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Class Novel

English

Biographies;
Stories from another culture;
Instructions;
Formal Letters

Non-chronological reports; Narrative Writing;
Haiku;
Discussion Texts

Greek myths;
Balanced arguments;
Playscripts;
Odes

Religious Education (RE)

Science

Forces and Mechanisms: Contact and non-contact forces;
Gravity;
Mass and Weight; Discovering gravity; Important scientists; Friction;
Air resistance;
Water resistance; Mechanisms;
levers, pulleys, gears;
Investigating forces and mechanisms;
Working scientifically; Identifying and classifying; 
Comparative tests; Research;
Pattern seeking

Properties and Changes of Materials: Properties of materials;
Thermal conductivity;
Food chains and webs;
Life cycles;
Plant reproduction;
Growing plants;
Modern farming;
Animal life cycles;
Measuring temperature; Thermal insulators;
Solubility;
Heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures; Sieving;
Filtration;
Evaporation;
Separating unusual mixtures;
Reversible and irreversible changes;
Innovative materials; Working scientifically; Identifying and classifying; Observing changes over time;
Comparative tests; Research;
Pattern seeking

Stages and processes;
Classifying mammals;
Mammalian life cycles;
Interpreting scatter graphs;
Human life cycle;
Human gestation stage;
Human juvenile stage;
Human adolescent stage;
Venn diagrams;
Interpreting line graphs;
Human ageing;
Working scientifically;
Observing changes over time; Identifying and classifying;
Pattern seeking;
Comparative test;
Research

Personal, Social & Health Education (PSHE)

History

Ancient China;

Timelines and chronology; Shang Dynasty;

Sources and artefacts;

Oracle bones and religious beliefs;

Bronze Age in ancient China; Historical enquiry;

Everyday life;

Warfare;

Significant individual – Di Xin; End of the Shang Dynasty; Bronze Ages around the world;

Legacy

Ancient Greek periods: Minoan civilisation;

Mycenaean civilisation;

Dark Age;

Archaic period;

Classical period;

Hellenistic period;

Chronology and timelines; Primary and secondary sources;

City states;

Democracy;

Role of men and women; Social hierarchy;

Great Athenians;

the Acropolis;

Greek art;

culture;

architecture;

philosophy;

medicine;

mathematics;

Olympic Games;

Alexander the Great;

End of the Greek Empire; Legacy

Geography

Investigating Our World: Ordnance Survey maps;
Contour lines;
Six-figure grid references; Time zones;
Human geography;
Fieldwork

Land use in the UK;
Allotments;
Farming in the UK;
Maps;
Grid references;
Climate zones;
Vegetation belts;
Biomes;
Physical features of North and South America;
Farming in North and South America;
Food transportation;
World cities;
Sustainable manufacturing processes;
Relatives locations and distances;
Transport networks; Settlement hierarchy; Local enquiry

Computing

Physical Education (PE)

Art and Design

Tints, Tones and Shades: Colour theory;

Colour wheel;

Mixing tints, shades and tones;

Landscapes.

Taotie: Taotie motifs; Casting methods; Watercolour

Still life; Line, Light and Shadows: Continuous line drawing; Significant artists: Pablo Picasso and Rembrandt;

Shading techniques; Drawing on black paper; Black and white photography;

Nature's Art: Land art; Natural materials;

Relief sculpture; Installations

Mixed Media: Paper crafts; Papermaking; Paper, fabric, mixed media and surreal photo collage;

Mixed media artwork;

Expression: Expressionist art movement;

Significant artist: Edvard Munch; Portrait photography;

Expression;

Self-portraits

Design and Technology (DT)

Architecture: Architecture over time; Greek architecture;

Structural support, stiffness and stability;

Computer-aided design; Building design;

Mixed Media: Fabric and mixed media collage; Stitching and embellishment

Music

Spanish