1. Project - Autumn 1 Can We Train a Dragon?RE
Introduce the prayer corner
Introduce our reflection areas
Introduce prayers for Mass and the structure of Mass
Creation – celebrating God’s creation and giving thanks for it
Project - Autumn 1
Can We Train a Dragon?
History
Who were the Vikings?
Explore the Viking timeline
Find out how Vikings travelled
Learn to write using the Runic alphabet
Geography
Find out the names of countries, cities and rivers where the Vikings lived
Use compass directions and maps
Learn about the key features of Viking environment DT
Make a that boat floats
Learn about and eat Viking food
Make clay Viking pottery
Science
Sort, describe, identify and compare materials for making boats
Carry out fair tests & experiments to test materials for making boats
This project will be based on the book – How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.
In this cross curricular project, children will be encouraged to ask questions, role play as Vikings and will get to meet a real Viking via the Internet!
They will listen to stories, write their own sagas and make Viking crafts.
Maths
Read and write numbers to 20, 50 and 100
Place value and number bonds to 10, 20 and 100
Addition, subtraction numbers to 10, 20, 50 and 100
Doubles and near doubles using numicon
English
SPAG – sentence structure including finger spaces, full stops and capital letters. Learn how to use adjectives, question marks and conjunctions
Phonics – Phases 2, 3 & 5
Composition – writing lists, mini-sagas, writing instructions to decorate a dragon’s egg and writing questions to ask a Viking
Home-School Learning
Weekly spellings(given out Fridays)
Phonics
Reading
Mathletics (Y2 only)
Computing
Learn about Internet Safety
Use the Computer Suite
Type instructions to show how to look after a Dragon egg
Programme the Beebots
Coding
Spanish
Greetings
Counting Dragon’s eggs
Making plurals
Using ‘and’