Our autumn topic in Einstein class will be ‘Stone Age and Flintstones’. The theme will be a natural, stone like, environment with a range of different tools and models for the children to investigate and to spark inspiration and enthusiasm. 

In history, we will be delving into life in the Stone Age, learning about where the Stone Age fits into history, different settlements and what life was like during this period. This will be complemented by our ‘superb starter’ where the children will be taking part in a Stone Age art themed day and our ‘mix it up middle’ where children will dress up and live a day as a stone age person! On this day, we will also be learning to cook a savoury dish as part of our DT learning.

In science, the children will begin their learning about different types of rocks and soils, this will then progress to investigating what happens when animals die and form into fossils. We will also cover the human body, including nutrition and the use of the skeleton. Our ‘enthralling ending’ will be a DT themed day where we will be exploring Stonehenge and creating our very own versions.

This terms RE will focus on Christianity and Hinduism. We will be studying Christian artefacts, symbols, stained glass and the layout of a Christian church. Then how and where Hindus worship their God and the story of Rama and Sita.

Computing will be focused on photography. The children will be taking and editing a range of their own photos. In art, the children will be learning about different paint strokes and their effect, the effect of colour mixing and batik (an ancient form of dyeing.)

We will of course, be reading a range of books such as: “Stone Age Boy”, “Stig of the Dump”, “Skara Brae”, “The First Drawing” and a selection of non-fiction texts.