Years5and6

��Term1War!Keyconcepts:Conflict,resolution,invasion,state,refugee,propagandaKeyquestion(s):Arethereanywinnersinwar?Whatisthecostofwar?Focus:Warthroughachild’seyes.Conceptofpropaganda.Importanceofunderstandingsocialcontextofevidencestudiedinhistory.Studyarangeofimageryandillustrationsfromwartime,includingemotiveimagesfromthebookstheyhavebeenreading.Keytexts:LettersfromtheLighthousebyEmmaCarrollWelcometoNowherebyElizabethLairdRoseBlanchebyIanMcEwanOncebyMorrisGleitzmanMemorialbyShaunTannTerribleThingsbyEveBuntingGirlwithaWhiteDogbyAnneBoothTheDayWarCameNicolaDaviesRebeccaCobb

�Term2InthecompanyofwolvesKeyconcepts:stereotype,predator,survival,foodchain,coexistence,economicsKeyquestion(s):Wolves:GoodorBad?Howarewolvesperceivedinliterature?Istheliterarywolfatruelikenessofarealwolf?Keytexts:https://blog.ted.com/video-how-wolves-can-alter-the-course-of-rivers/WolfBrotherbyMichellePaverWolvesintheWallsbyNeilGaimanMouseBirdSnakeWolfbyDavidAlmondTheLastWolfbyAnnTurnbullRomulusandRemusTheWolvesofWilloughbyChasebyJoanAikenArtistfocus:KerryDarlington

Term3CarnivalKeyconcepts:Equality,discrimination,racism,immigration,tolerance,respectKeyquestion(s):Whatdoesitmeantobelong?Whatisbelonging?Whatisdiscrimination?Asasociety,shouldwebecolourblind?Areweinapost-racialculture?Focus:TheoriginsofCarnivalanditshistoricaldevelopmentthroughoutEurope,theCaribbeanandLatinAmerica,itsAfricanrootsanditsinfluences.HowCarnivalsareintimatelyconnectedtothehistoryofslavery,colonialismandemancipationandtopost-warimmigration.TheoriginalmeaningofCarnival.Keytexts:TheIslandArminGrederTheArrivalShaunTanSketchesfromaNamelessLand:TheArtofTheArrivalShaunTanArtistfocus:JaniceSylviaBrock

Term4CrimeandpunishmentKeyconcepts:democracy,equality,justice,law,rights.State,individualliberty,humanrightsKeyquestion(s):Whodecideswhatisacrime?Whatrightsdowehave?Doesthecriminaljusticesystemworkandrepresenteveryoneinsociety?Terroristorfreedomfighter?Graffiti– artorfreedomfighterFocus:Arerightsuniversal/global?Whatdoescriminaljusticelooklikeglobally?Enrichmentexperience:PoliceliaisonvisitKeytexts:NoughtsandCrossesbyMalorieBlackman1984GeorgeOrwell‘NelsonMandela:LongWalktoFreedom’‘JourneytoJohannesburg’byBeverlyNaidooArtistfocus:AndyWarhol

Term5GlobalwarmingKeyconcepts:climate,pollution,alternativeenergy,recycling,sustainability,economicgrowth,inequalityKeyquestion(s):Howdoweknowtheclimateischanging?What’sthedifferencebetweenclimateandweather?Whatisthedealwithcarbon?Whatistheimpactoffarming/deforestation?Whopaystheprice?Keytexts:FloodlandsbyMarcusSedgewickThePromisebyLauraCarlinandNicolaDaviesNottheendoftheworldbyGeraldineMccaughreanSongoftheDolphinBoybyElizabethLairdorTheLastWildbyPiersTordayUndertheWeather:StoriesAboutClimateChangeedTonyBradmanhttps://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/climate-challenge-7-11

Term6TwotribesKeyconcepts:loyalty,acceptance,conflict,belonging,identity,stereotypeKeyquestion(s):Whatkindsofgangsarethere?Cangangsbegoodforsociety?Whydopeoplejoingangs?What’sthedifferencebetweenagroupandagang?Focus:Gangculture.Individualvsociety.Rules.Thechangingfaceofgangsoverthelast15years.Riots.PeerpressureKeytexts:Shakespeare'sRomeoandJulietadaptedbyMichaelRosen,JaneRayPrisonertothestreetsRobynTravishttps://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2011/nov/10/gangs-good-society-youth-crimehttp://exposure.org.uk/2017/04/joining-a-gang-will-ruin-your-life/WatertowerGaryCrewStevenWoolman

Year3and4

Term1TheShipofDreamsKeyconcepts:Courage,duty,class,responsibility,emigrationKeyquestion(s):ShouldweraisetheTitanic?WouldyousailonareplicaoftheTitanic?Whoweretheheroes?Whowastoblame?

Focus:Whomadethedecisionaboutthenumberoflifeboats?Whosaiditwasunsinkable?Whywomenandchildrenfirst?Givechildrenthenameofoneofthepeopleonboard.Whatclasswouldtheyhavebeenin?Didtheysurvive?Passengeroremployee?KeyTexts:TitanicforKidsBook-DiscoverTheHistoryofTheTitanicShip,withFunFacts&PicturesofIt'sConstruction,MaidenVoyage,Passengers,Sinking&More!byAndreaWintersNationalGeographicKidsReaders:Titanic(NationalGeographicKidsbyMelissaStewartStoryoftheTitanicbySteveNoon

Term2FromdinosaureggtofeatheredbirdKeyconcepts:Evolution,ancestor,palaeontology,

Keyquestion(s):Weredinosaursreallyterriblelizards?Howdoweknowaboutthepast?Whyhaveideaschanged?

Focus:Comparisonofdifferentbirds.Wingsstudy–Owls,Kestraletc.flight,waterproof,fossils,migration,habitats,bonestructure

KeyTexts:TheDinosaur'sDiarybyJuliaDonaldsonTheDinosaurBoneElizabethDaleStuMcLellanFeatheredDinosaurs(theoriginofbirds)byJohnLongandPeterSchoutenFlyingDinosaursbyJohnPickrellStoneGirlBoneGirl:TheStoryofMaryAnningofLymeRegisbyLaurenceAnholtGigantosaurusbyJonnyDuddleMonsterStones:TheStoryofaDinosaurFossilbyJacquiBailey

Term3DarkchocolateKeyconcepts:Fairness,FairTrade,exploitation,equality,trade,producer,consumer

Keyquestion(s):Howischocolatemade-andatwhatsacrifice?

Focus:Whoinventedchocolate?MayanandAzteccultures.TheSpanishconquistadors.Timelineofchocolate.Humangeography:typesofsettlementandlanduse,economicactivity,tradelinks,distributionofnaturalresourcesenergy,food,mineralsandwater.Ethicalconsumption.Childlabour.Localandglobalcitizenship.FairTrade.KeyTexts:FairTrade(Explore!)byJillianPowellChocolatebyLizGogerlyBitterChocolatebySallyGrindleyTheChocolateTree:AMayanFolktalebyLindaLoweryTheGreatKapokTreebyLynneCherrywww.papapaa.org/files/unwrapping-chocolate-lesson.pdf

Term4Explore!Keyconcepts:Colonisation,immigrationorinvasion,courage

Keyquestion(s):Whatdoesitmeantobeanexplorer?Whatmakesa‘good’explorer?

Focus:.Whydidtheywanttoexplore?Werealljourneyssuccessful?Latitude,longitude,Equator,NorthernandSouthernHemisphere,TropicsofCancerandCapricorn,ArcticandAntarcticCircle,Prime/GreenwichMeridianandtimezones.KeyhistoricalpioneersKeyTexts:Shackleton'sJourneybyWilliamGrill(NF)GreatExplorersbyStewartRossStephenBiestyIceTrap!Shackleton'sIncredibleExpeditionbyMeredithHooper,M.P.Robertson(NF)AvoidJoiningShackleton'sPolarExpedition!…byJenGreen,DavidAntramJemmyButtonbyJenniferUmanTheRainbowBearbyMichaelMorpurgoTheSomethingbyRebeccaCobbArtiststudy:KatsushikaHokusaiGreatWave

Term5RingofRosesKeyconcepts:Empathy,sacrifice,uncertainty,quarantine,courageisolation,infestation,infection,disease,plague

Keyquestion(s):Whywerethechildrenonthehill?WhyEyamvillageandnotOreVillage?

Focus:HowdidtheplaguereachEyam?DiditreachHastings?Whatwastheimpactoftrade?Whatmakesavillage?CouldOreVillagehaveisolateditselffromothervillagesasEyamdid?Historyofmedicine?Understandmethodsofhistoricalenquiry–criticallydiscussandanalysearangeofsources,makingcontrastsandcomparisons.

Keytexts:TheChildrenofGreenKnowebyL.M.BostonPlague:OutbreakinLondon,1665-1666byTonyBradmanGreatPlaguebyPamelaOldfieldArtiststudy:AndyGoldsworthytextilesandcollage

Term6Endangered!Keyconcepts:conservation,endangered,extinction,habitat

Keyquestion(s):What’sthecostofconservation?Isextinctionjustpartoflife?Isitthebestuseofresourcestosaveeveryspeciesthatisendangered?

Focus:Whatisanendangeredspecies?Whyarespeciesendangered?Humanimpact.Howarespeciesinterdependant?Whywouldn’tpeoplewanttosaveendangeredanimals?

KeyTexts:5ElephantsbyRobLaidlawGambabyDJBurkTheTinForestbyHelenWardTheJourneyHomebyFranPreston-GannonOneWorldbyMichaelForemanWhytheAnimalsCametoTownMichaelForemanTheLastTigerbyRebeccaElliottTheRabbitsShaunTan

Year2

Term1SurvivingthestoneageKeyfocus,vocabularyandideas:Ancestor,evolve

Keyquestion(s):Howoldisman?What’stheevidence?Whendid‘man’become‘man’?

KeyTexts:Wonderwise:StoneAgeBoneAge!AbookaboutprehistoricpeoplebyMickmanningStoneAge:StepBackintheTimeoftheEarliestHumansCharlotteHurdmanStoneAgeBoybySatoshiKitamuraCaveBabybyJuliaDonaldsonEmilyGravettUG:BoyGeniusoftheStoneAgeandHisSearchforSoftTrousersbyRaymondBriggsTheSecretsofStonehengeMickManningStigoftheDumpbyCliveKingTheFirstDrawingbyMordecaiGernsteinChangesinBritainfromtheStoneAgetotheIronAge.Religion,technology,traveloftheStoneAge.Why/whenwasStonehengebuilt?WhatwasthepurposeofStonehenge?”Cavepaintings.AllisonDearborn-

Term2ChildrenthroughtheagesKeyfocus,vocabularyandideas:

Keyquestion(s):Hasitalwaysbeengoodtobeachild?Whatwasitliketobeachildinthepast?

Term3Inventors

Keyfocus,vocabularyandideas:Whatisaninvention?Whatdoesnecessitymean?PuttinginventionsinchronologicalorderInventionscreatedbyaccident.Designandmakeaninventionofyourown.Enterprise.

Keyquestion(s):Inventorsvscelebritieswhowillsaveourworld?Whodoyouadmireandwhy?Whodoyouconsidertobeahero?KeyTexts:ShaunTan–TheLostThingArtistfocus:AlanDavie,EdwardBawden,PatrickCawfield,RogerHilton.

Term4Rollup!Rollup!

Keyfocus,vocabularyandideas:Keyquestion(s):Shouldanimalsbemadetoperform?Doweknowwhatanimalsfeel?

Enrichmentexperience:Circusworkshopday

KeyTexts:WhenAnjuLovedBeinganElephantbyWendyHenrichsABoyandaJaguarbyAlanRabinowitzThemanwhowalkedbetweenthetowersbyMordecaiGernsteinMydad’sabirdmanbyDavidAlmondandPollyDunbarThefantasticflyingbooksofMrMorrisLessmorebyWEJoyceLeonandtheplacebetweenbyAngelaMcAllister?

Term5YanomamiKeyfocus,vocabularyandideas:Survival,Sustainability,socialjustice,habitat,endangered

Keyquestion(s):Righttosurviveortimetoadapt?WhatisIndigenous?WhoarethepeoplewholiveintheAmazon?

KeyTexts:TheGreatKapokTreebyLynneCherryTheShaman'sApprentice:ATaleoftheAmazonRainForestbyLynneCherryAmazonDiary:TheJungleAdventuresofAlexWinterbyHudsonTalbottPoetry–Rainforest;‘WalkingwithmyIguana’TheVanishingRainforestbyRichardPlattTheBlueButterflySueliMenezesAnnikaSiemsTheAmazon:Parts1and2,JourneyintoAmazoniaorReader’sDigest:Whataretheclimaticzonesoftheearth?Artistfocus–HenriRousseau,GeorgiaO’Keefe,StLeonard’smural

Term6Treasurebeneaththesea?

Keyfocus,vocabularyandideas:Extinction,survivalKeyquestion(s):Howdoestheseaprolonglife?KeyTexts:TreasurefromtheSeabyLisaWollettCoralandplantsthatarecollectedformedicines,makeup.Plasticpollution–impactonearth.Linksbetweensealifeandourownsurvival.

Year1

Term1Up,Upandaway!

Keyquestion(s):Whatwouldyoupacktotaketothemoon?Whatdoesittaketobuildyourveryownplanet?Howdoyoutakecareofit?KeyTexts:WhatevernextbyJillMurphyUp,UpandAwayTomMcLaughlinHowtoCatchaStarOliverJeffersThere’saMonsterinYourBookbyTomFletcherTheWayBackHomeOliverJeffersQPootle5byNickButterworth

Term2Lightanddark

Keyquestion(s):Whichismorepowerful–lightordark?

KeyTexts:FoxintheNight:AScienceStorybookAboutLightandDark(ScienceStorybooks)byMartinJenkinsTheOwlWhoWasAfraidoftheDarkbyJillTomlinsonOscarandtheMoth:ABookAboutLightandDarkbyGeoffWaringCan'tYouSleep,LittleBear?PaperbackMartinWaddellMoonbyPatriciaHegartyLighthouses,fireworks,bulbs,lanterns,prisms.Howlightisusedtocelebrate,commemorateandremember,usedforsafety,usedtohelpgrow,usedtowarn,usedtoguide.Istherestillcolourwhenit’sdark?VanGoghStarrynight

Term3Egg!Keyquestion:Whatcomesoutofanegg?EnrichmentopportunityHatchingchicksFrogspawntotadpolesQuerksKeyTexts:TheoddeggEmilyGravettFirsttheeggLauraVaccaro-SeegerChickensaren’ttheonlyonesRuthHeller

Term4GrowKeyquestion:Doesgrowmeangetbigger?Whydoesaplantneedroots?Enterpriseactivity:setupagardencentreKeyTexts:BelongingJennieBakerWindowJeannieBakerCamilleandtheSunflowersLaurenceAnholtJackandtheBeanstalkWearegrowingLaurieKellerOncethereweregiantsMartinWaddellTheGrowingStorybyRuthKrausTenSeedsHardcoverRuthBrownTheTinySeedEricCarleVanGogh-Sunflowers

Term5Creepycrawlies–mini‘beasts’?Keyquestion:Arecreepycrawliesreallybeasts?EnrichmentopportunityMini-beasthuntKeytexts:TheVeryBusySpiderEricCarleTheBad-temperedLadybirdEricCarleTheVeryLonelyFireflybyEricCarleTheGrouchyLadybugEricCarleAnAnt’sDayOffBonnyBeckerExplorify–close-ups

Term6UndertheSeaKeyquestion:What’sunderthesea?EnrichmentopportunityGoogleExpeditionsKeytexts:FlotsamDavidWiesnerAFirstBookoftheSeabyNicolaDaviesSecretsoftheSeashore(Shine-ALightBooks)CarronBrownOcean:APhoticularBookCarolKaufmannCanyouguesswhatIam?AttheseasideJPPercyBilly’sBucketKesGrayandGarryParsonsStormwhaleBenjiDavies