History/Geog
Where do they live? What is there home like/Who lives in it?
See questions below
Label castle pictures
Why have building materials changed? Famous castles – people
who live in castles today? Similarities and differences between
castles and castles and our homes. Castle detectives – How to
get to the princess
Skills and Knowledge
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Ask questions such as: What was it like for people? What
happened? How long ago?
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Use artefacts, pictures, stories, online sources and
databases to find out about the past.
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Recognise that there are reasons why people in the past
acted as they did.
Qs: How can we protect ourselves from a dragon?
What is a castle?
Who lives in a castle?
What are the features of a castle?
Are there still knights today?
Art and Design
Homework – make a castle
Design and make shields, flags, dragon collage, marbling
eggs, painting castles, tapestry and sewing
Skills and Knowledge
Use a range of materials
Use a range of mediums (paint, draw, sculpt)
Use a range of techniques (colour, pattern, texture, line,
shape, form).
Know about range of artists- describe similarities and
differences (Van Gough)
ICT- Text and Multimedia
Science- Materials (The three little pigs)
Use websites internet for research into
castles, Insert castle pictures into a
document and label, Take photographs
on trip, create a powerpoint slide
Identify materials in the home and what homes
are made of, label materials and their properties,
rope walk, sort materials, feely box to describe
properties
Skills and Knowledge
Use technology purposefully to create,
organise, store, manipulate and retrieve
digital content.
Use technology safely and respectfully.
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Homes and Castles: Autumn 1
Values: Friendship and respect
English (see teaching sequences and weekly
plans)
Fiction: The three little pigs, Tell me a dragon, The
dragon machine
Non-fiction: Instructions for rescuing a princess/
storming a castle
Skills and Knowledge
Distinguish between an object and the material that
it is made from.
Identify and name everyday materials
Describe physical properties of everyday materials
Compare and group together materials
Find out how the shapes of solid objects can be
changed
Working Scientifically
Ask questions, find answers, make observations,
perform simple tests, identify and classify, gather and
record data
Qs: Which material is the most waterproof for little
pigs home?
PSHE
SEAL – New beginnings
Maths (see weekly plans for main content)
RE - Myself, Christianity and judaism
Measure the height of castle walls, repeating
patterns on crowns, shields and flags, comparing
sizes of dragons, weigh dragon eggs, draw castle
pictures using 2d shapes, castle and dragon egg
word problems
PE – Gymnastics and Invasion games