English
- Describe what they can see
- Ask and answer questions
- Make lists
- Compile glossary of relevant word - metamorphic, sedimentary
- Use descriptions
- Share stories - Rock Soup, David and Goliath
Science - Materials and their Properties
- Classify rocks and soils by characteristics
- Describe formation of different rocks
- Describe changes in different rocks when exposed to heat, freezing, friction, compression
- Compare different soils and conditions - sand, chalk, peat and the effect on plants and animals associated with them
- Devise experiments to test soils for suitability to different plants
Maths
- Sorting rocks according to types, hardness, colour
- Estimating weight and using standard measures
- Draw inferences from data
- Recording results of surveys using graphs, charts
- Using ICT when appropriate
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Art, design, technology
- Close observational drawings
- Print making
- Using different rocks to make 3D objects - clay for pots etc, chalk for sculpture, polished rocks for jewellery, pebble art
- Minerals for paint
- Study work of artists who work in marble, granite, clay etc
- Create sand art
Geography - Geographical enquiry and skills
- Ask geographical questions - what is the landscape like?
- Collect and record evidence - collect rocks and soils
- Analyse evidence and draw conclusions - do a soil test
- Use appropriate vocabulary - valley, erosion, escarpment
- Use maps of the local area to identify key features
- Create own maps
- Use ICT to gather and record information
- Consider land uses and settlement
- Describe why places are similar to and different from other places in this country and the world
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