Topic

Our topic focusses this half term are History and DT.

History

This half term, we will be learning about two significant individuals from the past: Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. We will be considering their achievements, their significance and whether they are both remembered equally. Each lesson will be led by a key enquiry question. This topic is always a firm-favourite amongst the children!

KQ1: Why did Florence put herself in danger to go to Crimea?

KQ2: What did Florence do to improve the lives of soldiers and how do we know?

KQ3: What did people at the time think of Florence and how can we find out?

KQ4: What was Florence's greatest achievement?

KQ5: Who was Mary Seacole and was she significant?

KQ6: What were the most important events in Mary's life?

Throughout the unit, we will focus on the following key historical skills:

Key Skills

•To know the key event/s in the life of an individual from the past that made them significant (Range and depth)

•Give a simple reason why a real person acted as they did in a historical situation (cause and consequence).

•Can ask simple, but relevant, questions of the teacher in the role of, for example Samuel Pepys/Florence Nightingale. (enquiry).

•Begin to understand that we have different views of familiar events, eg: first day at school. We cannot always remember what happened in the past (interpretations).

•To use basic vocabulary relating to the passing of time (first, then, after) to describe events within a simple narrative (chronology).

DT

This half term, our focus is cooking & nutrition. The children will be following the design cycle to design and make a soup.

Lesson 1: Identifying the difference between fruits and vegetables.

Lesson 2: Describing where fruits and vegetables grow.

Lesson 3: Practising food preparation skills: cutting and blending

Lesson 4: Testing and selecting ingredients for a recipe.

Lesson 5: Following our design to make a soup.

Lesson 6: Evaluating our soup against the design brief.