In Edison class we follow the national curriculum for maths and English. Our creative curriculum allows us to link, through projects all the other curriculum areas of: science, history, geography, DT, art, music, cooking and nutrition and computing.

Our Summer Term project is called ‘Who wants to be Famous?’. We will be looking at famous people (Past and present) such as Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacome, Thomas Edison, Samuel Pepys, Tina Turner, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Pablo Picasso and Jean Metzinger.

During English we will begin writing narratives about the personal experiences of ourselves and others. Some of the texts we will explore this term include: Little People, Big Dreams, The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch and Sun, You are a Star.

For history, we will look at significant events in relation to the famous people we look at, for example; Thomas Edison and the invention of the light bulb and the impact Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale had on the lives of many soldiers during the war in Crimea. We will also use these events to compare what life was like in various parts of history.

In music we will be looking at how to program a beat, listening to popular music and dissecting it – what is it that makes it so popular? We will also continue to learn a musical instrument ourselves; The Ocarina!

During our art lessons we will look at the art movement of cubism and the work of Pablo Picasso. In addition to this, we will learn and create our own digital art, using our computing equipment.

RE – Islam – What makes a Muslim special? To understand the importance of Islamic stories. We will then look at our BIG questions; to understand why the world is special and what makes the Potterspury area special. To understand what the special texts are, for each religion and how they are read and cared for.

Our computing lessons will focus on algorithms, problems solving with these and predicting the behaviour of simple programs. We will continue to discuss the importance of internet safety.

In DT we will learn how to design a purposeful, functional and appealing product and which materials and components to select according to the design criteria. Cooking this term will focus on healthy diets and understanding the nutritional values.

In our science lessons we will be looking at materials. What makes up materials? Why are some materials more suited to tasks? We will also look at how materials can be altered.

Our superb starter for the project will focus on electricity and why Thomas Edison became famous for inventing a longer lasting lightbulb! We will look at static electricity and its impact in the classroom.

Our enthralling ending will be a talent show, where the children will perform their own talents that in the future, may become famous…

Edison class reading meeting

Below you can find a copy of the reading meeting that was held on Monday 4th November