Prep 4 Curriculum Brief

This term Prep 4 will be continuing their learning about teeth, digestion and food chains. This will include exploring how the digestive system works, learning different types of teeth, finding out what animals eat and exploring which animals are predators and prey.

They will then be learning about living things and their habitats. This will include recognising that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways, exploring and using classification keys and recognising that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.

This term Prep 4 will be learning about the Aztecs. They will be researching who the Aztecs were, placing them on a timeline. They will explore the roles of emperors, nobles, warriors, priests, farmers and other people in Aztec society. They will also investigate how the huge city of Tenochtitlan was built on a swampy island in Lake Texacoco, find out what the Aztecs believed in and how their region and sacrifices impacted their lives and research what daily life was like for the Aztecs. Finally, they will investigate how and why the Aztec empire ended by finding out about the Conquistadors invading Mesoamerica.

This term we begin by thinking about how the apostles felt after Jesus left them and how the arrival of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost changed their lives. We then look at the early Christian church with some stories of Paul and the work he did.