Four Seasons

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explain and model how to select and manipulate descriptive vocabulary to use when composing different types of poems about each season of the year. The class can suggest how to use special words to express thoughts and ideas on specific themes.

Summertime
Explore how to select and work with some powerful vocabulary words to use when composing and writing a Cinquain poem describing the summer season of the year
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New Start
Explore how to prepare for and deal with some of the new events and special occasions that someone might experience in life
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Viking Settlement
Explore how the Vikings settled and built communities in Britain in the past by referencing their culture and traditions
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Changing Seasons
Investigate changes that can happen to the natural world during the four seasons of the year and reflect on similar changes that can occur in people’s lives
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Chinese Dragons
Select and combine different mouldable and other materials to create masks representing dragons that can be worn during a performance dance