Week 1
w/c 28.4.14
Introducing the topic
Week 2
w/c 5.5.14 (bank holiday)
Building a castle
INTRODUCTIONWhat do we know about
castles, what do we want to
know? Draw what you think a
castle looks like.
D/T
Use paper to make a cylinder
and a cone to make a tower.
Make walls and ‘fan’ bottom of
paper to make them stand.
Join walls and towers
together.
Investigate making a
drawbridge and/or a hinged
door.
Make a keep using junk box.
Assemble to make group
castles.
MATHS
Link to D/T work.
Look at and name 3D shapes.
What are their properties in
terms of faces etc.
SCIENCE –
Sort and name everyday
materials and describe basic
properties.
Say what you would use to
build a strong castle and why.
What wouldn’t you use and
why not?
HISTORY/ENGLISH –
Look at and read fact files and
websites about famous
castles and parts of castles
and what they were for.
Label a picture of a castle.
Write sentences about why
they were built and when they
were built.
ENGLISH –
Describe a journey into and
through a castle finishing in
the dungeon/ tower. Use
positional, time and describing
words.
Week 3
w/c 12.5.14
Life in a medieval
castle
HISTORY/ENGLISH
Look at specific local
examples: Norwich Castle,
city walls, Castle Rising.
Compare how some have
changed use and others are
in ruins.
Write a simple factfile about
one to share with pupils in
Malawi.
ENGLISH
Look at roles of different
people in the castle (king,
queen, prince/ss,
Knight, priest, cook, soldier,
servant, peasant etc.
Write a simple description of
who you are and what you
do.
ENGLISH –
Look at court jesters and
minstrels. Write and share
jokes based on book
“Justin’s Jokes” (eg “What
do you call a fairy that
smells?”. “Stinkerbell!”)>
Use speech marks, ?s and
!s.
SCIENCE – look again at
materials. Decide which
would be best material to
make a shield and a flag.
Why? Group best materials
to make these objects.
Week 4
w/c 19.5.14
Here be dragons!
ENGLISH –
Read stories set in castles
or with knights and
dragons : Jack and
Beanstalk, Princess and
Pea, Zog, George and the
Dragon, Paper Bag
Princess, Kiss that Missed
etc.
Write an imaginative story
about a castle adventure
or a dragon from the point
of view of a knight or lady.
ARTMake a dragon using
collage. Use different
materials, paper to make
the scales, wings.
ENGLISH –
Describe your dragon. Is it
good or bad? Fire or ice
dragon? Does it hoard
treasure/ kidnap
princes/princesses? How
can you defeat/befriend it?
CONCLUSION –
What have we learned
about castles?
What suggestions can we
make to repair and redecorate our playground
castle?
What might we put in
interest boxes to be used
in the castle at playtime?
ART–
Look at heraldry. Design
and make a shield or flag
based on your
favouritecolours, name and
interests.
MUSIC–
Listen to medieval music
and plainsong.
Read “Zoe’s Tower” and
begin to make sound
journey.
MUSIC –
Complete sound journey
based on “Zoe’s Tower”