Author: Linda Copley

Lower Key Stage 2 Summer Term 2 Curriculum Newsletter

The Vikings Through Home Learning

English:
Our books this term are: Viking Boy also by Tony Bradman and How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.
You need to read / listen to each book and complete the activities as we publish them weekly this term on the class pages:
Writing activities will include:
Recounts, letters, diaries, adverts, instructions, descriptive writing, a short story and a book to film comparison for How to Train Your Dragon!

Maths
This term in maths we would like you to focus on the following topics using the White Rose Maths resources uploaded onto the class pages each week :
Statistics and data handling,
Measurement: Mass and Capacity,
Geometry: properties of shape and Position and direction
Please continue to access TTRockstars and Mathletics online to support your learning at home.

Science: Plants
This term we would like you to learn about Plants. On the class webpages in the science areas are lots of activities and investigation tasks for you to complete.
Can you name the parts of a flower?
Can you explain the process of pollination and seed dispersal in flowering plants?
Can you explain and prove how water is transported in plants?

Topic: The Vikings
This term our topic is The Vikings. These were people who invaded and settled in England a long time ago. We would like you to research who the Vikings were and what evidence of them exists today.
You can visit the British Museum online and find out about them and a place called Jorvik.
What was special about Jorvik?
Imagine you are Indiana Jones and have just discovered a series of Viking artefacts. What will your discoveries bring you? Fame and fortune or rags and ruin?

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World religions: Sikhism
This term we would like you to create the second part of your mini-research project about the religion: Sikhism.
What is a Gurdwara and what happens there?
What are the 5K’s and why are they special to Sikhs?
What special ceremonies and events do the Sikh community celebrate?
What are the similarities and differences between Sikhism and Christianity?

Spelling and Handwriting:
This term our spelling patterns and rules vary depending on which year group you are in:
Year 3 pupils should be learning: -al, -re, silent letters
Year 4 pupils should be learning: Suffix: -ous and adverbials for frequency, probability and manner
Spelling work will be published on the appropriate year group class pages each week, with activities to help learning and make it creative and fun.
Please practice handwriting each week using a sharp HB pencil and a handwriting pen to ensure it is correctly spaced, sitting on the lines, joined and legible.

Useful Websites this term:
https://www.twinkl.co.uk
https://www.britishmuseum.org
https://www.jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk
https://museum.maidstone.gov.uk/

STEM and Home Learning activities

Week 1 History: Chronology / Create an interactive timeline of the Viking period of British History this can be in any style you like: poster, bunting, power point presentation...	Week 2 English: Descriptive language / Find some detailed descriptions of different Viking. Draw the image the words create. Label your image with words and description you used from the text to help you draw.	Week 3 Art: Nordic sculpture: / Research what belt buckles and broaches looked like in Viking times. Create an ideas board. Design and make your own buckle/broach or both from clay, papier Mache or other mouldable materials
Week 4 Computing : Minecraft / Scratch / Using a digital gaming platform can you create a Viking world and or Viking themed animation? Can you link your world to that of a friend or get a friend to help you build a world together following social distancing rules.	Week 5 DT: Combining materials in permanent ways / Research and make either a Viking helmet or shield using recycling materials you have at home. Annotate your designs and evaluate your project – what worked well and what could you improve your projecct?	Week 6 Reading: Myths and Legends / Research and read some Nordic myths and legends. Draw the creatures you discover. Create a story using a hero and make them battle your monsters. Who will win? You decide!
Week 7 STEM: make a dragon / Using a combination of subject skills and craft materials you have at home, can you make a moving dragon?	Week 8 STEM: make a dragon-fly! / Using your science knowledge about magnets and forces make your dragon fly!	We don’t mind which order to complete these tasks in. What we want you to do is have fun and enjoy the challenge. Please ask a grown-up to take a picture of your challenge and email them to your class page. How many of you will get a special mention on the school website?

Keep practicing your spellings.
Remember to keep practicing your times tables facts and their matching division facts.