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JOHN HAMPDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL

Term 1 2019-20

Tomb Raiders

PSHE Theme – Being Me in My World

Core Text: The Magic and the Mummy by Terry Deary

PSHE Outcomes:

  • Being Me in my World
  • Circle games.
  • Circle Time discussions.
  • I know how good it feels to be included in a group and understand how it feels to be excluded.
  • I try to make people feel welcome and valued.

Topic overview:

History – Ancient Egyptians

  • In this topic, we will be learning about Ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt-Time and Place
  • Investigating the lifestyles of ordinary Egyptians and Pharaohs.
  • Beliefs – to include Gods/Goddesses, burial procedures –mummies,
  • Pyramids.

Geography: 

  • Understanding and being able to point out Egypt in a map of the world.
  • Importance and features of the River Nile and the impact this had/has on the Egyptian people.

Writing Opportunities:

  • Creation stories.
  • Recap features of instructions, writing instructions on how to mummify a person.

Literacy:

  • Ongoing – Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation.
  • Reading Comprehension-
  • Whole Class Reading and comprehension – The Magic and the Mummy by Terry Deary

Art/DT:

  • Children to create the following: Sarcophagus,
  • Mummies, Cartouche, Jewellery, Nefertiti.
  • Investigate how a shaduf works.
  • Design and create a miniature working shaduf.
  • Investigate different styles of pyramids. Build their own from Lego or blocks.

Experiential Learning: Egyptian Day – children to dress up and take part in a variety of activities including puzzle solving, hieroglyph decoding, tomb hunting, food tasting, Egyptian poo investigation.

Maths:

  • White Rose schemes of work and PUMA practice.
  • Number: Place Value, addition and subtraction.

Science: Sound

  • Making Egyptian instruments.
  • Exploring how sound travels, pitch and sound proofing.

RE:

  • Creation Story
  • Christian and Egyptian.

PE:

  • Real PE
  • Tag Rugby

ICT/Computing:

  • Scratch
  • Green Screen linked to the Egyptian topic
  • We Do
  • iMovies.

French: Madame McRonald

Music: Ukulele with Mrs Stanway-Williams

Term 2 2019-20

Chocolate – Changing Materials

PSHE Theme – Celebrating Difference

Core Text: The Midas Touch by Patrick Skene Catling

PSHE Outcomes:

  • Celebrating Difference
  • Everyone is different.
  • Including and helping others.
  • I can tell you a time when my first impression of someone changed as I got to know them. I can explain why it is good to accept people for who they are.

Topic Overview: Science – Changing Materials

In this topic we will learn about The history of chocolate making.

We will look at the changing states of materials, using chocolate as our focus. The children will see how a cocoa bean is grown and the process it goes through to turn it into a chocolate bar.

The children will make, advertise and sell chocolates for the Christmas Bazaar.

Writing Opportunities:

  • Persuasive writing adverts for chocolate bars.
  • Thank you letter writing to Cadbury’s World
  • Story writing Russell’s Christmas Adventure

Literacy:

  • Ongoing – Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation.
  • Reading Comprehension-
  • Whole Class Reading and comprehension – The Midas Touch by Patrick Skene Catling

Art/DT: Design and make Chocolate wrappers

Design and Technology: Children to design and make Christmas chocolates

Experiential Learning: Trip to Cadbury’s World/ chocolate making, advertising and selling at the Christmas Bazaar.

Maths:

  • White Rose schemes of work and PUMA practice.
  • Measurement, length and perimeter, Number- multiplication and division, consolidation.

Science: Changing state of matter using chocolate as an example.

RE: Christmas story, Christian

PE:

  • Real PE
  • Hockey
  • Excalibur

ICT/Computing:

  • Market research
  • Bar charts
  • Adverts

French: Madame McRonald

Music: Ukulele

Term 3 2019-20

Signs and Symbols – Hinduism

PSHE Theme – Dreams and Goals

Core Text: Ganesha/Rama and Sita/ Hindu Gods and Goddesses stories

PSHE Outcomes:

  • Dreams and Goals
  • I know how to make a new plan and set new goals even if I have been disappointed.
  • I know what it means to be resilient and to have a positive attitude.

Topic Overview: RE – Hinduism

  • In this topic we will learn how Hindus understand God.
  • Why symbols are more useful than words.
  • What makes places special to Hindus?

Geography – The water cycle

Writing Opportunities:

  • Hindu Creation Story
  • Story of Ganesha

Literacy:

  • Ongoing – Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation.
  • Reading Comprehension-
  • Whole Class Reading and comprehension – Ganesha/Rama and Sita/ Hindu Gods and Goddesses stories

Art/DT:

  • Elephant head designs
  • Clay Ganesha models
  • Rangoli patterns drawn using rice grains, flour, sand or chalk.
  • Modroc Mendi hand designs

Arts week: CIRCUS – Work based on Circus theme using different mediums and approaches.

Experiential Learning: Hinduism Day- Food tasting traditional Hindu dishes, dressing up in traditional Hindu clothes eg for Diwali , Rangoli pattern making.

Maths:

  • White Rose schemes of work and PUMA practice.
  • Measurement- area, Number- multiplication and division, fractions.

Science: Evaporation and Condensation (water-cycle)

RE:

  • How Hindus understand God.
  • Why symbols are more useful than words.
  • What makes places special to Hindus?

PE:

  • Real PE
  • Swimming,
  • Badminton

ICT/Computing:.

  • WeDo
  • Scratch
  • ESAFETY Week

French: Hinduism in French

Music: Ukulele

Term 4 2019-20

Bile, Burps and Bottoms

PSHE Theme – Healthy Me

Core Text: The Demon Dentist by David Walliums

PSHE Outcomes:

  • Feeling good about myself and the choices I make.
  • I can recognise when people are putting me under pressure and can explain ways to resist this when I want to. I can identify feelings of anxiety and fear associated with peer pressure.

Topic Overview: Science – Digestion and teeth

  • In this topic we will learn how the digestive system works. Structure and uses of teeth in different animals.
  • How to keep healthy.

Electricity:

  • Creating a Circuit
  • Predicting if a circuit will work.

Writing Opportunities: Story writing The journey of a sandwich through the digestive system.

Literacy:

  • Ongoing – Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation.
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Whole Class Reading and comprehension – The Demon Dentist by David Walliums

Art/DT:

  • Clay teeth
  • Plasticine digestive system

Design and Technology

  • Linked to Science
  • Create a car with headlights.
  • Make the digestive system

Experiential Learning:

  • Easter Experience at St. Mary’s Church, Christ’s journey to the cross.
  • World Book Day

Maths:

  • White Rose schemes of work and PUMA practice.
  • Fractions, decimals, consolidation.

Science: Digestion and teeth

  • How the digestive system works. Structure and uses of teeth in different animals.
  • How to keep healthy.

Electricity:

  • Creating a Circuit
  • Predicting if a circuit will work.
  • Safety.

RE:

  • Easter and Easter assembly.
  • What are the key events associated with Holy week and why are they significant?

PE:

  • Real PE
  • Dance
  • Athletics
  • Excalibur

ICT/Computing:

  • PowerPoint
  • Touch Typing

French: Madame McRonald

Music: Ukulele

Term 5 2019-20

Raiders and Traders

PSHE Theme – Relationships

Core Text: Monster Slayer by Brian Patterson

PSHE Outcomes:

  • Friendships and how to solve problems as they occur.
  • Resilience
  • I can explain different points of view on an animal rights issue and express my own opinion and feelings on this.

Topic Overview: History

  • Anglo Saxons – In this topic we will learn where and why they settled in the UK, lifestyle, religion
  • Vikings – Raid on Lindisfarne, religion, lifestyle, battle with Anglo Saxons.

Writing Opportunities:

  • Writing a Diary of a Lindisfarne monk
  • Kennings/Sagas
  • Viking Raid Reports

Literacy:

  • Ongoing – Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation.
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Whole Class Reading and comprehension – Monster Slayer by Brian Patterson

Art/DT:.

  • Illuminated letters
  • Shield designs
  • Sail designs
  • Kennings

Design and Technology: Viking Longships

Experiential Learning: Viking Day- date TBC – children to dress up and take part in a variety of activities including a visit from a Lindisfarne Monk, fighting using traditional weapons and taking part in a Viking raid.

Maths:

  • White Rose schemes of work and PUMA practice.
  • Decimals, measurement- money, time, statistics.

Science: None this term as Electricity was taught in Term 4

RE: Anglo-Saxons- Conversion to Christianity by St Augustine.

PE:

  • Real PE
  • Dance

ICT/Computing:

  • Indigo – WeDo Lego
  • Sapphire – WeDo Lego

French: Madame McRonald

Music:

  • Ukulele
  • Ukulele assembly – date TBC

Term 6 2019-20

Born to be Wild

PSHE Theme – Changing Me

Core Text: Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

PSHE Outcomes:

  • Coping with, and looking forward to change.
  • I can identify what I am looking forward to when I am in Year 5 . I can reflect on the changes I would like to make when I am in Year 5 and can describe how to go about this.

Topic Overview: Science – Science Week – theme TBC

Habitats: 

  • In this topic we will learn about habitats, the
  • classification of groups of living things and food chains, recognising that environments can change.
  • The effect that humans have on the environment.

Writing Opportunities: Non chronological report on a created animal. 

Literacy:

  • Ongoing – Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation.
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Whole Class Reading and comprehension – Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

Art/DT:

  • Animal art
  • Wolves and bears heads
  • Observational drawing of invertebrates and habitats.
  • Kensuke’s Kingdom front cover designs

Experiential Learning:

  • Science Week- theme TBC
  • Whipsnade Zoo visit.
  • Sports week
  • Sports Day
  • Dance Festival
  • Summer Fete
  • Thame Carnival

Maths:

  • White Rose schemes of work and PUMA practice.
  • Statistics, Geometry- properties of shape, Geometry- position and direction, consolidation.

Science: Science Week- theme TBC 

PE:

  • Real PE
  • Tennis
  • Excalibur
  • Sports Week
  • Sports Day
  • Dance Festival

ICT/Computing:

  • Stop Motion Animation
  • We Do
  • Lego Workshop

French: Madame McRonald

Music: Ukulele