Week 1 - Learning about London

Lesson 1 - Mapping Katie's journey around London

What are we learning to do?

• explain clearly their understanding of what is read to them

• retell the main events. 

• understand what the capital city of England (London) is like. (busy, crowded, big buildings, lots of transport, lots of sights to see and things to do)

Key facts about travelling around London

• Travelling around London is easy because there are many forms of transport.
• You can travel on a red double-decker bus.
• You could travel around London in black taxi or your could take the underground.

Task 1 - Map where Katie went. Number them in the order she visited them. 

This week we are going to make our own mini guide to London and the landmarks there. Each day we will write about a different Landmark. We will write about The Tower of London, 

Writing Task -On p1 of your mini book, write a few factual sentences about what a city is like and about how tourists can travel around somewhere so big to see all of the sights. 

Minibook worksheets you could use

Lesson 2 - Fact finding on The Tower of London

What are we learning to do?

What are we learning to do?

• Say out loud what I am going to write about
• Compose a sentence orally before writing it down
• Start a sentence with a capital letter.
• End a sentence with a full stop
• Use capitals for place names
• Leaving spaces between words
• Joining 2 ideas using "and"
• Sequence sentences to form short piece of writing
• Re-read what I have written to check that it makes sense

Key facts about The Tower of London

• It is an old castle. 
• It was once a prison. 
• Some people believe it is haunted by the ghosts of kings and queens
• The crown jewels are kept there in a special room.  
• The red rubies, green emeralds and blue sapphires sparkle on the crown jewels sparkle.
• Beefeaters guard the crown jewels and the tower.
• There are ravens at the tower.
• There are lots of other interesting facts in the clips below. 

Writing Task -On p2 of your mini book, write a few factual sentences about The Tower of London and the Crown Jewels. 

Lesson 3 - Tower Bridge and The River Thames

What are we learning to do?

• Say out loud what I am going to write about
• Compose a sentence orally before writing it down
• Start a sentence with a capital letter.
• End a sentence with a full stop
• Use capitals for place names
• Leaving spaces between words
• Joining 2 ideas using "and"
• Sequence sentences to form short piece of writing
• Re-read what I have written to check that it makes sense

Key facts about Tower Bridge and The River Thames 

• Before it opens up lights flash and an alarm sounds to warn people.
• The bridge opens to let boards come through if they are too tall to go under.
• There are many bridges on the River Thames.

Writing Task -On p3 of your mini book, write a few factual sentences about Tower Bridge and The River Thames. 

Lesson 4 - Fact finding on The London Eye

What are we learning to do?

• Say out loud what I am going to write about
• Compose a sentence orally before writing it down
• Start a sentence with a capital letter.
• End a sentence with a full stop
• Use capitals for place names
• Leaving spaces between words
• Joining 2 ideas using "and"
• Sequence sentences to form short piece of writing
• Re-read what I have written to check that it makes sense

Key facts about The London Eye 

• The London Eye is next to the River Thames.
• It is a big wheel.
• It has lots of pods on it that tourists can sit in.
• It turns very slowly.
• The people inside can see some of the famous London landmarks.
• It goes higher than some of the skyscrapers in London.
• Big Ben is close to the London Eye.

Writing Task -On p4 of your mini book, write a few factual sentences about The London Eye. 

Lesson 5 - Fact finding on Buckingham Palace

What are we learning to do?

• Say out loud what I am going to write about
• Compose a sentence orally before writing it down
• Start a sentence with a capital letter.
• End a sentence with a full stop
• Use capitals for place names
• Leaving spaces between words
• Joining 2 ideas using "and"
• Sequence sentences to form short piece of writing
• Re-read what I have written to check that it makes sense

Key facts about Buckingham Palace 

• People go to watch the changing of the guard.
• The guards swap with new guards at 11 am each day.
• They wear red jackets and tall furry hats called bearskins.
• Soldiers stand outside keeping watch and never smile.
• The Queen and the royal family live there most of the year.
• Kings and Queens have lived there since 1837.
• There are 775 rooms in the palace.
• It has 78 bathrooms.
• The Queen has 3 garden parties at the palace each year.

Writing Task -On p5 of your mini book, write a few factual sentences about Buckingham Palace.

Week 2 

Lesson 1 - Learning about Wales

What are we learning to do?

• listen to and discuss a wide range of poems
• create our own concrete poem  or shape poem

Key facts to share with your child. 

• Daffodils are the national flower of Wales. 
• Daffodils are often worn on St. David's Day on the 1st March. 

Information about Shape Poems

Activity 1 - Create a mind-map or a list of words you think of when you think about daffodils.

Here are some words you can use to start your child off.

Activity 2 - Create your shape poem

Alternative task - Create a Rugby shape poem based on the one below by poet James Carter. 

• Rugby is a famous sport in Wales. 

What
Can You
Do With A
Football
?

Well...

You can
kick it you can catch
it you can bounce it – all
around. You can grab it you can
pat it you can roll it – on the ground.
You can throw it you can head it you
can hit it – with a bat. You can biff it
you can boot it you can spin it you
can shoot it you can drop it
you can stop it – just
like that!

Lesson 2 - Writing Cinquains about Welsh symbols

What are we learning to do?

• listen to and discuss a wide range of poems
• create our own cinquain poem

Information about Cinquains

Activity 1 - Write a cinquain about the Welsh Dragon using the worksheet below.

Lesson 3 - Writing List poems about Wales (the place)

What are we learning to do?

• Listen to and discuss poems 
• Write a list poem

Write a list poem called "Go"

Use what you have learnt or your own research to write a poem about what you can go and do in Wales. 

Here are some suggestions you might look up together

Worksheet for today

Lesson 4 - Write an acrostic poem about Wales

What are we learning to do?

• listen to and discuss a wide range of poems
• create our own acrostic poem about Wales

Information about acrostic poems

Write your own acrostic poem about Wales . 

Steps to success

• Write WALES in capitals down the side of your paper. (One letter on each line). 
• The first word of your line/idea must start with the letter that you wrote at the start of your writing line. 
• You can write a word, phrase or sentence on each line. 
• For the letter 'W' I might write 'Welsh cakes are wonderful' or 'Woolly sheep standing on the hills' or 'Wild'. 
• Move onto the next line and think of an idea starting with that letter. 

Worksheet

Lesson 5 - Performance poetry

What are we learning to do?

• listen to and discuss a wide range of poems.
• learn to appreciate rhymes and poems.
• recite some poetry by heart. 

Activity 1 - Can you match the words that rhyme from the poem?

Activity 2 - Can you write a poem or a verse based on 'The Train Ride' to explain what someone might see if they travelled through Wales on a train. 

Please find below the worksheet with an example of how it might be completed. 

Worksheet