Topic Webs
Below are the class topic webs for each term of 2020-21:
Autumn Terms 1 and 2 – 2020-21
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Spring Terms 3 and 4 – 2020-21
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Summer Terms 5 and 6 – 2020-21
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Banksey Class Curriculum Map
These are the areas of learning that will be covered during the academic year 2020/21.
Click where you see Knowledge Organiser for more information about the skills and knowledge covered in each unit. Knowledge organisers also act as a tool to support children in retaining and retrieving knowledge for life-long learning.
| Term 1 and 2
Autumn Term Is it ever OK to fight? |
Term 3 and 4
Spring Term How can we feed 10 Billion? |
Term 5 and 6
Summer Term What is the most important law? The curriculum for Terms 5 and 6 is under review and will be updated shortly. |
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| Science | Fight for survival – evolution. Inheritance, adaptation Fight or flight – the impact of adrenalin on the heart. Circulatory system.
Magnetic forces (recap)– attract and repel. Investigation: How does exercise/adrenalin affect pulse rate? |
Living things and their habitats
Nutrients and water transportation within a human Classification of plant and animals Adaptation leading to evolution. Grow food in space? Story – The Broad street Pump Investigation: What affects how quickly salt dissolves in water? Study: David Attenborough Recap properties and changes of materials (Year 5)
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Rocks and soils
Forces |
| Art and Design | Creating Artwork in the style of Picasso’s Guernica, futurism and Richard Hook’s Anglo-Saxon art to represent reactions to war. Use of colours and mark making (dashes, blocks of colour, strokes, points and fine brush strokes) to portray meaning. Artist study – Picasso | Food inspired flour paste batik/collage | Designing scenery for the end of year play – using screen printing and sculpture techniques. |
| Computing |
E-Safety Sphero link with D and T Knowledge Organiser |
E-safety – Scratch programming |
Research Stone Age to Iron Age |
| Design and technology |
Design, make and evaluate: Create a ‘robot wars’ style game using a sphero/computer program to control the movement. Technical knowledge: programming |
Design, make and evaluate: Create a dish by substituting ingredients for more sustainable options. Skills: cutting, slicing, grating, spreading, tasting, blending, mashing. |
Up-cycling T shirt to a bag. |
| Geography | Physical geography locational knowledge Fighting for survival – mountaineering/extreme sports. Mountain regions. |
Human geography Land use – farming/insect farms. Place Knowledge Comparison study looking at insect farming in Canada – Lacia Visit a working farm Draw map with symbols and a key. |
Maping skills. |
| History |
Anglo-Saxons Invaders and settlers Needing somewhere to live Non – European society Benin Kingdom – Becoming part of the British empire. |
Beyond 1066 Food timeline from Tudors to present day. Sir Walter Raleigh | Stone Age to Iron Age. |
| Music | Listen and appreciate + History of music. Musicals – West side story
Ruckus short film https://vimeo.com/68344409?lite=1 |
Charanga – Music scheme. | |
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| Religious Education | |||
| Relationships Education
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Working together Being assertive Acting appropriately Class contract – look at peace and conflict. | ||
| British Values and Global links |
British value – to understand the consequence of your actions. Goal 16 – Peace, justice and strong institutions. Goal 10 – reduce inequalities. |
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| Literacy Links | Quality texts chosen to enhance understanding of the theme and to build vocabulary/comprehension skills.
E-safety Poster design Writing a survival guide Balanced argument – it is/isn’t OK to fight Letter writing |
Quality texts chosen to enhance understanding of the theme and to build vocabulary/comprehension skills.
Explanation Writing – how water transports around a plant. Writing up investigation -Science Recipe writing |
Quality texts chosen to enhance understanding of the theme and to build vocabulary/comprehension skills.
Persuasive letter writing – I believe xxxx is the most important law because… Persuading people to build houses in certain areas |
| Maths Links | Data collection – pulse rate. Finding averages of results. | Weighing and measuring ingredients
Budgeting and money – buying ingredients 10 Billion – number system |
Time and seasons
Scale drawing
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Topic Webs
You will find an outline of our termly topics on our Class Information Page