Crunchy Peppers: activities ages 5-7

Spoken language

• Ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge 
• Use relevant strategies to build their vocabulary 
• Maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic and initiating and responding to comments 
• Use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesising, imagining and exploring ideas

Writing

• Identifying the audience for the purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writings as models for their own 
• Noting and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary

History

• A study of an aspect or theme in British history 
• Changes in an aspect of social history

Art and design

• To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials

Design and technology

• Understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet 
• Understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown

Geography

• Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe and North and South America

Spoken language

I can show my understanding of what I listen to or watch by responding to literal, inferential, evaluative and other types of questions, and by asking different kinds of questions of my own

Writing

• I can convey information, describe events, explain processes or combine ideas in different ways

History

• I can compare and contrast a society in the past with my own and contribute to a discussion of the similarities and differences

Art and design

• Inspired by a range of stimuli, I can express and communicate my ideas, thoughts and feelings through activities within art and design

Design and technology

• When preparing and cooking a variety of foods, I am becoming aware of the journeys which foods make from source to consumer, their seasonality, their local availability and their sustainability
• By investigating food labeling systems, I can begin to understand how to use them to make healthy food choices

Geography

• To extend my mental map and sense of place, I can interpret information from different types of maps and am beginning to locate key features within Scotland, UK, Europe or the wider world

Spoken language

• Identify key points and follow up ideas through question and comment, developing response to others in order to learn through talk

Writing

• Use the characteristic features of literary and non-literary texts in their own writing, adapting their style to suit the audience and purpose

History

• Identify differences between ways of life at different times Identify significant people and describe events within and across periods

Art and design

• Design and make two- dimensional images using a range of various materials for a variety of purposes

Design and technology

• Classify food by commodity/ group and understand the characteristics of a broad range of ingredients, including their nutritional, functional and sensory properties

Geography

• Identify and locate places and environments using globes, atlases, and maps

Spoken language

• Participate in group and class discussions for a variety of curricular purposes
• Share, respond to and evaluate ideas, arguments and points of view and use evidence or reason to justify opinions, actions or proposals
• Identify and ask appropriate questions to seek information, views and feelings

Writing

• Write for a variety of purposes and audiences, selecting, planning and using appropriate style and form

History

• How change is a feature of the human and natural world and may have consequences for our lives and the world around us

Art and design

• Use a range of media, materials, tools and processes such as: drawing, painting, printmaking, malleable materials, textiles and three-dimensional construction, selecting which is appropriate in order to realise personal ideas and intentions

Geography

• Positive and negative effects of natural and human events upon place over time