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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Picasso 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 success the same for everybody? |
Term 3 and 4
Spring Term Is bread the most popular food in the world? |
Term 5 and 6
Summer Term How can we honour our past while creating a future? The curriculum for Terms 5 and 6 is under review and will be updated shortly. |
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| Science | Greeks found out the earth was round.
Plants/living things and habitats Greeks studied where plants lived and how they grew – classification/competition. Study Issac Newton – Link with Greeks Investigation: How can we prove the earth is spherical? |
Plants Life cycle of wheat. Food chains and nutrition. Animals including humans – nutrition and food Story – Emily’s Bees Investigation: What affects how well wheat grows? Identify that animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement. – Focus on similarities and differences between the human skeleton and another animal. Rocks and soils – residential trip. Follow up investigation: Which rock is the hardest? Story – The fossil Woman |
Forces and magnets
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| Art and Design | How colour and shapes represent status.
Portrait painting throughout history. Create a portrait of classmate in the style of chosen artist using a range of media including photography. Artist study – DaVinci |
Look at artists who have been inspired by food. E.g. Albert Samuel Anker’s – Still-Life with Coffee, Bread and Potatoes.
Recreate art through collage with materials dyed using food products – onions, beetroot. |
Roller printing – natural objects blending two colours.
Work with clay adding greater detail and texture. Investigate ways of joining clay – scratch and slip. Clay vessel.
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| Computing | Scratch Programming – make a chase game
Knowledge Organiser |
Spreadsheets – collating information.
Use search technologies effectively. |
E-Safety
Researching Stone Age to Iron Age. |
| Design and technology | Design, make and evaluate: Design and make a pop-up Christmas card
Technical knowledge: pneumatics and levers create movement |
Design, make and evaluate: Know that food is grown – wheat.
Design and make a loaf of bread. Skills: measuring, kneading, tasting
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Up-cycling a T shirt to create a bag.
Technical knowledge: Sewing and joining text styles. |
| Geography | Physical Geography
Climate zones, weather. River Nile – source of life. |
Human geography Types of settlements/land use.
Place knowledge Compare UK and Scandinavia Draw maps with keys. |
Mapping skills. |
| History | Ancient Greece
Greeks Inequality within the ancient Greek civilisation. Slavery. |
Achievement of Early civilization
Indus Valley Wheat production. |
Stone Age to Iron Age |
| Music | History of music.
Are all musicians famous? Celebration music- playing for change/songs around the world. Recognise how music can reflect different intentions. . |
Listen and appreciate
Introduce to Feed the world – Bob Geldoff and other ballads that have been written to influence change. |
Charanga – music scheme |
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| Relationships Education
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Express opinions and listen to those of others;
Consider others’ points of view; Practise explaining the thinking behind their ideas and opinions. Let’s celebrate our differences Top talents – recognising the difference and skills within the class. Understanding different intelligences.
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| British Values and Global links | Respect and tolerance – we are all different and that is OK.
Global Goal 5 Gender equality and 10 reduce inequalities. |
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| Literacy Links | Quality reading texts linked to inquiry questions.
Building vocabulary linked to theme Fact file – Issac Newton Instruction/explanation writing in Science and DT
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Quality reading texts linked to inquiry questions.
Building vocabulary linked to theme Instructions and recipes: Science and DT Writing questions for research purposes Composing song lyrics/poetry in Music. |
Quality reading texts linked to inquiry questions.
Building vocabulary linked to theme Letter writing to share findings from Science investigation. |
| Maths Links |
Shape work in Art Temperatures – Geography
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Measuring and weighing in DT
Map drawing – scale |
Recording data in tables and graphs – Science |
Topic Webs
You will find an outline of our termly topics on our Class Information Page