Science - to know the planets in the solar system
The children watched a clip about the Solar System and found out about each plant. The children then drew the planets in order and labelled them.
Our solar system is made up of a star—the Sun—eight planets, 146 moons, a bunch of comets, asteroids and space rocks, ice, and several dwarf planets, such as Pluto. The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Mercury is closest to the Sun. Neptune is the farthest.
Science - to know that each plant orbits the sun
The children found out about how the planets orbit the sun.
Each planet's orbit is nearly the shape of a circle. The planets orbit the Sun because of the Sun's gravitational force. Without the pull of the Sun's gravity, the planets would stop following their paths around the Sun. Although each planet orbits the Sun, most planets are also orbited by smaller objects.
Here is how long it takes each of the planets in our solar system to orbit around the Sun (in Earth days):
Mercury: 88 days
Venus: 225 days
Earth: 365 days
Mars: 687 days
Jupiter: 4,333 days
Saturn: 10,759 days
Uranus: 30,687 days
Neptune: 60,190 days
Science - Earth and Space
Earth takes 365¼ days to complete its orbit around the Sun.
The Earth rotates (spins) on its axis every 24 hours.
As Earth rotates half faces the Sun (day) and half is facing away from the Sun (night)
The children looked at how the earth orbits the sun and the moon orbits the earth. The children made moving pictures to show how these rotate.
Geography / science -To understand Time Zones
It takes 24 hours for the Earth to rotate once on its axis. We split the globe into time zones using imaginary lines called meridians. They run from the North Pole to the South Pole, crossing lines of latitude. There are 24 time zones.
There is an imaginary line running through the UK called the Prime Meridian. It runs through a place in London called Greenwich.
The Prime Meridian splits the world into eastern and western hemispheres.
We looked at the different zones and how this changes the time compared to England.
PHSE - Fact or Opinion
- Understand the difference between a fact and an opinion;
- Understand what biased reporting is and the need to think critically about things we read.
Mrs Gould asked the children to define what a fact is and what an opinion is. For example, a fact could be defined as something which is real and can be proven to be true whereas an opinion could be defined as something which is somebody’s personal point of view on an issue.
The children in 5GH looked at some statements and decided if they were fact or opinion. They then looked at how News papers are written and whether they are fact or opinions with some bias.
PHSE
- Define the terms loan, credit, debt and interest;
- Suggest advice for a range of situations involving personal finance.
Mrs Gould asked the children to work in pairs. Mrs Gould explained that the children were going to role-play a situation where one child asks the other to lend them five pounds. The borrower needs to have very good reasons for wanting to borrow the money and the lender needs to feel confident about lending the money. Mrs Gould left it open-ended as to whether the second child lent the money or not – that was up to them.