Download Ancient Greece

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DT
Maths
Fables- Learning about Aesop’s
fables, writing and telling own
versions of a fable.
Myths and Legends – read
Greek myths, identifying key
features. Plan and write own
quest myths using key
features of characterisation
and story structure.
Instructions – Write
instructions for how to create
Pasteli.
Reports – Research Ancient
Greek Gods and write a report,
focus on language features of
non-fiction writing.
Dialogue – Consider questions
we have about Greece and use
information books to find
answers. Use the questions and
answers to write up and record
as an interview.
Poetry – Write poetry based on
the sun, using expanded noun
and adjectival phrases.
Designing and making a coil pot
from clay.
Designing and constructing a
mask in the style of the Ancient
Greeks to be used in
dramatisations.
Counting, partitioning and
calculating.
Securing number facts.
Understanding shape.
Handling data and measures.
Strategic methods to solve problems.
Deeper understanding using reasoning.
Science
Archimedes, floating and sinking
and working out the volume of 3D
objects including our fists; clenched
and unclenched!
Thinking about the Olympics
learning about the way body works.
Computing
Internet Safety – compiling a
set of rules for ourselves on
how to keep ourselves safe on
the internet. Children will
explore what to do if they feel
uncomfortable about
something they see on the
internet and discuss our
digital footprints.
Scratch programing.
Children will be creating two
characters to animate a Greek
myth. The characters must
interact to score points.
Geography
What is Greece like? Map
work – identify landmarks,
compare Greece to UK. How
does it differ to England?
Look at landmarks and
geographical features.
Tourism – Greece as a
holiday destination.
Climate – compare to UK
RE – Hinduism
We will be looking at
the main beliefs of
Hinduism; how they
affect a Hindu’s
everyday life and
discuss what we all try
to achieve in our lives.
Art
Ancient
Greece
Music Ukulele – learning to play notes
from simple musical notation.
Looking at examples of singing
games played in Greece and UK –
compare and contrast. Invent own
singing games in small groups.
Olympics – Investigate Greek
artefacts, learn about pottery
and design of pottery. Create
images for pottery using a
variety of materials.
Greek Traditions- creating a
frieze to show Ancient Greek
traditions.
PE
Swimming – we will spend the
first six weeks at Brockworth
swimming pool learning
personal water safety and
basic strokes. Invasion games.
History
History of the Olympics.
Looking at cities and states;
democracy; Sparta, Athens; the
Pellopenese war; Battle of Marathon:
Greek Navy; Philosophy; inventions,
culture and way of life; Alexander
the Great.
MFL – German
Learning basic conversation,
stories and some written
words.