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Henry’s Freedom Box.

Literacy – Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine Journalistic Writing – Analysing the features and structure of a newspaper report. E.g. lead text, direct and indirect quotes etc , culminating in the children writing their own newspaper report about Henry ‘Box’ Brown.

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Henry’s Freedom Box.

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  1. Literacy – Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine Journalistic Writing – Analysing the features and structure of a newspaper report. E.g. lead text, direct and indirect quotes etc, culminating in the children writing their own newspaper report about Henry ‘Box’ Brown. Use of text mapping to embed the structure and content of a newspaper report. Headlines – Looking at how journalists play with words in order to grab the reader, composing our own for ‘The Crate Story’. Grammar – Use of speech punctuation. Use of complex sentences in extended writing. Ing and Ed sentence openers. Speaking & Listening and Drama: Drama activities of events from class text – e.g. freeze framing, thought tracking and character in role. D.A.R.E role plays. Numeracy - Shape Properties of 2D and 3D shapes. Learning vocabulary eg: parallel, perpendicular, adjacent, vertices Recognising and knowing properties of 4 types of triangles and working out missing angles. Using a protractor. Drawing and finding lines of symmetry. Rotations and translations of shapes. Area and perimeter – finding and using formulas for finding a and p of rectangles and compound shapes. Also working out missing values AT1 investigation based on quadrilaterals and area and perimeter ICT Internet research about the Underground Railroad. Ebooks retelling the story of Harriett Tubman (Ipads). Art/DT Art:- Watercolour paintings of scenes from ‘Henry’s Freedom Box’. Making slave beads. Christmas cards. D.T:- Christmas gift boxes. Henry’s Freedom Box. R.E/ Music/P.E etc Music:- Singing – songs for DARE, and Christmas Carol concert. P.E:- Hockey skills. R.E:- DARE – role plays and discussion about drugs and coping with peer pressure. The Christmas Story. SEAL:- Anti Bullying week – What is bullying? How can we deal appropr iately with conflict? Science Forces: Focus on Constants and Variables Introduction on forces, recognising that a force can affect the speed, direction and shape of an object and that forces can be balanced or unbalanced Investigation 1: Upthrust – Does the shape of an object determine whether it will float? Does the shape of a boat effect how much cargo it can hold? Investigation 2: Which material is most affected by air resistance and so will create the best parachute? Investigation 3: Friction – Which material creates the most friction? Humanities Slavery and The Underground Railroad Slave Triangle – How was it justified? What was it and how did it work. Map of slave triangle route. Underground Railroad Research – Methods of escape and the life of a slave. Harriett Tubman – Who was she and what was her impact on slavery in USA. Global dimensions Slavery in USA – Underground Railroad. Spanish Café – Café vocabulary. Children in Need activities.

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