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Greece is the Word Outcome 1 Design postcards from Ancient Greece, using grid references for Outcome 2 Create a timeline and identify key event from Ancient Greek Outcome 3 Research and publish a presentation about daily life in Outcome 4 Use drama to explain the wars between Marathon and Outcome 5 Design and produce a packet to store ‘Ancient Outcome 6 Study and produce a sketch of the Ancient Greek Parthenon. Outcome 7 Write an explanation piece based on the influences of Ancient Final Outcome Theatre production about Ancient Greek Gods using mas Texts we will be reading: Who Let the Gods Out (Maz Evans) Theseus and the Minotaur (Greek Myth) 12 Labours of Heracles (Greek Myth) Developing oracy by: - Theatre production / drama - Debate about the arguments for / against opening Pandora’s box Our P4C focus will be: - If we are what we repeatedly do, then is excellence a habit rather than an act? Enquiry Question: Is it all a myth? Key skills we will be aspiring to achieve: Maths - Solve multi-step addition and subtraction problems in context. - Compare and order fractions - Add and subtract fractions. English - Draft, edit and redraft a narrative about Theseus and the Minotaur, with emphasis on the use of linguistic devices to build suspense. - Draft, edit and redraft a narrative about the 13 th Labour of Heracles, using punctuation for effect. Geograph y - Use grid references to locate Greece on a map and find out key facts about the country. - Identify the key aspects of physical geography in Greece Computin g - Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, by making a maze-game based on Theseus and the Minotaur. History - Understand where ancient Greek civilisation fits on a timeline. - Explain how the Persian war united Athens and Sparta and understand why the battles of Marathon and Thermopile are remembered today. Art / DT - Design and work from own detailed plans modifying where appropriate. - Create a 3D product using a range of materials. Physical Educatio n - Develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance by choreographing our own gymnastic routines. - Play net and wall games, applying basic principles of attack and defence. Science - Associate the brightness of a lamp with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit. - Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs and the on/off position of switches. Immersive Experience: Portals to the Past: - Greek theatre experience, re- enacting ancient myths - Petteia—a Greek strategy game - Ancient Greek Olympic Games Project Outcome Theatre production about Ancient Greek Gods using masks created in DT Project Audience Year 5 parents and teachers from Excel Academy
