Literacy
Study of a significant children’s author- Michael Morpurgo- Kensuke’s
Kingdom will be read as a shared whole class story- a boy sails around the
world with his parents until he is stranded on a tropical island with only
Kensuke to care for him.
Exploring common themes and settings in Michael Morpurgo’s books
Looking at key characters and how direct and indirect speech are used.
Using texts as models for their own writing.
Persuasive writing- exploring techniques used in advertising, writing an
advert to persuade Mr Squire to buy a new gadget belt. Filming an advert
for a customised santa hat
Numeracy
Language of probability, construct frequency tables, pictograms and bar
and line graphs, finding the mode
Collecting, organising, presenting and interpret data to answer related
questions, estimating and measuring Metric units, conversions Readings
from scales
Addition/subtraction of whole numbers and decimals
HTU × U, TU × U, U.t × U and HTU ÷ U
Solving multi-step problems, using a calculator where appropriate,
estimating and checking results
Equivalence of fractions, percentages, fractions and percentages of
quantities
Art/DT
ICT
Painting seascapes/ islands. Views through
portholes. Using marbling to recreate water.
Use MORFO app on iPads to create
animated account of the voyage.
Studying and reproducing work by Japanese
artists e.g. The wave by Hukasai. Cherry
blossom paintings
Designing, making and evaluating a new hat
for santa. Customising a santa hat using
textiles and a variety of sewing techniques.
Year 5 Autumn 2013
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Creating our own desert island discs show
Using google maps to search and track
Michaels voyage
A boy is stranded on a tropical desert island
R.E/ Music/ SMSC links
Humanities
Science
Using maps- world map identify and name continents
and oceans.
Collect a variety of seeds and identify method of
dispersal. Look for examples of germination,
complete life cycle and look at structure of
flowering plants. Link to other life cycles. Look at
examples of tropical plants found in Kensuke’s
Kingdom. Life cycles of fish, insects(mosquitos)
and mammals (Orang-Utans)
Early ideas about the world- flat earth, early maps,
famous explorers.
Making maps and models of the island, using
compass directions, describing geographical
features, finding Kensuke’s kingdom on real maps/
Google Earth
Create an imaginary island kingdom- create
settlements, features, customs, history etc, debate
issues
What Natural materials will burn? How did
Michael build his watch fire? What problems will
he have?
Families and friendship, ways they
support us and how it feels to loose
people.
Creating our own desert island discs
show
Popular music on our island
Christmas production- the true meaning
of Christmas
Global dimensions
The desire to travel and explore.
Japanese culture- what do we know what
can we learn?
What do we need to survive on an island?