STAR Workshops Planning: Autumn Term 1 Year 2, Georgina Webber

Film Text(s): Arrietty/The Borrowers – film and book

WEEK 1 THEME: Friends & Family – The SimpsonsWednesday 7th September - Friday 9th SeptemberLearning Experiences:

Whole school film immersion days. We will watch some episodes of The Simpsons, take part in a range of learning activities based on The Simpsons and make corridor display items for the whole school.1. Green Film Factory Folder Cover Sheet2. TV Film Quiz3. Test Card4. Storyboarding5. Sofa frames6. Sky opening sequencing7. Merchandising8. Portraits9. Character profiles10. New Characters11. Family Trees12. Maths learning based around – ‘the answer is 10)13. Extended writing – my favourite TV show14. Corridor display creation.

Skills:Writing for different purposes-Proof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form-Using questions and question marks appropriately-Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products-Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination-Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and spaces.

WEEK 2 THEME:Meeting The BorrowersMonday 12th – Wednesday 14th September 14th September trip to Borrowers Exhibition at Sutton House, Hackney.Learning Experiences:Immersion in the text/genre. We will introduce our theme and ask our big questions about The Borrowers/Arrietty, stories about small people living amongst us and link this to our overall friends and family theme.Knowledge Harvest – what do we know already?Big questions for our display – what do we want to find out?Who are the Borrowers? What do they do? Why do they come into the house? What do they take and why?Create a pocket pal character. Design a pocket and describe your pocket pal.

Skills:Writing for different purposes-Proof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form

We will make creative items for our class display based on film during the afternoon.Match box activity – make something for a Borrower.GPS Focus: statements, questions, exclamations and commands

Reading TreeBegin listening to our class story book – The Borrowers.Reading Tree Groups

STEM:All about the number 15. A Borrower is always measured at 15cm high so we will do lots of activities involving the number 15.Carousel of maths activities to consolidate, challenge and extend:Place valueMaking 15Finding 15 thingsMore than less thanFind things that are 15cmCompare things to a Borrower

-Using questions and question marks appropriately-Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products-Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination-Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space

STEM:-count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in tens from any number, forward and backward-recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number (tens, ones)-identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line-compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100; use <, > and = signs-read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words-use place value and number facts to solve problems.

Friday 16th SeptemberLearning Experiences: Pocket Pal AdventuresEvery Friday we will write an installment of our pocket pal adventure story. This week will create our own pocket pal. We will describe our pocket pal and write an introduction to them and describe their dreams.

Skills:Writing for different purposes-Proof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the

meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form

WEEK 3 THEME: Making A Home Under The HouseMonday 19th – Wednesday 21st SeptemberLearning Experiences:Following our trip to Sutton House, we will focus on items that the Borrowers borrow from the ‘human beans’ to make a house. We will have a selection of things that a Borrower might find in the house and think about what we would use it for and what a Borrower would use it for.We will describe/compare our homes and the home of the Borrowers under the clock in the old house. We will write Arietty’s guide to her home

GPS Focus: Noun phrases and expanded noun phrases for description and to specify. Adjectives to describe.KS1 Reading Tree Groups

STEM learning: Adding things to make Arrietty’s homeCarousel of maths activities to consolidate, challenge and extend:Counting and adding activitiesCrossing 10Column additionAddition problemsStudents work together to work in groups to create the different rooms in a home for a Borrower family and write descriptions to go with it and students will work on sewing skills to make a quilt for Arrietty.KS1 STEM Groups

Skills:Writing for different purposes-Proof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form- Noun phrases and expanded noun phrases for description and to specify. Adjectives to describe.

STEM Skills:-solve problems with addition:-using concrete objects and pictorial representations, including those involving numbers, quantities and measures-applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods-recall and use addition facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts up to 100-add numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including:-a two-digit number and ones-a two-digit number and tens-two two-digit numbers-adding three one-digit numbers-show that addition of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative)-Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products-Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination-Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern,

texture, line, shape, form and spaces.

Friday 23rd SeptemberLearning Experiences:

Chapter 2 of pocket pal adventure story. This week we will describe the home that their pocket pal makes using items that they have borrowed from the human world.

Skills:Writing for different purposesProof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form- Noun phrases and expanded noun phrases for description and to specify. Adjectives to describe.-Using exclamation phrases.

WEEK 4 THEME: Going OutsideMonday 26th – Wednesday 28th SeptemberLearning Experiences:Arrietty is desperate to join her father on a borrowing trip and she is even more desperate to go outside and see the real world. She wants to be running in the grass and to see the blue sky and sunshine for herself.Students will write about Arrietty’s first trip outside using vivid descriptions. We will also discover how suffixes can help make our writing more exciting.As well as writing beautiful descriptions, we will write some going outside poems.GPS Focus: similes and suffixes

KS1 Reading Tree & STEM GroupsSTEM learning:Arrietty needs a bag to take borrowing or she might drop things along the way, especially when she is climbing the curtains or running through the long grass. Because she is new to borrowing, Arrietty quite often drops and loses things she finds. So this week we will look at the wonderful world of

Skills:Writing for different purposesProof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form- Using similes and suffixes

STEM Skills:-solve problems with subtraction-using concrete objects and pictorial representations, including those involving numbers, quantities and measures-applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods

subtraction.Carousel of Maths activities to consolidate, challenge and extend:Counting backwardsUsing a number line and objects to consolidate subtraction knowledgeSubtraction activities and garden word problems.

Students will investigate the science concept of living things and their habitats. We will go out with a borrowing bag and see what we can find in different habitats around the school. We will look at what living things we can find there and why they are suited to that particular habitat. We will compare this to the Borrowers and why they live in their particular habitat.

Following our work on going outside, we will work on creating some beautiful pictures inspired by Arrietty’s garden.

-recall and use subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts up to 100-subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including:-a two-digit number and ones-a two-digit number and tens-two two-digit numbers-subtracting three one-digit numbers-show that subtraction of two numbers cannot be done in any order-Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products-Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination-Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and spaces.-explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive-identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other-identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats-describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.

Friday 30th SeptemberLearning Experiences:Chapter 3 of pocket pal adventure story. This week we will describe the journey our pocket pal takes as they venture outside for the first time and feel the warmth of the sun on them and the grass beneath their feet.

Skills:Writing for different purposesProof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the

continuous form- Noun phrases and expanded noun phrases for description and to specify. Adjectives to describe.-Using exclamation phrases.- Using similes and suffixes

WEEK 5 THEME: Japanese BorrowersMonday 3rd - Wednesday 5th OctoberLearning Experiences:This week we will focus on Japan – where Arrietty the film stems from. Students will learn about the country, the landscape, the culture and we will even try to learn some of the language. We will visit the local Japanese bakery on Askew Road and hopefully visit the Kyoto Garden in Holland Park. Students will write about our experiences using time words to help sequence and structure their work.This week we will make lots of Japanese food and crafts including origami. These activities will also include lots of writing using instructional language.

GPS Focus: time words and instructional language.KS1 Reading Tree & STEM Groups

STEM learning:Carousel of maths activities to consolidate, challenge and extend.Making amounts of money using different coinsRecognizing coinsAdding and subtracting amounts of moneyFinding changeProblems involving buying items from our Japanese shop.

Skills:Writing for different purposesProof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form-Time words and instructional language.

STEM:-recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value-find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money-solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change-Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products-Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination-Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and spaces.

Friday 7th OctoberLearning Experiences:

Chapter 4 of pocket pal adventure story. This week we will describe the journey our pocket pal takes as they travel to Japan! Students will write about what their pocket pal sees in Japan, describe the different things they see there and all the interesting food they get to eat.

Skills:Writing for different purposesProof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form- Noun phrases and expanded noun phrases for description and to specify. Adjectives to describe.-Using exclamation phrases.- Using similes and suffixes-Time words

WEEK 6 THEME: Trapped In A Jam Jar DC1 WeekMonday 10th – Wednesday 12th OctoberLearning Experiences:DC1 weekIn between our data capture assessments; we will wonder what it would be like to be trapped in a jam jar. Arrietty’s family is always worried about being seen and captured by the ‘human beans’ as they know lots of stories about other borrowers that this has happened to. Students will put a cut out of themselves into a jam jar and write a wonderful account of how they came to be trapped in the first place and how they came about their great escape. Students will need to insert their photo and decorate their jam jar before they embark on their writing.GPS focus – verbs, adverbs

KS1 Reading Tree & STEM Groups

STEM learning:This week, students will make a special drink for Arrietty and a human bean to take on a picnic. They will learn about capacity – how to read scales and measure amounts of liquids.Carousel of maths activities to consolidate, challenge and extend:Using droppers and pipetsChoose appropriate units of measureCarefully pour and measure amounts of liquidCompare amounts of liquidsAdd and subtract different amountsSolve capacity problems

We will also link this theme of being trapped to look at trapped wildlife and endangered species. Students will find out what wildlife is endangered and how changes to their habitats have contributed to this situation. Students will create an endangered species information pack.

Skills:Writing for different purposesProof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form-Verbs and adverbs

STEM:-choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels-compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, < and =-Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products-Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination-Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and spaces.-explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive-identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other-identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats-describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.

Friday 14th OctoberLearning Experiences:

Chapter 5 of pocket pal adventure story. This week we will describe the journey our pocket pal takes as become trapped! Students will write about who caught them, how they were seen, what they were put in and how they escaped.

Skills:Writing for different purposesProof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form- Noun phrases and expanded noun phrases for description and to specify. Adjectives to describe.-Using exclamation phrases.- Using similes and suffixes-Time words-Verbs and adverbs

WEEK 7 THEME: Friends and EnemiesMonday 17th - Wednesday 19th OctoberLearning Experiences:The book and the film both feature a mean housekeeper character. She is always trying to capture the ‘little people’ that she is convinced live within her house. This makes her the enemy of the borrower family. Arrietty’s family know that borrowers should never be seen by the humans and there is certainly no way that they should ever be friends. However, Arrietty makes friends with the boy and they help each other. Arrietty writes notes and reads to him, he finds and delivers useful items to her family. This week we will look at these different relationships and write contrasting poetry with repeating chorus patterns.

GPS focus – repeating patterns in poetry

KS1 Reading Tree & STEM Groups

STEM learning:We will focus on numbers and number patterns this week.Carousel of maths activities to consolidate, challenge and extend:Number sequencesOdd and even numbersPicture patternsTimes table patterns

Arrietty’s family are worried that they might be some of the few remaining borrowers left. How would you feel if you were the only ones left of your kind? We will link this learning to our science theme of living things and endangered species. Students will create a thoughts and feelings map and design and make a range of friendship bracelets to share with our friends.

We will finish with a reflection task to look back and celebrate all of our learning this term.

Skills:

Writing for different purposesProof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form-repeating patterns in poetry

STEM:-count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in tens from any number, forward and backward-recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number (tens, ones)-identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line-compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100; use <, > and = signs-read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words-use place value and number facts to solve problems.-recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbersUse a range of materials creatively to design and make products-Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination-Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and spaces.

Friday 21st OctoberLearning Experiences:

Chapter 6 of pocket pal adventure story. This week we will finish our stories as our pocket pal tells us who their friends and enemies are. We will finish with a closing reflection.

Skills:Writing for different purposesProof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]-Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear. -Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form- Noun phrases and expanded noun phrases for description and to specify. Adjectives to describe.-Using exclamation phrases.- Using similes and suffixes-Time words-Verbs and adverbs.