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Quarter 1

For English, we use the Talk for Writing approach and, this term, the texts we'll be using to develop the children's reading and writing skills are:

Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
A selection of poetry from Season Songs by Ted Hughes
Gorilla by Anthony Browne

For Maths, we follow the White Rose Maths Hub mixed age planning. This means that we'll be spending Quarter 1 looking at:

Numbers
Place Value
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division

English Persuasive Writing Research Links

Should we keep primates in captivity?

FOR: The Aspinall Foundation The Aspinall Foundation run Port Lympne Zoo which we visited last year.

FOR: London Zoo London Zoo is the oldest scientific zoo in the world, opening in 1828.

AGAINST: PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are an animal rights organisation.

AGAINST: PETA Kids PETA also have a dedicated children's section to their website.

MIXED: RSPCA Primates as Pets The Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals was established in 1824.

MIXED: RSPCA Animals in Captivity Specific views on captivity.

Computing Links

COMPUTING: Space Sim A Scratch project

COMPUTING: Scratch Addition Race

COMPUTING: Scratch Games A selection of games to test

Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Darman Lane
Laddingford, Maidstone
Kent, ME18 6BL
E-Mail: office@laddingford.kent.sch.uk
Telephone: 01622 871270

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