Topic Plan Context – What do we Know? And pre-learning experience
Maths Place value Decimals Fractions and percentages
Fiction Legends week 1-2 Non- Fiction Persuasion week 3-4 Poetry Poems with structure week 5 SPAG week 1 and 6
Focus on extending and reasoning problems
Science Do all animals and plants start life as an egg? How can you create a presentation to show the life cycle of a butterfly or a frog? How do humans change as they grow?
Starting point – Hook and Wow! Classes to have their own caterpillar eggs to look after and record life cycle over the half term.
The Learning Challenge Question
Writing Opportunities Sections of stories relating to Native American legends. Re-tell story of Muhammad. Information text on an American text. Presentation on the life cycle of a butterfly.
Can you work out which animals depend on each other for survival?
Geography Can you carry out your own research on one of the American states? Who were the original Americans? What can you find out about the sports Americans play? How can you create your own silent movie?
Design & Technology & Art What would that map look like in 3D?(Mouldable Materials)
What’s so special about the USA?
What Musicdo you know about the climate of the USA?
What would you ask the President of the USA?
Recorder.
Using the art of Andy Warhol, can you recreate his work using a famous American as your subject?
Why is New York one of the world’s most visited cities?
Computing How can simulations be used on computers to help us plan in real life?
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Swimming Athletics
Where can we find guidance about how to live our lives? What are the five pillars of Islam? What do we know about the Qu’ran and the Sunnah? Can we re-tell the stories of Muhammad? What rules do I follow in my life and why do I follow them?
Do all animals and plants start life as an egg?
What are Shahada, Salat, Zakah, Sawm and Hajj?