Term 1

Geography - Enough for Everyone

How do we help our environment?

Science

Properties of Materials 

Use of everyday materials and grouping them. Thermal insulators, what are they? Create a plan to show the physical property of them, test and then explain which is the best. Everyday uses of thermal insulators. Insulating our homes and schools (link this to Sustainability).

Soluble and insoluble comparing materials. Can you recover insoluble solids? Separating soluble solids from solutions. Can you remove salt from Seawater? Why do we need to?

Art

Tints, Tones and Shades

This project teaches children about colour theory by studying the colour wheel and exploring mixing tints, shades and tones. They learn about significant landscape artworks and features of landscapes before using this knowledge to create landscape paintings.

DT

Moving Mechanisms

This project teaches children about pneumatic systems. They experiment with pneumatics before designing, making and evaluating a pneumatic machine that performs a useful function.

Term 2

History

Our local area - Impact of the reformation and Tudors

Science 

Properties and Changes of Materials 

This project teaches children about the wider properties of materials and their uses. They learn about mixtures and how they can be separated using sieving, filtration and evaporation. They study reversible and irreversible changes, and use common indicators to identify irreversible changes.

Art

Expression 

This project teaches children about the Expressionist art movement and the 'Father of Expressionism', Edvard Munch. They explore different ways to portray feelings and emotions in art to create an imaginative self-portrait.

Term 3

Geography - Compare the UK and Western America

Looking at Landmarks in the UK and in America. Understanding Human and Physical Geography. 

Science

Earth and Space

Observing the moon and it's patterns. Why does the sun appear to move across the sky? Day and Night. The movement of the planets around the sun. How we see the moon from the Sun.