Week 1 Wk beg Jan 6 Week2 Wk beg Jan 12 Week 3 Wk beg Jan 19 Week 4 Wk beg Jan 26 Week 5 Wk beg Feb 2 Week 6 Wk beg Feb 9 International Creative Curriculum Mysterious History: Chronology Placing significant events linked to migration in chronological order use the correct terminology to explain when they happened To discover facts about the Mayan civilisation Locate the Mayan Civilisation on a world map Construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection organisation of relevant historical information. Consider what we know about Chichen Itza use the information to create a leaflet for tourists. To identify important Mayan places To find out what daily life was like for the Using books the internet conduct research discover what Maya people grew ate. What did Maya people eat? How do you think their diet was different to what we eat today? Why? To find out about the art designs of the Underst how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources. To find out what we know about the Maya from the drawings of Frederick Catherwood. The first explorers found Maya ruins in the 1800 s. How would they have documented what they saw? To find out about Mayan inventions how they affect our lives today. Note connections, contrasts trends over time. To look at the Maya number system. How did the Maya count? How did their number system work? How does it compare to ours? Link to maths To underst Maya religion why their Gods were important to them. To consider similarities differences between ancient religions different religions today. To look at the characteristics of Maya gods design their own. Read Mayan myth/folklore story to children ask them to identify how this fits into the Mayan s religious beliefs worships (The Hero Twins). What do you already know about Chichen Itza? INTERACTIVE MAYAN MUSEUM What can we learn about the ancient Maya from the buildings they left behind? Link to English Non Chronological
English Journeys Journey to the River sea Journey to the River Sea Non Chronological Non Chronological Poetry Journeys Poetry Composition Spoken English, Reading Comprehension Writing Composition Discuss use of characterisation, setting plot Provide reasoned justification for their view through drama Reading comprehension based on first chapters making predictions use of commas to mark boundaries lists Proper nouns -fer Drama role play imagine being Maia predictions what would she do next? Decision making, Conscience alley Use of first person to write diary account of the events in the story. Discuss writer s use of language. Look at new vocabulary underst meaning Different types of nouns Verb tenses Passive verbs ible /able ibly/ably Cross curricular Link to ICC ICT research the take notes in order to produce a leaflet on The Mysterious in the style of Horrible Histories Underst the difference between fact opinion. Know how to locate relevant information brackets dashes Plan their writing by noting developing initial ideas drawing on reading research where necessary ce/se How to make notes write precis - retrieve, record present information from non fiction Use factual books internet to research Plan their writing by identify the audience Draft write by using paragraphs Evaluate the final written report make changes to improve it Use of colons to introduce a list Punctuate bullet points consistently Personal spellings learning a range of poetry by heart Examine analyse journey poems look for common themes learn by heart figurative language the impact on the reader ough Writing a journey poem. Plan, draft write own poem based on inspiration. Underst how choice of words can change enhance meaning. Perform compositions Use of dictionaries thesauruses use of hyphen Maths Number place value Negative Fractions percentages including decimals To recognise mixed Geometry position direction Translation, coordinates, symmetry Measurement To convert between different units of measure Measurement To underst use approximate equivalences Assess review
Science Electricity To interpret negative in context, count forwards backwards with positive negative whole, including through zero. Solve problems relating to weather temperature To underst what is required to make current flow improper fractions convert from one form to the other write >1 statements as a mixed number To recognise mixed improper fractions convert from one form to the other Underst that percentages are per hundred represent as a fraction. Find percentages of amounts Can I use correct symbols when drawing a circuit? To underst the difference between conductors insulators To identify, describe represent the position of a shape following a reflection, using the appropriate language. To identify, describe represent the position of a shape following a translation, using the appropriate language, know that the shape has not changed. Children will be learning about the necessary precautions to take when working safely with electricity (such as gram kilogram). Solving real life problems based on measuring. Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery To carry out a fair test make predictions between metric units common imperial units such as inches, pounds pints. Recognise that a switch opens closes a circuit associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit To carry out a fair test make predictions To review knowledge create an invention/game. Working scientifically systematically changing one component at a time in a circuit designing making traffic lights/burglar alarm or some other useful circuit
Computing Introduction to Lego WeDo Researching The Internet search strategies Controlling programing a moving part Lego WeDo Researching the Features of a good website Creating their own controls Designing own programmes Underst how to locate relevant information Making good decisions its my choice. Identifying problems feelings, goals solutions. Consequences what might happen next. Making a good plan Trying your plan evaluating what happens. Obstacles trying again. Solving problems finding creating their own strategies for solving their own each others problems French Numbers 13-31 Months of the year Months of the year When is your birthday? RE Underst To underst the Identify recognise some key facts importance of artefacts of basic history Abraham Moses importance in of Judaism. to enquire Judaism. about their lives Think about why promises are important what they mean to us. Think about identify what object is important in my life Days of the week To explore important Festivals Traditions Seasons Jewish Worship the Synagogue Music Pupils learn the song I wanna sing Scat. They Pupils discuss the lyrics of two folk songs. They explore Pupils explore the musical features of the Blues. They learn Pupils explore the structure of a blues song. They learn a Pupils invent lyrics for a blues song. They compose a melody for Pupils rehearse perform their compositions from
compose an alternate ostinato for the song. They perform the song with the new ostinato. how the music supports the meaning of the lyrics. They explore the relationship between the lyrics melody of Hard Time Blues. a blues chord sequence. They perform using keyboards other instruments to an audience. twelve bar blues structure improvise phrases using a blues scale. the blues song using the blues scale considering structure phrases. previous lessons. They appraise their own each other s work.