SCIENCE

Interdependence and Adaptation – animals and plants and how they depend on each other. How organisms are adapted to live in their habitat.

Micro-organisms – harmful and useful microbes.

Changing Circuits – what happens when we change components within a circuit and drawing circuit diagrams.

Balanced and Unbalanced Forces –  covering friction, gravity, air resistance, up thrust.

How we see things – structure of the eye and light diagrams, shadows, reflection..

More about dissolving - setting up  fair tests to look at factors affecting dissolving.

Reversible and Irreversible changes  - which mixtures can be separated and which cannot.

Human Reproduction.

GEOGRAPHY

Atlas Skills – using maps to locate continents, countries, counties and cities. Looking at physical features.

Mountains – mountain formation, and looking at mountain environments including impact on people.

Mountains continued 

Case Study – St. Lucia. A comparison of island life with life in the UK.

Rivers – looking at features of a river .

HISTORY

Tudor Explorers – Looking at the changing map of the world as more explores circumnavigate the world.

Aztecs – looking at the Aztec way of life from the foundation of their city to their conquest..

Castles – looking at the development and siting of castles, siege weapons and methods of defence and castle life.

RS

New Testament Studies

Who was Jesus?

An historical & political context of the New Testament world.

The baptism & ministry of Jesus

Pupils will also prepare for Harvest Remembrance Day & Christmas.

Pilgrimages

What are Pilgrimages? Who undertakes them and why? This unit concludes with a trip to Chichester Cathedral

New Testament Studies

Jesus in conflict with the Jewish authorities.

Pupils will also prepare for Easter & link to Passover traditions.

New Testament Studies

The Resurrection & Ascension of Jesus.

The Life & times of St Paul. An introduction into the spread of Christianity throughout the world.

FRENCH

France – places of interest

Greetings and introductions.

Items in the classroom.

Days of the week.

Numbers 1 – 20.

Months of the year.

Numbers in 10’s up to 100.

Asking someone their age and how they are?

Numbers 61 -100

Penfriend – Letters.

Family

Pets and animals

Animals (contd).

Colours.

Negatives.

Asking what other people do/are doing.

Introduction to ‘ER’ verbs.

The weather

Developing French.  Topic 3.

Ma Maison

French DVD and French games.

ICT

Multimedia - to produce a comic strip using a range of techniques to layer the information.

Use of Excel – Spreadsheet revision

Maths with spreadsheets

Creating charts

Problem solving

Spreadsheet survey

Control – programming a set of traffic lights.

Using information for research

ART

Rousseau and jungles – observational drawings  and patterns - leaves

Mask making – Aztecs. Designing and making a mask based on the Aztecs.

Botticelli and the Renaissance – to produce a self portrait using line, tone and colour mixing.

DT

Mechanisms and circuits:  electric model vehicle

Plastics:  Acrylic storage rack

Control: Traffic lights mechanism

Levers and mechanisms:  Trebuchets (with History)

Pneumatics and Hydraulics:  Moving models.

MUSIC

Riffs and Jazz

Using chords

Using our voice

Christmas music

Cyclic patterns

Blues

Machine Music

Bringing it all together

Exploring Effects

DRAMA

(Half a year)

Rules of the drama room.  An introductory session.

Exploring the tradition of storytelling.

Dramatising a story.

Rehearsal techniques

Performance skills

Voice workshop-Accessing the voice through play.

An introduction to radio plays

Script work and exploration of Sound FX

Adapting a script for the stage.

Devising skills

Character work.  Creating, developing and sustaining a role.

Rehearsal, performance and evaluation skills.

An introduction into the drama medium.

Performing for a live audience

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FOODTECH

(Half a year)

Hygiene and safety in the Food Technology room.

Basic cooking using the cooker and knives.  Washing up and clearing away.

Recipe sequencing, following basic recipes to cook simple dishes.

Taste of Success Primary Food Award.

Evaluation of colour texture and flavour of food.

Basic cookery involving timing and weighing.

PE BOYS

Football /

Basketball & Badminton

Rugby /

Gymnastics

Athletics /

Swimming

PE GIRLS

Netball/

Fitness Training

Badminton/

Gymnastics

Athletics

Swimming/Tennis