Class 5
Spring 1
Medium Term Outline Topic Plan
Include areas of learning — based upon National curriculum objectives (including N.C. ref.), in context of the topic
Eg. to describe Egypt and its features (including weather, landscape, physical features (NC. Geog 3.a.)
Include literacy links where appropriate.
History Tudor Britain
Areas of learning:
ICT
Programming unit.
We are Software DevelopersProgram, debug and analyse and improve interface of their
own game, using scratch, based on Tudors. Scratch.
Literacy
Instruction text—
Biography Isaac Newton
Comparison—Tudor dress v Today
Narrative work based on Way Home—ros Ferrara
recommended text
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setting descriptions.
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Extra chapters
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Recount in role
RRSA children’s rights article references:
D&T
Food Tech — Tudor and modern equivalent dishes.
Timeline
Battle of Bosworth—end of Richard (of York) III
Who are the Tudors? Tudor Kings/Queens
Religion & Christian church during Tudor period
Explanations
Tudor lifestyle/diet — rich and not rich differences—
comparison to today. Diagrams.
Tudor homes—comparison grid
Tudor dress—comparison—worded
Focus of topic:
Tudors and Tudor Britain.
Shakespeare - Perform a play. Short biog.
Isaac Newton Biog
Music
Science Forces
Recap push/pulls and magnets
Recap friction
Gravity as a force— diagrams and explanations
Air/water resistance
Investigations into what affects air resistance.
-Charanga 5.1—Don’t Stop Believing
class band—musical accompaniment to the song—
class performance.
-Charanga 5.4— Benjamin Britten Tragic Story
Listen, appraise, perform.
Isaac Newton
Enterprise skills
School:
Phase:
Class:
Communities
Spiritual and Moral
Places and Environment
Science
History
ICT
To explain that unsupported objects fall towards A study of an aspect or theme in British history
the Earth because of the force of gravity acting that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge bebetween the Earth and the falling object
yond 1066:
Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals.
identify the effects of air resistance, water
resistance and friction, that act between moving the changing power of monarchs using case studsurfaces
ies: Tudor Monarchs—Henry VIII, Mary I
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a significant turning point in British history: The
changes of the churches during Henry VIII
Use sequence, selection, and repetition in
programs; work with variables and various
forms of input and output.
Use logical reasoning to explain how some
simple algorithms work and to detect and
correct errors in algorithms and programs.
Music
D&T
Food technology
understand and apply the principles of a
healthy and varied diet
prepare and cook a variety of predominantly
savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques
understand seasonality, and know where and
how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared,
caught and processed.