Year Group:
Spring 1 – 6 weeks
Unit Title: Where in the World?
5
Entry point: Modern Day 7 Wonders of the World.
Children look at the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World and why
these may have been selected. Children then create their own
travel brochure of the 7 Wonders of our Modern World.
Exit point: Presentation on the achievements of the
Ancient World
Outcome: Children to work in small groups to create a
presentation to the class on the achievements of a topic
within one of the Ancient Civilizations. They use their
presentation skills developed through their literacy unit.
Literacy:
Key Text:
‘Goodnight Stroud’ by Pie Corbett
Fiction: Poetic Style ‘Goodnight Stroud’ by Pie
Corbett
‘Last Night, I Saw the City
Breathing’ by Andrew Fusek
Peters.
Children study two poems
about cities focusing on
strong imagery, rich
vocabulary and use of
powerful personification.
They then compose their
own free verse poem.
Non fiction: Persuasive
writing – ‘Meet the
Monster!’ and ‘Meet the
Future!’
Children write a persuasive
presentation in the role of
residents at a public meeting
to discuss plans for building
a football stadium.
Maths: Measures,
including problem solving
Children learn to convert
between different units of
measure, understand and
convert between metric units
and common imperial units
and use all four operations
to solve problems involving
measure (length, mass,
volume and money.)
Place Value
Children interpret negative
numbers in context, count
forward and backward
through zero and solve
number problems involving
these.
Mental maths:
Times tables to 12x, practise
mental maths tests to be
done weekly.
Science: Living things
and their Life Cycles Study the life cycles of
mammals, amphibians,
insects & birds, including
some unusual examples like
egg-laying mammals &
marsupials.
PDL: Who decides?
Children are encouraged to
talk about their opinion and
‘Last Night, I Saw the City Breathing’
by Andrew Fusek Peters.
‘Meet the Monster!’
‘Meet the Future!’
UNCRC Article(s):
Article 29: Your education should
help you use and develop your
talents and abilities. It should also
help you learn to live peacefully,
protect the environment and
respect other people.
P4C Stimuli:
Should natural environments be
destroyed to make way for buildings
for humans?
Can you only learn in a classroom?
Why do people remember different
things from the same experience?
Key Questions:
Who decides what should be the
‘Wonders of the World’?
What would the world today be like
without these Ancient civilizations?
Class Teacher: Mrs Platt
Spring 2 – 6 weeks
Unit Title: The Shang Dynasty
Entry point: Chinese New Year Celebration
Chinese Dance workshop
Exit point: Trip to the British Museum
Outcome: Children develop a clear understanding of the
main features of the Shang Dynasty and its impact upon our
modern world.
Literacy:
Fiction: A story from another
culture – ‘Dragon Slayer’ by Gill
Howard.
Children explore story structure
using ‘Dragon Slayer’ (an
adventure story set in China).
Children look at pace and
suspence and how to add
excitement to their own stories.
Non-fiction : Non-chronological
reports – ‘The Kraken’ and ‘A
Dragon Spotter’s Guide to the
Chinese Lung Dragon’.
Children explore the features of
non-chronological reports,
deconstruct texts and then write
their own field guide for a dragon.
Maths: Multiplication and
Division
Children solve problems involving
multiplication and division where
larger numbers are used by
decomposing them into their
factors. Children also recognise
and use square and cubed
numbers.
Fractions
Community/International
Involvement:
Parents invited in as an audience to
children’s presentation on the
achievements of the ancient
civilizations.
Children solve problems involving
numbers with up to 3 decimal
places, convert between fractions,
decimals and percent and solve
problems which require knowing
percentage and decimal
equivalents.
Position and direction
Children can identify, describe and
represent the position of a shape
following a reflection or translation.
Mental maths: Tables up to 12x
at speed. Mental maths tests
weekly
Science: Animals and
Humans- Look at nutrition,
transportation of water and
nutrients in the body, and the
muscle and skeleton system of
humans and animals.
PDL: We’re all Different
Children reflect on spiritual, moral,
social and cultural issues, using
imagination to understand other
people’s experiences. Children
think about the lives of people
living in other places and times,
and people with different values
Key Text:
‘Dragon Slayer’ by Gill Howard.
‘The Kraken’
‘A Dragon Spotter’s Guide to the
Chinese Lung Dragon’
UNCRC Article(s):
Article 29: Your education should
help you use and develop your
talents and abilities. It should also
help you learn to live peacefully,
protect the environment and
respect other people.
P4C Stimuli:
Are leaders always wise?
What can other cultures teach us?
Which is worse: Doing nothing or
acting rashly?
Key Questions:
What have we learnt from the Shang
Dynasty?
What evidence has been found from
the Shang Dynasty?
What teaches us more – History or
archaeology?
Community/International
Involvement:
Chinese Dance Workshop
British Museum trip
explain their view, explore
how the media presents
information and challenge
stereotypes.
and customs (linked to Shang
Dynasty).
Art and Design/DT: Look at
Art and Design/DT: To
create a model of a
building that could be one
of the Ancient Wonders
of the world. Children use
inspiration from the 7
Wonders of the Ancient
World to design and create
their own model, explaining
where it would be situated
and why it would be
considered such a wonder.
Historical Bake Off
R.E: Prayer and
Reflection. Children look at
Chinese artwork, dragons and
patterns and create our own.
R.E: The Eucharist
Children look at the symbols of
bread and wine within Christianity
and why these are important.
Outdoor Games: Multiskills –
tennis skills.
Using tennis racquets and balls,
children learn a variety of skills
linked to tennis.
PE: Dance – Rock ‘n Roll
important prayers within
Christianity and Judaism.
Children follow a sequence for a
rock ‘n roll style dance and then
use ideas to create their own
dance in the same style.
Outdoor PE: Multiskills –
hockey.
MFL: Children practise using
Children learn to dribble and
pass balls using hockey
sticks.
Indoor PE: Gymnastics –
Shape and Balance
Children learn different
balances and how to link
these to perform a short
routine.
MFL: Children learn
vocabulary to do with rooms
in the house, food and time
and start to construct
sentences relating to these.
vocabulary using simple
conversation.
Music: (HMS)
History: Shang Dynasty – An in
depth study of this Ancient
civilization, its main features and
legacy. (Main topic)
Geography: Linked to History
topic of Shang Dynasty.
Use mapwork skills to locate China
on a map. Identify main rivers,
mountains and cities.
Music: (HMS)
ICT: We are Artists (Fusing
geometry and Art)
ICT: We are
cryptographers. Children
Develop an appreciation of the
links between geometry and art
and become familiar with the tools
and techniques of a vector
graphics package.
investigate early methods of
communicating over
distances, learn about two
early ciphers, and consider
what makes a password
secure.
History: Ancient
Civilizations (Ancient
Egypt, Sumeria, Indus
Valley and Shang
Dynasty) Children will
compare and contrast these
four Ancient Civilizations
and look at the main
achievements of each of
these. (main topic)
Geography: Map work
linked to History.
Identifying that the four
ancient civilizations lie on
the same line of latitude,
what this means and what
effect it had on their lives.
Investigate rivers in these
areas, noticing how cities
were built around these and
discussing why.