English
Geography/ History
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Use adventurous adjectives to describe
the three witches in the play.
Recreate our own versions of the witches
spell.
Drama- hot seating of the characters in the
story
Write a letter as Macbeth describing our
encounter with the witches.
Write advertisements for a witch to buy a
new broom stick.
Writing non-fiction book/ leaflet on castles
(link to visit to Conwy Castle)
Labelling castles.
Dairy writing as a knight/ Baron/ poor
person living in Macbeths castle
Advantages and Disadvantages of living in
castles.
Create list of qualities about King Macbeth.
Newspaper reports about various
bloodthirsty acts that take place
throughout the story.
Write our own myths and legends based
around the medieval story of the Lambton
Worm.
Art/ Technology
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Design and build large castles/ medieval
village in groups (card/ wood/ boxes/ glue)
Models of Norman ships
Design and make shields
Design and sew our own
medieval banners
(linked to PHSE)
Science
Castles through time – sequence on timeline
Types of castles
Geographical location of castles in the UK
Parts of castles and their function/ plans
Castle life – banquets, jousting
Castle defence and attack
Life as a knight/poor or rich in a medieval village
Compare medieval life with life today.
Autumn Term Year 6 - 2015
Macbeth- Would you
have liked to have been in
his shoes?
WOW –Watch performance of Macbeth
Trip to Conwy Castle
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Maths
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ICT
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Draw and label castle
Power point about castles
Take and incorporate photos into
presentation ( links to Conwy visit)
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Religious buildings
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To know their times tables up to 12 x 12 with
speed and accuracy and know relate division
facts.
To solve problems involving fractions
To read order and compare numbers up to
1000,000
To add and subtract numbers up to 4 digits
and to use estimation to check accuracy and to
solve multi- step problems in context.
To double and half numbers up to 100.
To calculate area and perimeter, use and
convert measures of length ( linked to castles
and DT work)
To identify, name draw and describe the
properties of 2d and 3d shape.
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PSHE/ Citizenship
PE
RE
Investigate the relationship between light
sources, objects and shadows by using shadow
puppets of the witches.
Use our knowledge of how light travels to make
periscopes so we can see our enemies over the
castle walls and explain how they work.
Investigation ‘How far do you have to pull bow
string back to make the arrow fly the farthest?’
Investigate what happens to different materials
when the witches mix them with water to
create their spells and potions.
We will cook food for Macbeth’s banquet to
investigate reversible and irreversible changes
(links to DT)
Small Team Game
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Team building & social skills
Making friendships and peer pressure