King George V Primary School Topic/Curriculum Overview Term: Spring One Year group: Class 5 Teacher: Mr Reed Theme Time allocated Outcome 7 s The Final Frontier Stunning Start : Discovery of footprints, fingerprints, gooey marks and a note from an alien in classroom who classroom overnight. Fabulous Finish : Mission to Mars! taste space food, complete astronaut training exercises, take part in a space quiz and record astronaut flight logs. be presented with a NASA certificate, appointing m honorary astronauts! English Science History Music Art D&T ICT/Computing Subjects in me Maths SPAG and French P.E. R.E./SMSC Subjects to be taught discreetly
Planned visits/visitors/activities: No off-site visits organized. Key English Genres: Narrative: Interview/dialogue Non-fiction: Report and Biography Poetry: Space poem ly Overview: Literacy Maths Science ICT/ Computing History/ Geography/ Music Art/ D&T SPAG/ R.E. SMSC 1 2.1.17 Interview Witnesses to classroom crime (including head teacher and caretaker) to be interviewed. Finished interview to be performed as a news broadcast! Beginning of Unit Rising Stars KWL Grid investigate how people have communicated with each or over time. become astronauts, transmitting and receiving information using semaphore with a partner. research existence of aliens, producing a table of arguments for and arguments against ir existence. hold a class debate on question: Do aliens really exist? (oral rehearsal) create a space scene on black paper, creating recognisable star constellations using chalk. Focus on smudging and blending techniques. Unit 8 Research journey to democracy, producing a timeline. considering different perspectives during class discussion. History)
2 9.1.16 alien who Using scientific evidence to describe shape of Earth, Sun and Moon. send and receive messages using Morse code with a partner. Children to use on/off electrical signals to transmit and receive messages between NASA and international space station. research Apollo 11 and first moon landings. write a diary entry in role of Armstrong, including day before he left, journey to moon, standing on moon, journey back and reception upon his return. Artist study: Peter Thorpe study examples of Thorpe s work, identifying distinctive features. incorporate Thorpe s techniques to produce ir own spaceinspired painting. Endings cious (gracious, vicious, spacious, malicious) and tious (cautious, ambitious, fictitious, infectious) Exception: anxious. Researching an aspect of British Government (Parliament, House of Commons, House of Lords, Prime Minister, Queen Elizabeth II, Elections and Government). cultural exploring human achievements and creativity in relation to worldwide communication. ICT/Computing ) 3 16.1.17 alien who Naming and describing features of planets in our solar system. use Caesar cipher to create and crack codes sent between aliens in space. Can children decode messages to prevent an alien attack on Earth? encode a message for ir partner to decode. interpret a piece of music (Gustav Holst The Plants ) using shapes, colour and descriptive language. Focus on how we can show dynamics, pitch, volume, duration and tempo. design ir own rocket, producing an annotated sketch, identifying colours and materials which y will use. Unit 9 recreate British Parliament to pass a law. record steps as a flow chart in ir R.E. Books. Writing up Democracy work for Hall Display. exploring how music can convey human emotions such as sadness, joy, anger etc. Music)
4 23.1.17 alien who Describing movement of Earth and or planets relative to Sun. Understanding role of geocentric and heliocentric orists in contributing to our current understanding of our solar system. investigate password security, experimenting with a passwordguessing script. produce an information poster with advice to people on how to protect mselves online. Researching foods eaten by astronauts in space, identifying and summarising key information which y read. write a non-chronological report to present ir research. build and evaluate ir own rockets. Modal verbs (to indicate degrees of possibility) (might, should, must) or adverbs (perhaps, surely) Reflecting on nature of prayer for Christians. spiritual using tools such as Star Walk which allow pupils to plot stars in relation to ir location and open up questions about size of universe and how it might have been formed. Science) 5 Explaining day and night and apparent movement of Sun across sky. A crime has been committed in school. apply ir learning from this unit to decrypt a series of clues in Morse code and semaphore. write a persuasive letter to Miss Penny to persuade her to pay for Class 5 to go on Virgin Galactic. make astro cookies, following a recipe sent from International Space Station. Focus on key cooking skills. Unit 10 Identifying significant events in Christian calendar. social development through sharing of resources. Art/D&T) 30.1.17 Maths Application: Measurement, volume and capacity, four operations and ratio and proportion
6 6.2.17 Decimals Explaining movement of Moon relative to Earth. Review: Presenting new learning from me as an information poster. Fabulous Finish : Mission to Mars! taste space food, complete astronaut training exercises, take part in a space quiz and record astronaut flight logs. be presented with NASA certificates, appointing m as honorary astronauts! Unit 11 Researching significant global landmarks for Christians. social development through sharing of resources. Fabulous Finish ) 7 13.2.17 Rising Stars End of Unit. Completing any unfinished work. Addressing any errors/misconcept ions from unit (AfL). IXL Maths Application (Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Statistics, and Decimals) Film linked to Theme Unit 12 Christians pray? Researching features of a Church, creating an explanation text. considering different perspectives during class discussion. History)