Disease and Development

Disease and Development

1. English

   • Writing to Entertain and Persuade - Writing in Role
     • Letter from a Plague Doctor - using modal verbs to persuade, semi-colons to join independent clauses, and formal 17th century language
     • Speech in role as John Snow - using persuasive language, the passive voice and colons for explanations
   • Writing to inform and entertain - Horrible Histories
     • Structuring our writing using subheadings and topic sentences and creating cohesion within and between sections
     • Researching and using relevant facts to teach the reader about history
     • Engaging the reader through humour and informal language

2. Science - Microorganisms

   • Identifying microorganisms (bacteria, virus and fungus) and their different roles
   • Hand washing enquiry - using UV glo gel to investigate what hand washing techniques best remove microorganisms
   • Mouldy bread experiment - investigating how different conditions (light, moisture, etc.) affect the rate of mould growth

3. PE - Handball

4. RE - Buddhsim

   • Significant places and pilgrimage sites
   • Buddhist monks and nuns
   • The festival of Wesak and its significance

5. Art/DT

   • Australian artist-Sha'an D'anthes
   • Watercolours and illustration. Children will be layering mediums and blending colour techniques using themes of nature and nostalgia

6. Launch - Microorganism Investigations

7. Landing - Mr. History visit

8. PSHE -Dreams and goals

   • Establishing learning goals and the steps to achieve them
   • Identifying problems in the world and how we can work with others to make the world a better place

9. History - Disease and medicine through time -

   • Middle Ages and the Black Death - what living conditions helped or hindered the spread of the plague and how did people's experiences differ base on location and economic status
   • The Great Plague of 1666 - investigating whether living conditions and medical knowledge changed over 300 years and how this impacted the spread of the plague and its treatment
   • 1854 Cholera Outbreak - acting in role as John Snow to map the cholera outbreak, find its source and explain its cause
   • Coronavirus - creating a timeline of the pandemic and its treatment, focussing on vaccine development
   • Class debate to answer the key eqnuiry question - Have we got better at fighting disease?

10. Maths

    • Fractions
      • Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing with fractions
      • Compare and order fractions
      • Find equivalent fractions and convert between improper fractions and mixed number
    • Decimals
      • Place value up to 3 decimal places
      • Compare and order numbers with decimals
      • Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing with decimals
      • Converting between decimals and fractions