Here is what your child will be doing this term! Come Dine with Me Class : 5 Year 5/6 Term : Spring Activities : Healthy Living – Diet, Exercise and the human body Lung capacity investigation Technology – Mini enterprise project – Pop up restaurant (famous Welsh foods) Science and technology Mathematics and Numeracy Languages, Literacy and Communication Humanities Activities : Problem solving and numerical reasoning Adding and subtracting money Converting weights – recipes Area and perimeter Fractions and percentages Measuring – length and weight Multiplication and division Activities : Newspaper articles Persuasive adverts and letters Discussion/debates Poetry Instruction writing Writing complaints and reviews Activities : Map work – where does our food come from? Fair trade foods Charities and food banks Recycling Celebrations and special occasions involving food Food from different religions – food around the world Activities: Football, rugby and gymnastics Healthy Living – the importance of a balanced diet and exercise Running the daily mile Playsports Internet safety – Online behaviour and cyber bullying SEAL and Circle Time activities Crucial Crew Activities : Archimboldo art Still life sketches Food collages Learning songs and poems about food Across the curriculum - Activities Numeracy – calculating the distances of where our food comes from, converting weights in recipes, costing ingredients for a meal, area ad perimeter of a restaurant, word problems involving fractions Literacy – Restaurant reviews, letters of complaint, persuasive adverts, fast food discussion and debate, healthy eating rap poetry formal and informal dinner invitations Digital Competence – Citizenship – Internet safety Interacting and collaborating – sending emails with attachments etc Producing - Use ICT to create a video promoting a product or Term Events and Key Dates : 8 th Jan – Playsports after school club (every Tues) 5 th Feb Chinese New Year 12 th Feb – Visit to Crucial Crew 13 th and 14 th Feb – Transition visit to IDS 22 nd Feb – finish for half term 25 th Feb Fair Trade Fortnight 7 th March World Book Day 8 th March Science Week