Science: ANIMALS INCLUDING HUMANS.

• Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood.
• Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way bodies function.
• Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.

DIGITAL DATA: Use Excel or Purple Mash 2 Graph to create tables and line graphs showing data about pulse rates before and after exercise – use to answer relevant scientific questions

LI: Use a spreadsheet to create a simple data table and line graphMaths Links:

• Pie chart of blood types in the UK
• Create a line graph about pulse rates after exercise.
• Comparative line graph about healthy and drug abuser’s heart rates.
• Compare and convert lengths of blood vessels in different parts of the body and in different ages of people.
• Solve fraction problems about a healthy diet.
• Compare, convert and order the capacity of smokers and non-smokers’ lungsLiteracy Links:
• Biography on William Harvey
• Persuasive leaflet on the impact of drugs
• Instructional writing to create a healthy mealHistory: THE MAYA CIVILISATION
• Know what the word ‘civilisation’ means.
• Understand the term ‘Meso-America’ and locate this area on a map.
• Place the Mayan empire on a timeline.
• Know some of the common beliefs of the Maya.
• Use evidence left through buildings to find out about the Maya.
• Investigate Stephen’s and Catherwood’s work to find out about Maya life.
• Learn about everyday life in Maya times.
• Look at the Maya use of time.
• Learn about the Day of the Dead festival and how this originated in Maya times.
• Understand some of the reasons why the Maya disappeared from their cities in AD850.

CROSS-CURRICULAR LINKS

• Solve problems using the Maya number system.
• Investigate the Maya calendar

DIGITAL RESEARCH: Use Google Search and keywords to find useful information about the Mayans – compare the same info on different websites – make comparison table to check accuracy

LI: Compare the same information on different websites and booksGeography: AMERICA AND MEXICO

• Locate North and South America on a map.
• Identify where Mexico is on a map.
• Identify and locate the environmental regions of the North.
• Know the key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities of North and South America.
• Focus on Mexico City and compare the similarities and differences between Mexico City and London, looking at work, population, city size, climate, land use, dwellings etc.

CROSS-CURRICULAR LINKS

• Construct graphs and charts based on data about North and South America.
• Order and compare population sizes of cities in North and South America.
• Investigate the countries that made up the Maya civilisation and how they have developed
• Investigate the Spanish influence

CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS:

• Draw similarities between the Mayan, Greek and Viking gods.
• Would you rather live during the Mayan civilisation or another civilisation? Justify your choice.
• Compare Mayan life to another civilisation you know.
• What are the similarities and differences between the Mayan and the Roman numerical system?
• How do you think the Day of the Dead festival would be similar and different in Mayan times to now?
• Rank the reasons why the Mayans disappeared – which do you think is the most likely and why?
• Which evidence has told you the most about Mayan life? Why have you chosen this evidence?CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS:
• Looking at the physical features of each continent, what are the similarities and differences between North and South America?
• Create a fact file about Mexico for an atlas – what technical language can you use?
• Compare and contrast Mexico to another country in South America – which would you rather live in and why?
• Write an explanation of the environmental regions of North America – how much technical language can you include?
• Present findings of the similarities and differences between Mexico City and London, looking at work, population, city size, climate, land use, dwellings etc. using comparative graphs and diagrams. Art: Frida Kahlo
• Experiment with media to make different marks, lines, patterns, textures and shapes.
• Begin to develop an awareness of composition, scale and proportion in their paintings e.g. foreground, middle ground and back ground.
• Show an awareness of how paintings are created.
• Develop a painting from a drawing.
• Carry our preliminary studies – trying out different media and materials and mixing appropriate colours.
• Mix and match colours to create light effects.
• Be able to identify primary, secondary, complementary and contrasting colours.
• Work with complementary colours.

DIGITAL MEDIA: Use a digital graphics program to create a digital picture in ths style of Frida Khalo – experiment with brushes, colours, effects etc to achieve the same look

LI: Use a range of media tools to fulfil a design brief or specific outcome

CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS:

• Use a range of more complex painting techniques (brush strokes, thickness etc)
• Research Frieda Kahlo and discuss how her personal life affected her style and content of work
• Begin to understand how to use self-expression in drawings and paintings

• D.T: Make a Pizza
  • Prepare food products taking into account the properties of ingredients and sensory characteristics.
  • Select and prepare foods for a particular purpose.
  • Taste a range of ingredients and food items to develop a sensory food vocabulary for use when designing.
  • Weigh and measure using scales.
  • Cut and shape ingredients using appropriate tools and equipment e.g. grating.
  • Join and combine food ingredients appropriately e.g. beating, rubbing in.
  • Decorate appropriately.
  • Work safely and hygienically.
  • Show awareness of a healthy diet from an understanding of a balanced diet.

  DIGITAL MEDIA Make a simple instructional video film or presentation on how to make a pizza – use a storyboard to plan

  LI: Plan/create a film to explain a process or concept

  CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS:

  • Support others in using their tools, weighing etc
  • Independently evaluate which tools are the most appropriate to use for each ingredient to achieve the planned effect
  • Understand and discuss how ingredients can be adapted for allergies/dietary requirementsMusic: Pupils should play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy and fluency.
  • Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music.
  • Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds using aural memory.
  • Use and understand staff and other musical notations.
  • Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians.
  • Develop an understanding of the history of music.

  FOCUS STUDY – blues and jazz.P.E

  Please follow the Val Sabin scheme of work

  Gymastics, dance and gamesR.E (Please follow the Southwark agreed syllabus)

  • Christianity – UNIT 9
  • Islam – unit 5Computing: Coding, Programming and Computer Games
  • Understand how an algorithm relates to the intended outcome and the program that controls it
  • Use a range pf programming languages to write programs with loops, procedures and interaction
  • Explain some of the rules behind a simulation and why it was made
  • Create more complex interactive games and puzzles

  Work systematically to identify and correct errors and problems in their own and others programsEntitlement and enrichment: British museum   Pizza express  visit to Borough Market for supplies

  Topic writing links: (please teach during Friday’s literacy lesson and work in topic/Science books

  • Write a day in the life from a Mayan perspective.
  • Write a booklet about Mayan beliefs
  • Write about Stepehn’s and Catherwood’s work on the Maya
  • Write a diary/letter/postcard about a Day of the Dead festival
  • Write an advert for a Day of the Dead festival
  • Write an explanation of why the Maya disappeared from their cities
  • Write a letter from an invader arriving at Meso-America for the very first times
  • Write instructions re sacrifice
  • Write an eye-witness account of a human sacrifice
  • Write a report contrasting Mexico city/London
  • Write a recipe for making pizza
  • Write a simple biography about Ptolemy, Alhazen or CopernicusLiteracy books which link to the topic:
  • Rain Player
  • Heart of a Jaguar
  • The Chocolate Tree

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