This term our topic is ‘Let’s Fly Away’. Throughout this topic the children will explore flight, world maps and have plenty of opportunities to use their imagination and creativity.

We will be looking closely at what an invention is and how people in history have tried to fly in a number of ways before the first aeroplanes were invented. We shall be investigating who first invented the motorised aeroplane.

In art and design, we shall be drawing planes but specifically learning that lines have various thickness and some lines can be darker or lighter dependent on how hard we press.

In design and technology, we will be exploring how different materials have different properties (flexibility, waterproof etc.) so are useful for different things. We shall be understanding how a design should be well-planned so that it can be followed exactly to make the same model over and over again.

We will also be incorporating music and georgraphy into our lessons by using flight as the stimulus to our learning. This will involve understanding what a map is and using one. We will be exploring the continents and the five oceans.

We can't wait for our brains to grow bigger from all of the new information we shall be learning!