Into Africa

Into Africa

1. English Writing to Entertain

   • The Village that Vanished - 3 weeks
     • Retell a story from another character's perspective
   • The Lost Thing - 3 weeks
     • Innovate own narrative based on a text

2. Maths

   • Mental Maths - developing arithmetic and times tables
   • Number & Place Value
     • Count forwards and backwards through zero including negative numbers
     • Read and position multiples of 1000 on a number line to 1 million
     • Represent, say and write multiples of 1000 to 1,000,000
     • Round numbers
     • Compare and order numbers within 100,000
     • Solve problems within 100,000
     • Express numbers up to 10,000 in Roman numerals
     • Represent place value up to 10,000

3. Geography

   • Locate main countries in Europe, North and South America.
   • Compare physical features between England and Ghana
   • Locate countries in Africa and main counties and cities in England
   • Locate features of Africa e.g. rivers, mountains and large cities
   • Identify which features are human and which are physical

4. Science - Materials and their Properties

   • Appropriate materials for different purposes
   • Separating a mixture
   • Working Scientifically: to use their scientific experiences to explore ideas and raise different kinds of questions of appropriate complexity; to identify variables to measure or observe that are relevant to the question or idea they are investigating; to select and plan the most appropriate type of scientific enquiry to use to solve problems and answer questions; to use relevant scientific language and illustrations to discuss, communicate and justify their scientific ideas.
   • Investigating Properties
   • Identifying granular solids
   • Dissolving

5. PE

   • Fitness
   • Hockey

6. R.E. - Islam - Ramadan

   • Core themes: belonging and giving
     • Focus on Allah, being a good Muslim, and considering those who have less

7. PSHE

   • Being Me in My World
     • How Behaviour Affects Groups
     • Rights and Responsibilities
     • Rewards and Consequences
     • Democracy, having a voice, participating

8. History

   • History of the Slave Trade

9. Art

   • Drawing - Use different pencil grades to create range of effects, shading, drawing facial features in a realistic style– self portraits. Looking at artists e.g. Kehinde Wiley, Alice X Zang, Frida Khalo, Jen Bartel

10. Computing

    • Search Engines
      • Using keywords and phrases, identifying inaccurate information, learning page rank works as well.
    • E-safety

11. How do the human and physical features make it different to live in Ghana compared with the UK?

12. Whole Class Reading

    • Journey to Jo'burg