mexico in relation to the Equator, the Tropics of Cancer

and Capricorn, longitude and latitude to understand and explore their time zones,

climate, seasons and vegetation. Using their knowledge, children will compare the

physical environment, climate and economic activity of Spain to Mexico in the form of

a postcard in which they describe holidays to both Spain and Mexico.

Children will highlight the key mountain ranges in Spain and Mexico, adding the highest points of

each country to their own maps. They will research the northernmost, southernmost, easternmost

and westernmost points in Spain and Mexico. In maths, they will order mountain ranges from

highest to lowest points, converting units of measurements.

Children will explore the funerary mask of Lord Pakal that was found at Palenque and the story of

how it was discovered then share their knowledge of why the Maya wore masks by including

examples. They will annotate their own drawings to show techniques, likes, dislikes, suggestions for

improvements/changes to be made to those studied when recording their own ideas for a Mayan

mask.

Children will examine the Maya's

stone-carving and pottery-making

skills, (from examples that have

survived from the Mayan

civilisation) and consider what we

can learn from them before

recording their own ideas.

Children will be challenged to

work with clay to create their

own artwork in the style of the

Maya, e.g. create a Mayan tile,

stele or coil pot and will create

their own Mayan mask using

papier mache.

Useful Websites

https://belize-travel-

blog.chaacreek.com/2017/11/mayan-food/

Naturally, children will be given the opportunity to taste test

some delicious and healthy Mayan foods before planning,

preparing and making their own Mayan feast.

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This term’s focus will be Ball Skills. Children will move into a strategic

place to catch a moving ball and learn how this can be applied in game

play to accurately pass a ball to a team mate, learn how to travel when

dribbling a ball and change direction whilst dribbling a ball.

This term, children will participate in a thematic study:

From life to death, what role does religion play?

They will use their knowledge of the rites of passage

studied last term to explain the purpose for a

community for each rite of passage, using key

vocabulary.

They will suggest why all cultures have rites of passage

and make comparisons across cultures.

Religious

Education

Children will listen to a piece of Mayan music and write

down all the sound effects or musical instruments they

hear before using this to help them recreate some of

their own mystic music, considering the instruments that

could replicate or come near to the sounds heard.

Children to watch a Mayan ceremonial dance to music

and listen for examples of a crescendo (rise in volume

). Children to redevelop the piece, following the beats,

rhythms and patterns. Following on from this, they will

develop a score and record their own music.

Music

Computing

Linked to our relationships and health focus, children will

learn about internet safety and harms as well as the

advantages and disadvantages of social networking.

Relationships and Health Education

Following on from last term, children will learn to recognise bullying and abuse in all its forms (including prejudice-based bullying both

in person, online and through social media) and how to critically examine what is presented to them in social media and why it is

important to do so. Children will gain an insight into how information contained in social media can misrepresent or mislead and

recognise the importance of being careful of what they forward to others.

Campaigning/Global Goal

Linked to our Science topic of electricity, we are

campaigning to reduce the amount of electricity we

use in school and at home.

Rights Respecting Focus

Article 17 - Access to information from the media (linked to our Computing and Relationships and

Health Education)

Every child has the right to reliable information from a variety of sources, and governments should

encourage the media to provide information that children can understand.

Governments must help protect children from materials that could harm them.

Reading regularly at school and at home is essential to children’s

language development: it increases their vocabulary and develops their

understanding of age-related texts.

In school, children will use Reading Plus three times per week and as a

result, they will be exposed to a vast range of texts across a range of

genres.

Whilst they will have regular reading sessions in school, children will also benefit further by sharing and discussing texts at home.

To support your child, you should encourage them to access Reading Plus at home and when sharing non-fiction texts, ask them to

consider how the structure and layout helps make the information clear for the reader.

https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login

Bespoke Book Focus

The Arrival – the story of an immigrant's life in an imaginary world.

Without the use of dialogue or text, the author portrays the

experience of a father emigrating to a new land

Reading

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Children will examine the literary features and structure of

explanation texts, non-chronological reports, letters and

comic strips before writing their own versions of these texts.

As they write, they think very carefully about their use of

grammar and apply their understanding of new word and

phrases, especially those during Word Power lessons.

Whilst children will learn and

consolidate a range of

spelling rules and patterns,

they can practise their

spellings using Spellodrome

at home.

https://uk.spellodrome.com

/#/home

Writing

https://uk.spellodrome.com/#/home

Children will continue developing their knowledge of number, statistics, geometry and

measures. They will solve problems, reason and investigate how they can apply their

knowledge in a variety of contexts including topic-based activities and situations in

everyday life.

https://home.oxfordowl.co

.uk/kids-activities/fun-

maths-games-and-

activities/

In order to support your child with their learning, it would be helpful if you

could:

• Support them with any home learning tasks

• Ensure that they access Mathletics at home at least 3 times per week

Maths

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Please assist your child in ensuring they get some

fresh air and take some form of exercise each day

(whilst following lockdown restrictions).

Please try to listen to your child read at least three times a week and discuss key

themes, events and characters.

Please comment on your child’s reading in the Home School Book.