Christmas World
This geography scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how different countries around the world celebrate Christmas by following special customs and traditions that reflect religious and secular stories. The class can compose recounts and reports to make comparisons and highlight differences.
Explore how different countries around the world celebrate Christmas by following a range of special customs and traditions that reflect religious and secular stories
Lesson One : Festival of Santa Lucia
Plan and hold a school procession to explore and illustrate some of the special ways that Christmas is celebrated by families in Sweden
Lesson Two : Christmas in Germany
Research and write a recount about what might happen when visiting relatives in Germany to describe some of their special Christmas traditions
Lesson Three : Italian Christmas Calendar
Record and sequence some of the special events and traditions that can illustrate how Christmas is celebrated by families in Italy
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Maths Arithmetic Assessment
Assess abilities in solving arithmetic number problems for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division when working with informal and formal written calculations
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Environment
Identify and describe some of the special landscapes and locations that can be found in the world and reflect on how they can be protected and preserved for the future
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Silent Letter Words
Explore and illustrate the meanings and spellings of some different words with silent letters when using them in a range of topics and scenarios
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Complaint Letters
Explain and model how to format and structure writing when composing letters of complaint about different issues and scenarios