Guten tag!

 

This week is International week, and we are learning about Germany. This week the children will be...

 

 

Learning to say a few words in German- Guten tag!

 

Geography

'Travelling' to German to explore some different famous physical and human features.

 

Maths

Comparing the weather in Norwich and Berlin (the capital city of Germany). Children will create symbols to show what the weather is like each day and writing the temperature. We will be using our maths skills to find the difference in temperature each day.

 

History & PE

Learning about a famous German tennis player, writing a report about her & learning some tennis skills.

 

English

Listening to traditional German fairy tales & writing letters to the characters. We will be focusing on how the characters were feeling during the story and different words to describe this.

 

Art

Looking at work by the Swiss-German artist Paul Klee and creating their own castle inspired art work using printing. We will be exploring abstract art and focusing on the different shapes and patterns used.

Maths

Tasting some traditional German foods and learning how to use a tally chart and pictogram to show everyone's favourites. As part of your home learning you could have a go at doing a tally chart. You could ask your friend what their favourite colour is, favourite animal, how they get to school. Which is the most popular? Which is the least popular?

 

Music

Listening to music by a classical German composer and a modern song. Children will be drawing to music and comparing the two pieces of music.