Week beginning 31st October 2022

A Brief Introduction to Buddhism

It’s RE week!

What are we learning this week?

English – 

9781526624802 | Rooftoppers

This half term, our English lessons will be centred around our core text Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. Our learning objectives for this week are:

  • To use a range of expanded noun phrases to help visualise a text.
  • To build character profiles.
  • To begin compiling a range of character descriptions.
  • To write a poem.

This half term, we shall be continuing our class read Holes, by Louis Sachar.

Holes by Louis Sachar | WHSmith

Maths – 

Lesson 1

LO: I can use common factors and multiples to simplify fractions.

Lesson 2

LO: I can compare and order fractions (>1) on a number line .

Lesson 3

LO: I can add fractions with the unrelated denominators less than 1.

Lesson 4

LO: I can add fractions with mixed number and unrelated denominators.

RE – 

Our unit this half term will be exploring Authority and Worship within Buddhism. Our key learning questions, this week, are:

  • What does the word Buddha mean?
  • Why is the Buddha special to Buddhists?
  • Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
  • What caused him to seek enlightenment?
  • How did the Buddha become enlightened?
  • What are the features of a Buddhist shrine?

 

PE – 

QE2 – Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Tower – Tuesdays and Fridays