Topic Plan Context – What do we Know? And pre-learning experience
Starting point – Hook and Wow!
Tourists have always visited Blackpool. There are some old trams. There’s always been a beach in Blackpool. Some hotels might have been in Blackpool a long time.
History – Blackpool Tower trip Science – Magnet investigation
Maths • Multiplication facts (statistics) • Addition and subtraction (measures) • Multiplication and division (measures) • 2D shape inc. sorting • Decimals, addition and subtraction (money) • 3D shape inc. sorting
English Non- Fiction - Recounts: Diaries x2 Fiction Mystery x1, Classic Fiction : Fairy tales x1 Poetry Classical poetry for performance (link to Victorians) x 2 (Lewis Carrol - 'The Walrus and the Carpenter', 'A Strange Wild Song' and 'Jabberwocky'.)
Cooking and Nutrition (linked to Victorians) What would my dinner be back in time? What was a typical weekly menu? Where did the ingredients come from? How were the ingredients prepared and what tools were used? Can we write a recipe for a meal from that time period? Can we prepare food as people did in the past? How will we cook our food and how was it cooked in the past? Was our diet healthier now or then and why?
The Learning Challenge Question History: How did the Victorian period help to shape the Blackpool we know today?
Writing Opportunities Recount/diary – related to the trip to the to the tower Investigation on forces and magnets Mystery opening Fairytale writing Diary of a Victorian child Local History
A study of Local History taking account of a period of history that shaped the locality. What made people come and live in Blackpool in the first place? Has anyone famous ever lived in Blackpool? How can we capture Blackpool’s history in art and music? Why does Blackpool have a railway station and when was it opened?
Science: Music Let your Spirit Fly Children will: Listen and Appraise Play musical games Play instrument Improvise Compose Perform Computing We are Opinion Pollsters – Collecting and analysing data Research using the internet. Word processing skills. Google earth. Digital Camera
Forces & Magnets What are forces? Are you attractive enough? Looking at how magnets attract/repel some materials, magnetic poles and friction. What is a magnet and what is its relationship to the North Pole? What do we mean by attract and repel? What other force do we know about and how can we classify forces?
PE Striking/Fielding Invasion games
All religions What is so special about places? What places are special to us and why? What is special about Mount Hira to Muslims and the Mount of Olives to Jews and Christians? What are the main features of a mosque, a church, a mandir and a gurdwara? What places are near our school that have religious significance? What do places of worship have in common and what are the differences?