Our Canal

As scientists, we will explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local environment. We will construct and interpret food chains and recognise how environments can change, sometimes posing dangers to living things.

As geographers, we will investigate our local community.  We will use maps and diagrams to plot land use and identify significant human and physical features. We will map the course of the Pocklington canal and investigate how it is used. 

As Historians, we will learn how the Victorians made and used canals.  We will investigate what life was like living and working on the canal, comparing it with how it is used today. 

As artists, we will explore canal art.  We will learn how canal-goers decorated their boats.  We will use these ideas to create our own canal art. 

As musicians, we will play and perform an ensemble, using voices and playing instruments with control and expression.

In ICT, we will use a range of software to search for and collate information, including digital images. We will also consider, as paramount,  safety online. 

In PSHE, we will consider living in the Wider World, focusing on rules, rights and responsibilities. A crucial focus is keeping ourselves safe.

In PE, we will manage risks, show an ability to both lead and form part of a team, support others and seek support if required when the situation dictates; show resilience when plans do not work and use initiative to try new ways of working; and use maps, compasses and digital devices to orientate ourselves and remain aware of changing conditions and change plans if necessary.

Our Canal Vocabulary

Science- Classification, habitats, vertebrates, invertebrates, local and wider environment, producers, predators, prey.

Geography- Counties, cities, human and physical characteristics, four figure coordinates, eight points on a compass, symbols and keys.

History- Sources, artefacts, timelines, beliefs, attitudes, experiences, similarities, differences.

PE- Outdoor adventure, orientate, resilience, measured risk, initiative, along with our weekly swimming lessons on Thursday afternoons.

Music- Folk music, ensemble, control, expression, mood, tradition.

ICT- Vlogging, passwords, World Wide Web.

Art- Sculptures, colour washes, colour wheel, moldable materials, shape, texture, expression.

PSHE- Rights, responsibilities, rules, stereotypes.

Beautiful photography of our local canal by S. Burns (Many thanks).