The Cornerstones project that the children in Class 2 will study during the Spring Term is Rocks, Relics and Rumbles. This is a Geography project which teaches children about the features and characteristics of Earth's layers, including a detailed exploration of volcanic, tectonic and seismic activity.

The learning throughout this project will enable us to answer the Big Question for this project: 'How was the Earth formed?'.

In addition to our main Geography project, we will also be studying a range of companion projects throughout the Spring Term.

Science

This project teaches children about contact and non-contact forces, including friction and magnetism. They investigate frictional and magnetic forces, and identify parts of a magnet and magnetic materials.

Art and Design

This term we will cover two art projects. 

1. Ammonite - this project teaches children about artistic techniques used in sketching, printmaking and sculpture.

2. People and Places - this project teaches children about the genre of figure drawing. They study the figure drawings and urban landscapes of the artist LS Lowry and create artwork in his style to show scenes from their school.

Design and Technology

This project teaches children about cam mechanisms. They experiment with different shaped cams before designing, making and evaluating a child's automaton toy.

RE

During the Spring Term the children will learn about the Christian celebration, Lent and Holy Week. The children will learn that Lent is a time for Christians to fast, think about God, say sorry for the things they have done that they regret, pray and learn more about the life of Jesus. It last for 40 days (excluding Sundays), because this is the same amount of time that Jesus spent fasting and thinking about God in the desert before he started teaching and performing miracles. The last week of Lent is called Holy Week. During Holy Week, Christians remember Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday and celebrate his rising from the dead three days later on Easter Sunday.

Below is the glossary for this project, listing the vocabulary that the children will be introduced to.