Exploring Life Cycles, Music, Art, and History: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Education

1. Science – Life Cycles • describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird • describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals. • Music/ Dance – ‘Tutankhamun’ • play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression • PSHE • The Caring School • Anti -Bullying PE Indoor- Dance Outdoor- Tag Rugby Ancient Egypt Tempus Fugit Visit Y6 – Residential • Art – Egyptian art and clay • to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas • to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay] • about great artists, architects and designers in history. Computing 1.6 How do I use a computer as a designer? • History – Ancient Egypt • know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world and the achievements of the earliest civilizations –an in-depth study of Ancient Egypt • They should regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance. • They should understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources. RE Religion and the individual: What is expected of a person in following a religion or belief? Harvest- what is expected of Christians at Harvest? • English • Recount – Residential • Narrative – Description • Instructional Writing – How to make a mummy! • Advertising

2. Music – Christmas Music PSHE Growing up - Relationships • Science – Light • recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines • use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye • explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes • use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them. Computing 2.6 What makes an excellent film? • English • Narrative – dialogue and action • Non-chronological report - USA • Letter writing • Performance Poetry • Book Study - Wonder USA ‘Thanksgiving’ • Geography • focus on North America, concentrating on its environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities • understand geographical similarities and differences • describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water. PE – Traditional Games Outdoor- OAA Indoor- Gym RE Christmas - learn about devotion and commitment in Christianity. What is the meaning of Christmas? Compare the texts in the Christian gospels that tell the stories of shepherds and wise men at Jesus’ birth, exploring how they are remembered and celebrated in a range of Christmas festivities • D&T – Food and nutrition • 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.

3. Music – • appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians • develop an understanding of the history of music. • Science – Working Scientifcally (linked to materials and DT) • planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions • taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment • recording data • using test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests Computing 3.6 Why do we use spreadsheets? PSHE – Global Citizenship World War Two Visit to Eden Camp RE– Islam and Judaism Key beliefs *Beliefs in God *Holy book *Where do they worship? • History • a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 • Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study • They should regularly address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance. • They should understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources. • D & T – Shelters • Design • use research and develop design criteria • generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas • Make • select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks accurately • Evaluate • evaluate their ideas and products • Technical knowledge • apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures. • English • Diary writing – personal response • Information text • Discussion • Book Study – Private Peaceful PE Indoor- Dance Outdoor- Hockey

4. Music – Focus on music of the 1940s • appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians • develop an understanding of the history of music. PE Indoor- Gymnastic Outdoor- Netball • Science – Animals including humans • recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function • describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans. World War Two • History – • a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 • a significant turning point in British history - the Battle of Britain PSHE Global difference and diversity • RE Worship and Sacred places: • Where, how and why do people worship? • Investigate places of worship in Sheffield • What can we learn from visiting sacred places? • Art – Picasso and Cubism • to use sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas • to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing and sculpture with a range of materials • learn about great artists, architects and designers in history. • English • Narrative –creating mood and atmosphere with The Piano • Letter writing – informal and formal • Biography - Picasso • Book Study – Rooftoppers Computing 4.6 How do I build complex physical systems?

5. Science – Plants • describe how plants are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences • give reasons for classifying plants based on specific characteristics. • Working scientifically report and present findings from plant river study. • Music – River Journey • Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression • Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music. RE – Judaism Looking at religions in greater depth Beliefs and questions: How do people’s beliefs about God, the world and others have impact on their lives? How and why do Jews pray? Flow (Year 6 SATs) River trip • English • Y6 – Revision and spooky writing • Y5 Narrative – developing characters and settings, explanation and information texts • Book Study – Nowhere Emporium • Geography – Physical geography • Name the main rivers of the World and United Kingdom. • Describe the features of a river • Collect, analyse and communicate a range of data gathered through experiences of fieldwork • interpret a range of sources of geographical information • communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length. PSHE The World of Drugs • D&T – Moving Toys • Design • use research and develop design criteria • generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas • Make • select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks accurately • Evaluate • evaluate their ideas and products • Technical knowledge • apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures. Computing 5.6 How do I use Scratch as a game designer? PE Indoor- Badminton Outdoor- Athletics Create your own games

6. Music Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly Year 5 Waterworld compositions and performance • Science – Forces • explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object • identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving surfaces • recognise that some mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gears, allow a smaller force to have a greater effect. RE - Islam Looking at the religions in greater depth Beliefs and questions: How do people’s beliefs about God, the world and others have impact on their lives? How and why do Muslims pray? • Art – Water in art • to create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas • to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials including textiles. Take One Book Kenzuke’s Kingdom PE Cricket and rounders Create own game • Geography • Be able to name the oceans and main seas of the world • Island study: Compare and contrast two different islands: One from North America the other from Europe. Computing Car Racing game design • English • Recount – journalistic writing • Narrative - adventure • Performance poetry PSHE – SRE – Growing Up