Creative Curriculum matrix…… - E-ACT

Greenfield EACT Academy Creative Curriculum 2017-19 Upper Key Stage two- years 5 and 6

Creative Curriculum matrix: Upper Key Stage 2 2017/18

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6

Topic title Stone Age Was the stone age savage?

Vicious Vikings and Awful Anglo-Saxons Were the Vikings really vicious?

Vicious Vikings and Awful Anglo-Saxons Were the Vikings really vicious?

Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis Did the Minotaur make the Earth shake?

Peaks and Troughs (Mountains and Rivers) What are the highs and lows around the world?

Enterprise/ Fairtrade Chocolate Should we eat chocolate?

Skill Focus -History, Geography or Science.

History History

History Geography/ Science

Geography History/Geography

Topic text

Stig of the Dump

The Last Viking

The Last Viking

Greek Myths

Bear Grills Charlie and The chocolate Factory

Literacy Genre

Year 5 : Non- Chronological reports Legends Poetry – Haikus/ Kennings

Year5: Flash back stories Magazine articles

Year 5: Story from another culture- Beowulf Information Booklets

Year 5: Traditional Tales Explanation

Year 5: Playscripts Discussion

Year 5: Persuasive writing Novel as a theme – older Literature


Year 6 : Non – chronological report Wishing tale story Poetry

Year 6 : Recounts Instructions Poetry

Year 6 : Flashback story (Short story) Explanation ( Evidence in Blue Books – big writes)

Year 6 : Instructional writing Fantasy story Persuasive letter writing ( previous term’s topic link)

Year 6 : SATS Biography – Bear Grills

Year 6 : Newspaper reports Report Writing

Science

Year 5: Material World Year 6: Classified critters.

Year 5: Let’s get moving Year 6: Staying Alive

Year 5: Space: Year 6: Electricity

Year 5: Growing up and growing old Year 6: Light

Year 5: Circle of Life Year 6: We are evolving

Year 5: Super Scientists Year 6: We are dinosaur hunters.

Computing

Year 5: Coding Year 6: Analyse and test a range of apps

Year 5: Producing digital resources Year 6: Presenting information using a range of technologies/apps

Year 5: Coding Year 6: Safely contributing to a love digital resource blogging

Year 5: Simulation and modelling Year 6: Designing and developing anew app

Year 5: Simulation and modelling Year 6: Spreadsheet to solve a real world problem

Year 5: Film and animation Year 6: Film and animation


/copyright

RESPECT theme plus religious ceremonies/ celebrations

ISLAM Rosh Hashanah Harvest festival

CHRISTIANITY Christmas Remembrance day Diwali Guru Nanak Dev St Andrew’s Day Children in Need.

BUDDISM Commonwealth Day St Patrick’s Day

HINDUISM Easter St David’s Day Mothers’ day

JUDAISM St George’s Day/ Shakespeare's birthday Fathers’ Day Year 6 trip to Synagogue

SIKHISM Ramadan/Eid

SMSC (Including SEAL and P4C)

New Beginnings UNICEF focus:: world teacher’s day. ANTI BULLYING WEEK Greenfield democratic election

Getting on/Falling out/Bullying UNICEF focus: World Children’s day.

Going for goals UNICEF focus: Martin Luther King Day SAFER INTERNET DAY

Relationships WORLD BOOK WEEK SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WEEK

Good to be me UNICEF focus: World Health Day

Changes UNICEF focus: World Day against Child Labour

Creative curriculum links (RE, Music, Art and/or DT)

Cave painting style drawings Making stone age tools

African Drumming

Viking Drumming Viking and Anglo-Saxon art

Making a model volcano

Music from nature Landscape Art

Mayan themed art. Cooking with chocolate

PE (indoor and outdoor)

Year 5: Football Year 6:

Year 5: Swimming Year 6:

Year 5: Basketball Year 6:

Year 5: Hockey Year 6:

Year 5: Tennis/Rounders Year 6:

Year 5: Athletics Year 6:


Swimming Football Gymnastics Basketball Football Athletics

WOW opportunities

Stonehenge Avesbury Pensford Caveman-style Roast Enterprise challenges.

Viking boat race Re-enactment of Viking event.

Building a hut Model Village Viking Museum

Making a volcano Watching documentary about Mount Vesuvius

Making boats Orienteering Navigation Year 6 camp

Sampling chocolate

Making chocolate and selling to the school/parents Enterprise.


Creative Curriculum matrix: Upper Key Stage 2 2018/19

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6

Topic title The Ancient Egyptians What was inside Tuthankhamun’s tomb?

The Victorian Era How did the Victorians change our lives?

A study of Africa How are places different around the world?

Life in post war Britain How has life changed since WWII? Enterprise – year 6

Skill Focus -History, Geography or Science.

History History, Science

Geography

History

Topic Text Horrible Histories: Awesome Egyptians

If A Christmas carol/Oliver Twist

Tales from Africa Goodnight Mr Tom

Literacy Genre

Year 5 : Non- Chronological reports Story from another culture – Ahmed’s secret Poetry – Haikus/ Kennings

Year5: Older literature – Novel as a theme Discussion

Year 5: Playscripts Explanations

Year 5: Persuasive writing Traditional Tales Narrative poetry

Year 5: Magazine articles Legends

Year 5: Information booklets Flash back stories Poetry


Year 6 : Non – chronological report Wishing tale story Poetry

Year 6 : Recounts Instructions Poetry

Year 6 : Flashback story (Short story) Explanation ( Evidence in Blue Books – big writes)

Year 6 : Instructional writing Fantasy story Persuasive letter writing ( previous term’s topic link)

Year 6 : SATS Biography – Nelson Mandella

Year 6 : Newspaper reports Report Writing

Science

Year 5: Material World Year 6: Staying alive

Year 5: Space Year 6: Classified Critters

Year 5 : Growing up and growing old Year 6 : Electrifying

Year 5: Let’s get moving Year 6: Light

Year 5: Circle of Life Year 6: We are evolving

Super Scientists We are dinosaur hunters.

RESPECT theme plus religious ceremonies/ celebrations

ISLAM Rosh Hashanah Harvest festival

CHRISTIANITY Christmas Remembrance day Diwali Guru Nanak Dev St Andrew’s Day Children in Need.

BUDDISM Commonwealth Day St Patrick’s Day

HINDUISM Easter St David’s Day Mothers’ day

JUDAISM St George’s Day/ Shakespeare's birthday Fathers’ Day Year 6 trip to Synagogue

SIKHISM Ramadan/Eid


SMSC (Including SEAL and P4C)

New Beginnings UNICEF focus: world teacher’s day. ANTI BULLYING WEEK Greenfield democratic election

Getting on/Falling out/Bullying UNICEF focus: World Children’s day.

Going for goals UNICEF focus: Martin Luther King Day SAFER INTERNET DAY

Relationships WORLD BOOK WEEK SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WEEK

Good to be me UNICEF focus: World Health Day

Changes UNICEF focus:: World Day against Child Labour

Computing

Year 5: Coding Year 6: Analyse and test a range of apps

Year 5: Producing digital resources Year 6: Presenting information using a range of technologies/apps

Year 5: Coding Year 6: Safely contributing to a love digital resource blogging /copyright

Year 5: Simulation and modelling Year 6: Designing and developing anew app

Year 5: Simulation and modelling Year 6: Spreadsheet to solve a real world problem

Year 5: Film and animation Year 6: Film and animation

Creative curriculum links (RE, Music, Art and/or DT)

Egyptian Art Making an Egyptian death mask

.Victorian music Making Victorian Christmas cards Victorian Enterprise Victorian Tea

Victorian portraits – silhouettes Sampling food from around the Empire – using money from

African landscapes – using collage effects Creating African Death Masks African drumming

War figure – portraits


party – wow event Visit to Blaise Castle

Enterprise

PE (indoor and outdoor)

Year 5: Football Year 6: Swimming

Year 5: Swimming Year 6: Football

Year 5: Basketball Year 6: Gymnastics

Year 5: Hockey Year 6: Basketball

Year 5: Tennis/Rounders Year 6: Football

Year 5: Athletics Year 6: Athletics

WOW opportunities

Museum trip - Egyptians

SS Great Britain Visit to Blaise Castle

Victorian Tea party – wow Victorian Enterprise event

Clothes/food sampling/African bunting Year 6 camp

Trip to M-Shed – WW2 exhibition

Documents

Creative Curriculum matrix…… - E-ACT