Here is what your child will be doing this term!

Come Dine with Me

Class: 5 Year 5/6 Term: Spring

Activities:

Healthy Living – Diet, Exercise and the human body

Lung capacity investigation

Technology – Mini enterprise project – Pop up restaurant (famous Welsh foods)

Health and Well-Being Expressive Arts

Science and technology Mathematics and Numeracy Languages, Literacy and Communication

Humanities

Activities:

Problem solving and numerical reasoning

Adding and subtracting moneyConverting weights – recipes

Area and perimeterFractions and percentages

Measuring – length and weightMultiplication and division

Activities:

Newspaper articlesPersuasive adverts and letters

Discussion/debates Poetry

Instruction writingWriting complaints and reviews

Activities:

Map work – where does our food come from?Fair trade foodsCharities and food banksRecyclingCelebrations and special occasions involving foodFood from different religions – food around the world

Activities:Football, rugby and gymnasticsHealthy Living – the importance of a balanced diet and exerciseRunning the daily milePlaysportsInternet safety – Online behaviour and cyber bullyingSEAL and Circle Time activitiesCrucial Crew

Activities:

Archimboldo artStill life sketchesFood collagesLearning songs and poems about food

Across the curriculum - Activities:Numeracy – calculating the distances of where our food comes from, converting weights in recipes, costing ingredients for a meal, area ad perimeter of a restaurant, word problems involving fractions

Literacy – Restaurant reviews, letters of complaint, persuasive adverts, fast food discussion and debate, healthy eating rap poetry formal and informal dinner invitations

Digital Competence – Citizenship – Internet safetyInteracting and collaborating – sending emails with attachments etcProducing - Use ICT to create a video promoting a product or cooking something – presenting skills using green screen

Term Events and Key Dates: 8th Jan – Playsports after school club (every Tues)5th Feb Chinese New Year12th Feb – Visit to Crucial Crew13th and 14th Feb – Transition visit to IDS22nd Feb – finish for half term25th Feb Fair Trade Fortnight7th March World Book Day8th March Science Week7th April World Health Day