Green Dragon Primary School

History is one big story, filled with important people who did many great things. There were scientists, writers, artists, musicians, explorers and many more. By learning about these people and what they did, we can find out more about the personal qualities that make someone great.

History

We will know about:

• the lives of famous people like Mary Seacole, Samuel Pepys, Christopher Columbus, Neil Armstrong and Amelia Earhart
• significant events beyond living memory such as the Great Fire of London and the first female solo flight across the Atlantic

We will be able to:

• place significant events on a timeline
• use different sources to find out information

Art

We will know about:

• the work of Frieda Kahlo and Andy Warhol - describing the differences and similarities and making links to our own work

We will be able to:

• use a range of different materials and resources to create artwork

Technology

We will be able to:

• design a new invention that will make our lives easier
• design and make a Tudor house

International

We will know about:

• the the idea of ‘fairness’ and ‘equality’ and what it means

Geography

We will be able to:

• to compare London, England with New York, America

Music

We will be able to:

• to learn rhymes and chants about past events
• listen with concentration to a range of music

Maths:

• Multiplication and division – sharing, dividing by 2, 5 and 10
• Statistics – pictograms, tally charts and block diagrams
• Geometry– properties of 2D & 3D shapes, drawing shapes, symmetry

English:

• poetry – acrostic, shape
• writing letters and biographies of famous people
• writing diary entries based on Samuel Pepy story
• The Lonely Beast by Chris Judd

PE Kits

School P.E. uniform is black shorts (or tracksuit bottoms) with a white t-shirt and black shoes. P.E. kits should be worn to school on these days. P.E. is Tuesdays and Fridays. 

Home learning – please regularly practise the x 2, x 5 and x 10- tables and learn the Year 1 and 2 common exception words. 

Children will be set home learning through Mathletics and DB Primary. These  link to learning we are doing in the classroom. We will email you each week to let you know when this is ready.

Your child has their login details – if you need these again, please email: sphinx@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk

Please read with your child as often as possible and change when your child has finished reading the book and a comment is written in the reading journal. 

If your child reads for 20 minutes a day they will hear 1,800,000 words per year!  Amazing!

Project Home learning:

We are learning about heroes of the past. You will have a set of weekly tasks to complete across the half term which will be set on DB primary.

Entry Point:  We will be sharing your child’s work from Task One (see previous page). We can’t wait to see what you create!

Exit Point: We are having a heroes of the past award ceremony for famous people that we have learnt about.  Your child can choose one of these people and pretend to be them for the afternoon! 

This could involve dressing up in costume or making a simple prop for example Neil Armstrong – a space suit or a telescope for Christopher Columbus. We will take pictures and share them on DB primary.

This will take place on Thursday 11^th February.

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Symptoms of COVID-19 or of a cold:

You will be asked to follow the COVID-19 guidance for households with possible infection coronavirus guidance.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance.

You will be asked to have your child tested for COVID-19 as this could have an impact on our school. This can include testing for all children and their families, if displaying symptoms.

*If your child does not take a test, your household will have to isolate following government guidance – please contact the school for more information.