Science1^st HALF: ANIMALS INCLUDING HUMANS.

• Describe the simple functions of basic types of the digestive systems in humans.
• Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions.
• Construct and interpret a variety of food chains; identifying producers, predators and prey

DIGITAL PUBLISHING Use 2Publish Writing project to create a healthy teeth leaflet with clipart and different fonts etc

LI: Use tables, text boxes, and borders to layout content

Science: 2^ND HALF: SOUND

• Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with vibrating.
• Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear.
• Find the patterns between the pitch of a sound and the features of the vibrations that produced it.
• Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance increases

DIGITAL MEDIA: Explore the ways we can generate and/or record digital sound using a computer, iPad, keyboard etc

LI: Record and play-back sounds using digital recording device

Create musical sequences using digital  tools

SCIENCE VOCABULARY:   food chain   producer  consumer  predator  prey  molar  canine  wisdom  mouth  tongue  oesophagus  stomach  small intestine  large intestine 

SCIENCE VOCABULARY:  vibration  sound waves  air  pitch  volume  loud  quiet  soft  noise  high  low  muffle

History: THE VIKINGS

• Know where the Vikings came from and why they attacked.
• Recap the reasons why the Anglo-Saxons invaded.
• Know the threat of the Vikings came from the sea.
• Locate the Vikings in time in relation to the Romans and the Saxons.
• Identify where the Vikings raided.
• Understand how the role of Vikings changed from raiders to conquerors.
• Understand the importance of Danelaw.
• Research Alfred the Great and Edward the Confessor.
• Learn about Alfred the Great and the Danelaw.
• Learn about Ethelred the Unready and the Danegeld.
• Learn about the Viking beliefs and the Viking gods.
• Understand the importance of Valhalla for warriors.
• Learn about everyday life in Viking Britain.
• Learn about Viking food.
• Compare Boudicca’s reaction to invasion compared to Alfred and Ethelred.

Geography: SETTLEMENT AND LAND USE

• Know the different types of settlement.
• Recap what type of settlement London is.
• Identify Anglo-saxon and Viking settlements – identify these on a map and look for any patterns.
• Recap understanding of keys and use keys to compare and contrast different settlements.
• Recap the terms ‘urban’ and ‘rural’ and locate both urban and rural settlements.
• Understand what a conurbation is and identify conurbations.
• Identify the differences between urban and rural settlements.
• Look at places that originated in Viking times and identify them by their settlement type. Look for Viking place names – how do we know they are Viking
• Use maps to look at the similarities and differences of different types of settlement.
• Look at the trade links between Viking countries and identify why they invaded these places.
• Look at trade links between these countries in the modern day.

DIGITAL RESEARCH: Use interactive maps to locate key places in Viking history – plot distances travelled using online tools, add markers

https://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org

LI: Use digital tools to explore and annotate digital online maps

HISTORY VOCABULARY:  Danelaw  Danegeld  Scandinavia  longboat  Norse  warrior  raiding  banquet   bloodthirsty  feast  trade  boroughs  goods  skilled  crops  craftsmen  longhouse  cesspit  conflict  conquest  gods  sacrifice

GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY:  settlement  hamlet  villages  towns  cities  conurbations  isolated  ordinance survey  commercial  goods  market  migration  urban  rural  trade

CHALLENGES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS: The Vikings

• Pretend you are a Viking, Write a letter home to explain your reasons for leaving home to live in England.
• Plan an invasion on England and justify the reasons for the locations you have invaded.
• How were the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings similar? How were they different?
• What do you think were the 10 most important changes in Britain from 55BC to 1066?
• Why was Alfred the Great so great?

CHALLENGES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS: Settlement and Use.

• Where would you choose to settle and why?
• Create your own settlement – make a map of it using OS symbols and include a key.
• Make a list Viking settlements and research their current day population and create a bar chart.
• You are a Viking. You need to invade more places to build your empire.  Justify the 4 countries you choose.

Art; DRAWING, PAINTING AND PRINTING (link with settlements and the story ‘The Promise’ by Nicola Davies)

• Sketch local buildings.
• Use colouring pencils/oil pastels/ink to add detail.
• Print a textured background using found objects (bubblewrap, cardboard etc.)
• Create a monoprint of a local building using acetate.
• Make a printing plate (using polystyrene) and use this to create a repeating pattern.
• Develop prints using collage.

D.T (DISCRETE): MECHANICAL SYSTEMS – CAMS

• Learn about the four types of movement: rotary, linear, reciprocal and oscillating.
• Investigate and evaluate a range of familiar products.
• Understand how mechanisms can be used in different ways
• Know how materials can be combined to make more useful properties (e.g. jinx joints)
• Measure, mark out, shape and cut a range of
• materials including wood.
• Select tools, techniques and materials for product making, using skills learned earlier in the project.
• Use finishing techniques to improve the appearance of a product.
• Carry out appropriate tests before making any improvements.
• Identify what could have been done differently and how it could be improved in the future. 

• Music: Music: Play in ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing instruments with increasing accuracy.
• Improvise music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music.
• Listen with attention to detail to sounds.
• Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music.
• Develop an understanding of the history of music

.P.E (Please follow Val Sabin’s scheme of work)

Dance, gymnastics, gamesR.E:

What makes me the person I am?

• Who influences our life?
• Who or what influenced the life of St Francis?
• Who or what influenced the life of Pandurang, Shastri and Athavale?
• What objects are special to the people in my community?
• What things do I care about in my community?
• What can I do to improve my community?
• Why is Easter important?
• What is Easter and why is it celebrated?
• What are the symbols associated with Easter and how do they suggest new life?
• What is Palm Sunday?
• What are the events of the Last Supper and how is the symbolism used today?
• What were the events in the Garden of Gethsemane?
• How do Christians remember and celebrate Easter today?
• Why is Easter so important to Christians?

Computing: Coding, Programming and Computer Games

• Create and edit flow diagrams to break down a sequence (eg traffic lights) into smaller steps
• Create more complex programs using symbols and text to achieve an outcome on screen
• Explore the variables in a range of simulations and relate to real life applications and situations
• Create simple interactive computer games and activities

Identify and de-bug errors in their own/others code

Entitlement and enrichment: The British museum/ visit a local settlement (e.g. a village/hamlet etc) / London Zoo

Topic writing links: (please teach during Friday’s literacy lesson and work in topic/Science books

• Create an information book about the Vikings.
• Write an eye-witness account of a Viking raid.
• Write a diary from the perspective of a Viking raider/ Viking conqueror
• Write a set of rules that people living by Danelaw had to abide by
• Write a letter describing living in the Danelaw
• Write a fact file about Edward the confessor and Alfred the Great
• Write a description of a Viking feast
• Create a wanted poster of a Viking warrior
• Write a diary entry from a villager’s point of view about being attacked by Vikings
• Create a fact file about Alfred the Great and Ethelred the Unready.
• Write a travel brochure for a place which was a Viking settlement
• Create an advert for a product that was traded in Viking times
• Write an estate agent style of writing for a preferred settlement type
• Write instructions for how to clean teeth
• Write an atmospheric setting based on the monoprint of a London building.
• Write an explanation text about how a mechanical system works

Literacy books which link to the topic:

• The Littlest Viking
• Thor’s Wedding Day
• There’s a Viking In My Bed
• Vikings in the Supermarket
• Sir Cumference and the Viking’s Map
• Hiccup
• How to be A Viking
• How to Train Your Dragon