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Atomic Digital  

 

Year 5 Term 2A

CONTEXT

Game Developers

BROADENING EXPERIENCE

Life Centre: Planetarium

CLASS READER

Holes

Oracy Development Opportunities

ENGLISH

Focus Narrative:

Sci-fi Stories (Comics)

Key Text/Stimulus:

Planet Unknown (Animation)  

Focus Non-Narrative:

Persuasive text - Advert

Key Text/Stimulus:

New Planet Unknown game

Curriculum support genres:

Instructions

Information Text (Poster)

Recording adverts

ART

Artist:

M.C Escher

Medium:

Drawing pencils

RE

Northumberland Agreed Syllabus

Unit U2.3 Why do Christians believe Jesus was the Messiah?

Debate, discussions, hot-seating

HISTORY

National Curriculum:

No focus

Content:

No focus

GEOGRAPHY

National Curriculum:

identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night)

 

Content:

Link to Science   

 

PE

Real PE Unit:

Unit 3

Cog Focus

  • Social Skills

Fundamental Movement Skills

  • Dynamic Balance: On a Line
  • Counter Balance: With a Partner

Planning Link

Sport:

Gymnastics

Dance

Feedback, Explanations

DT

National Curriculum:

Focus objectives:

DESIGN OBJECTIVES

MAKE OBJECTIVES

EVALUATE OBJECTIVES

apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures

 

Content:

Pop-ups. Create promotional pop-up card for new Planet Unknown game

  • Explore pop-up books
  • Practise pop-up mechanisms
  • Apply chosen mechanism to design.

 

Feedback, evaluation

SCIENCE

National Curriculum:

Earth and Space

describe the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun in the solar system

describe the movement of the moon relative to the Earth

describe the sun, Earth and moon as approximately spherical bodies use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky

Discussions, explanations, presentation

WOW! Practical Introduction

Human Solar System.

Children work in large teams to create a moving model of the solar system using themselves and a variety of equipment such as hoops, balls and ropes. Working in a large space they should discuss their understanding of the solar system. Once completed, the groups perform their solar system and video. Compare their videos to video of actual solar system models.

Content:

  • Spherical Bodies
  • The Planets
  • Geocentric vs Heliocentric
  • Day and Night
  • Day and Night International
  • Movement of the Moon

 

Investigations:

Apparent movement of sun over time (track shadows)

Planning Link

COMPUTING

National Curriculum:

Computer Science

Game Creator (KODU - World building, game design)


 

Digital Literacy

Protecting Privacy (PM Unit 5.2 Lesson 2)

Planning Link

MUSIC

Instrument Tuition

Steel Pans

Performing/singing/evaluations

SPANISH

Language Angels Unit

Core Vocabulary & Phonetics:

  • Recap Previous Vocabulary

 

Progressive Language Unit (6 Lessons):

  • Los Planetas (The Planets)

 

 

Planning Link

Planning Link

Speaking aloud