Megastructures: Australia and Ayres Rock Oak Class Term 5 - 2015 Art - Animals in traditional Aboriginal art Science - Humans and animals We will start by looking at a range of Australian animals and We will use our knowledge of plants and how they grow make observation drawings, focusing on their shape and form; together with what we’ve previously learnt about We will look at a variety of traditional this will then help us to make 3D sculptures. We will then different climates to investigate suitable conditions Australian songs and styles of music from the look are for growing a bean! We will then look at our own Australian traditional influenced by the animals around them. We will then think bodies and what living things need to survive. This children’s songs such as Waltzing Matlida. We about how we can create a traditional Aboriginal paintings will help us to understand the importance of exercise. will using the animals we studied at the beginning of the term. We will start to look at the 5 main groups of animals History & Music - Responding to different styles of music and different traditional cultures. also National have the Anthem to opportunity to adapt at traditional aboriginal art and how they and how to classify them on their features but also traditional pieces using didgeridoos. ICT - Organising and retrieving information Geography - Human and physical features of Australia and maps! based We will continue to work on developing basic key skills associated with ICT. We will pay particular focus to sav- We will learn about different features and ing, retrieving and organising specific information, such as their differences. We will learn how to make photos and work. We then hope to put these skills to the test comparisons of different places and how they and make an information sheet based on an Australian animal. on what they eat. This will help us to understand different life cycles of both humans and animals! English We will cover the following areas of English this term: look. This will help us to work on our map skills and hopefully we will be able to create PE - Australian animal dance and Invasion Games our own map! (Both 2D and 3D!) Dance - We will develop our skills and focus on how to create different movements with our bodies in response to different Maths     Information pages Non chronological reports: Australian animals Traditional stories: Aboriginal Creation stories An Australian Dictionary or Senses Poetry Australian animals. We will learn the importance of linking We will cover the following areas of maths this ideas together to create a dance in order to convey the term: different movements of the animals.      Place value and fractions Addition and subtraction 3D shape/direction and time Measure (capacity) Multiplication and division Over the year we will look t themes within RE which Invasion Games - We will learn how to move with control in a include Believing, Story, Celebrations, Symbols, range of different contexts, learning how to generate and Leaders & Teachers, Belonging and Myself. Within these implement ideas and strategies to solve problems within are different concepts and ideas. This term we will invasion games. We will learn the importance of communication look at: clearly and cooperating with our teammates. DT - Food; field to table! We will look at different food types and what is need as part of a healthy diet. We will look at traditional recipes from RE Australia and have a go at making our own!  The Muslim Family & The Jewish Family  Islamic Naming Ceremony & Baptism  Synagogue