A Bloomin’ Crafty Curriculum Concoction!

Year Group: Year 5 / Term: Spring Term 1
Title: Earthlings / Length: 5 weeks
Lead Subjects / English / Science / Art and Design / Music
Immersion / To understand the distance between the planets in relation to the sun – chn to use a scale to model the distance between planets on lining paper – display in around school(Cross-curricular maths - scale)
Science fiction quiz – AfL opportunity
Jodrell Bank trip

1 – / Class Novel –TBC
Can I identify the key features of a science fiction story?
Chn to write a science fiction story based on a short time travelling clip
Chn to discuss a selection of stories and identify key features
Chn to watch a selection of science fiction films and to compare and contrast / Can I understand the size of the Sun, Earth and Moon
Chn to create a scaled diagram of the sun, earth and moon
(cross-curricular maths) / Can I create a piece of art in the style of an artist
Chn to analyse the artwork of Jackson Pollock
Chn to create own version (3D paper plate planet with children’s face stuck on an astronaut)
2 / Can I write a character and setting description
Chn to become ‘experts’ and ‘depict life in the future’ Chn to present to class
Chn to watch back to the future and develop word banks for the characters and settings
Chn to write character descriptions
Chn to write a setting description / Can I create a graph to show the movement of the sun throughout a year
Chn to read and interpret data and create a line graph
(cross curricular maths) / Can I create a sculpture of a planet
Chn to use Modroc and create their planet sculpture looking to add craters etc.
3 / Can I write my science fiction story
Chn to plan their story
Chn to write their story
Chn to up-level their story / Can I understand the movement of earth relative to the sun
Chn work in pairs to model how the earth moves
Chn to write a description of the movement / Can I mix colours to represent the different planets
Chn to research the different colours of the planets
Chn to mix paint and paint their planet.
4 / Can I produce an information booklet on space
Chn to identify features of an information booklet
Chn to research the planets
Chn to create their booklet / Can I understand the movement of the moon relative to earth
Chn to work in pairs and model the movement of the moon / Can I create a solar system scene using digital software
Chn to use purple mash to create their scene
Chn to write about their scene
(cross-curricular writing)
5 / Can I create a Haiku
Chn to identify features of a Haiku
Chn to create their own Haiku linked to space / Can I understand the phases of the moon
Chn to create a model showing the phases of the moon
Chn to draw different phases of the moon
Celebration / Sharing stories with year 4/ Little Hoole yr5
Parents to come in and listen to chn’s poems they have created