South Camberley Primary and Nursery School Topic Title: Vicious ...
South Camberley Primary and Nursery School Curriculum Planning – Half Term Overview Please highlight the term.
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Topic Title: Vicious Vikings ENGLISH:
ART & Design:
Myths and legends – Nordic myths and legends Text: various Nordic myths and legends from books, poems and short animations. - Descriptive sentences about mythical creatures & descriptions of characters using expanded noun phrases and embedded clauses - Verbally retelling Nordic myths. - Writing a Nordic myth. Children choose whether to create their own new myth or base it on one they have learned. - Focus on editing and improving writing through peer and self assessment. social, cultural, moral, spiritual
Making a photo frame - Look at a variety of stable structures. What makes them stable? - Can we create different freestanding structures using a variety of materials? - Design a photo frame. - Make a free standing photo frame - Evaluate the design.
Stories from imaginary worlds - dragons Text/film: How to Train your Dragon Imagining and designing a dragon by making a fact file. - Detailed description about dragons using expanded noun phrases, adventurous word choice, alliteration and simile. - Technical vocabulary - Using a thesaurus to find more adventurous vocabulary.
Spelling, grammar and punctuation Prefixes - mis–: misbehave, mislead, misspell (mis + spell)
Sketching Still life using sketching pencils. Shading including identifying shadow. RE: What is the Buddhist way of life? Understand the story of how Prince Siddattha became Buddha, and how the four things he saw changed his life Look at the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism and their connection with suffering. 1. Suffering is universal 2. Wanting things makes us suffer 3. We need to let go of the desire for things 4. We need to be taught how to let go Find out about how Buddhists meditate and on what. How do artefacts such as prayer wheels or beads aid meditation?
Endings which sound like ‘zion’ division, invasion, confusion, decision, collision, television
GEOGRAPHY: No focus this half term.
Sometimes the root word is obvious and the usual rules apply for adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters. Sometimes there is no obvious root word. –our is changed to –or before –ous is added. A final ‘e’ of the root word must be kept if the sound of ‘g’ is to be kept. If there is an /i:/ sound before the –ous ending, it is usually spelt as i, but a few words have e. /dʒ/ Spellings to follow on from the above root word rules: poisonous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various tremendous, enormous, jealous humorous, glamorous, vigorous courageous, outrageous serious, obvious, curious hideous, spontaneous, courteous
SCIENCE: Electricity To construct simple circuits. To investigate simple conductors and insulators To wire a plug. To investigate how to make a switch. To investigate how to make a bulb brighter fair test investigation.
Words with the sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey / vein, weigh, eight, neighbour, they, obey
MATHEMATICS: Geometry Compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes. Measuring the angles of triangles and quadrilaterals. Moving coordinates around a grid and plotting specific points to create a polygon. Translating objects between grids to the left, right, up and down following instructions. Number sense Understanding how to round a number to help estimate an answer. Understand how to tell the time on a 12 and 24 hour clock.
FRENCH: Ma Famille My family. Learning the different members of the family. Talking about our family.
MUSIC: Song! Viking Rock song!
Converting between different units of measure Read numbers on a variety of scales, e.g. measuring jug, number line, etc. Addition and Subtraction Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of column addition and subtraction. Estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation. Solve addition and subtraction two step problems in context, deciding which operations and methods to use and why. Language: sum of, difference and decide the operation and most efficient method to use to solve the problem.
PE: Dance Learning a dance in the style of the Haka warrior dance. Creating a dance inspired by the Haka. Appraising and improving dances. Outdoor Athletics To run round a curve and change over a person in a relay To develop my skills in sprinting and running techniques To throw for distance To throw for accuracy
Data handling Interpret data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts. Solve problems using information presented in bar charts, pictograms, tables and other graphs. ICT: Control Scratch programming Research Viking daily life Word processing Word processing Nordic myth/legend for publication in the school ‘We Are Writers’ book. HISTORY: Who were the Vikings? How did the Vikings believe the earth was created? What were Viking warriors like? Why were Vikings so successful at invading? What were Viking homes like? How did the Vikings leave their mark? VISITS & VISITORS: Viking Day! 7th May.
PSHE: People all around us Exploring how we are all connected. Understanding how to work cooperatively. Recognising similarities and differences between people. Recognising and challenging prejudice. Exploring gender stereotypes
HOME LEARNING: Mathletics Spelling investigations / Grammar activities Daily reading Home learning project to be sent home in week 4.
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Year Group:
Topic Title: Vicious Vikings ENGLISH:
ART & Design:
Myths and legends – Nordic myths and legends Text: various Nordic myths and legends from books, poems and short animations. - Descriptive sentences about mythical creatures & descriptions of characters using expanded noun phrases and embedded clauses - Verbally retelling Nordic myths. - Writing a Nordic myth. Children choose whether to create their own new myth or base it on one they have learned. - Focus on editing and improving writing through peer and self assessment. social, cultural, moral, spiritual
Making a photo frame - Look at a variety of stable structures. What makes them stable? - Can we create different freestanding structures using a variety of materials? - Design a photo frame. - Make a free standing photo frame - Evaluate the design.
Stories from imaginary worlds - dragons Text/film: How to Train your Dragon Imagining and designing a dragon by making a fact file. - Detailed description about dragons using expanded noun phrases, adventurous word choice, alliteration and simile. - Technical vocabulary - Using a thesaurus to find more adventurous vocabulary.
Spelling, grammar and punctuation Prefixes - mis–: misbehave, mislead, misspell (mis + spell)
Sketching Still life using sketching pencils. Shading including identifying shadow. RE: What is the Buddhist way of life? Understand the story of how Prince Siddattha became Buddha, and how the four things he saw changed his life Look at the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism and their connection with suffering. 1. Suffering is universal 2. Wanting things makes us suffer 3. We need to let go of the desire for things 4. We need to be taught how to let go Find out about how Buddhists meditate and on what. How do artefacts such as prayer wheels or beads aid meditation?
Endings which sound like ‘zion’ division, invasion, confusion, decision, collision, television
GEOGRAPHY: No focus this half term.
Sometimes the root word is obvious and the usual rules apply for adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters. Sometimes there is no obvious root word. –our is changed to –or before –ous is added. A final ‘e’ of the root word must be kept if the sound of ‘g’ is to be kept. If there is an /i:/ sound before the –ous ending, it is usually spelt as i, but a few words have e. /dʒ/ Spellings to follow on from the above root word rules: poisonous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various tremendous, enormous, jealous humorous, glamorous, vigorous courageous, outrageous serious, obvious, curious hideous, spontaneous, courteous
SCIENCE: Electricity To construct simple circuits. To investigate simple conductors and insulators To wire a plug. To investigate how to make a switch. To investigate how to make a bulb brighter fair test investigation.
Words with the sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey / vein, weigh, eight, neighbour, they, obey
MATHEMATICS: Geometry Compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes. Measuring the angles of triangles and quadrilaterals. Moving coordinates around a grid and plotting specific points to create a polygon. Translating objects between grids to the left, right, up and down following instructions. Number sense Understanding how to round a number to help estimate an answer. Understand how to tell the time on a 12 and 24 hour clock.
FRENCH: Ma Famille My family. Learning the different members of the family. Talking about our family.
MUSIC: Song! Viking Rock song!
Converting between different units of measure Read numbers on a variety of scales, e.g. measuring jug, number line, etc. Addition and Subtraction Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of column addition and subtraction. Estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation. Solve addition and subtraction two step problems in context, deciding which operations and methods to use and why. Language: sum of, difference and decide the operation and most efficient method to use to solve the problem.
PE: Dance Learning a dance in the style of the Haka warrior dance. Creating a dance inspired by the Haka. Appraising and improving dances. Outdoor Athletics To run round a curve and change over a person in a relay To develop my skills in sprinting and running techniques To throw for distance To throw for accuracy
Data handling Interpret data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts. Solve problems using information presented in bar charts, pictograms, tables and other graphs. ICT: Control Scratch programming Research Viking daily life Word processing Word processing Nordic myth/legend for publication in the school ‘We Are Writers’ book. HISTORY: Who were the Vikings? How did the Vikings believe the earth was created? What were Viking warriors like? Why were Vikings so successful at invading? What were Viking homes like? How did the Vikings leave their mark? VISITS & VISITORS: Viking Day! 7th May.
PSHE: People all around us Exploring how we are all connected. Understanding how to work cooperatively. Recognising similarities and differences between people. Recognising and challenging prejudice. Exploring gender stereotypes
HOME LEARNING: Mathletics Spelling investigations / Grammar activities Daily reading Home learning project to be sent home in week 4.
