THEMES: / The Plague and Samuel Pepys / Our Wonderful World / The Brontes
(Local History) / Revision Heaven / Ibn Batutta / Whitby
Trips and Visits / Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds / IMPS - BRI / Haworth – Bronte Parsonage Museum / Residential to Whitby.
History / The Great Plague of London and beliefs about disease and medicine. / Who were the Bronte sisters? What did they do? What was their lifestyle and the role of women in Victorian Times? / Focus on study skills and Assessment week. / Journey of a historical figure. / Historical figures – Captain Cook, Dracula – fact or fiction?
Geography / London – as it was then and how it is now. Physical and human geographical features. / Research the five main terrains on earth: Desert, Tropical Rainforest, Mountainous, Oceans. Atlas work, discovering the main regions of the globe including lines of longitude and latitude. / Map skills and local map work. / The Water Cycle. / Continents and countries that Ibn Batutta travelled to. / Geography of Whitby. Coastal features. RNLI. Tourist attractions – linked to Dragon’s Den project.
Six figure grid references and OS maps – of Whitby.
Art / Perspective in Art: Kirsten O’Brien (BBC KS2 Bitesize video), buildings and landscapes with perspective. Look at Caneletto’s paintings of Italian buildings – children draw/paint in same style a famous London building. (See below). / Still life studies – pencil drawing, pastels, painting. With reference to Cezanne’s still life pictures. (See below) / Lowry – study of a Victorian artist. Townscapes today – recreate scenes of Bradford in the style of Lowry. / Focus on study skills and Assessment week. / Islamic art – patterns and printing. Reflective and rotational symmetry. / Gothic Architecture. Famous monuments – Whitby Abbey. Apply perspective skills from Autumn 1.
Charcoal drawings from real life buildings outside, to build up ideas and architectural features.
DT / Understand and apply the principles of a healthy diet to designing a healthier menu for the people in 1665 England. / Design and make explorer’s suit (in class topic lesson with class teacher – 1 day event).
Design and make ATV (All-Terrain vehicle) in PPA DT time. / Investigate and evaluate a range of kitchen utensils from Victorian times and today’s kitchens. / Baking – seasonal goods as part of enterprise project. Instructions on how to make.
Market research – links to computing. / Cooking savoury dishes from the East. / Understand seasonality and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown. UK fishing industry and food we eat from our shores.
Science / Evolution and inheritance / Living things and their habitats. Animals including humans / Electricity / Revision and gaps / Light
PE / Games / Dance / Gymnastics / Games / Games / Athletics
RE
(Bradford Agreed Sylabus) / Why are there different beliefs about God? / Why are certain people, places and times sacred? / Why do people need to express their beliefs?
Computing / 6.1 We are app planners / 6.2 We are project managers / 6.5 We are app developers / 6.3 We are market researchers – linked to DT project. / 6.4 We are interface designers / 6.6 We are marketers – linked to Dragon’s Den Whitby project.
Music / TBC / TBC / TBC / Focus on study skills and Assessment week. / Focus on study skills and Assessment week. / TBC
PSHE
(City of Bradford MDC Spiral
Curriculum) / Health and Risk. First Aid.
Relationships: Seeing other things from other peoples’ points of view. / Citizenship: Man’s effects on the Earth: Living responsibly and looking after the planet. / Citizenship – Rights and responsibilities. / Relationships and bullying. Resolving conflicts peacefully. / Health: Drugs awareness and alcohol.
Identity: Puberty and changes. / Transition: To new school.
Economic: Money and budgeting –linked to Dragon’s Den Whitby project.
Autumn 1 ideas for Art:
(Caneletto)
Autumn 2 ideas for Art:
(Cezanne “Still life with (Cezanne “Still life, Cezanne’s drawings and sketches.
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