North Wheatley Primary School / Class 3 Long term Topic Plans

Curriculum
Area
TOPIC TITLE
Season Events

Topic Trips /
Special Events

English

Maths
(any key areas
that can be
linked into topic
work)

Science

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Gallery Rebels

Off with her head Tudors

Scream Machine

Harvest Festival, St Andrews Day,

Remembrance Sunday, Christmas
Events and Play with YTC
London Residential
Art Exhibition for Parents

SATS, St Davids Day, St Patricks Day,

Mothers Day, Easter Celebrations

St Georges Day, Kingswood Residential,

Fathers Day, YTC Summer Production,
Transition Week, Pupils as Teacher, Leavers.
End of Term visit to local theme park?

Class reference book form of nonchronological report; responses to a

favourite piece of art from the 19th or
20th century.
Historical story based on Monets
Impressionist paintings of London.
Nonet poem using figurative language
inspired by The Scream.
Explanation texts link to work in
Science on light and the eye.
Instruction text - link to printmaking
work in Art.
Recount of residential visit.
Developing an understanding of larger
numbers investigate how much
famous 19th century paintings have
sold for at auction.

Light (Rick Berry Workshop in school?)

How do we see objects?
Explain why shadows have the same
shape as the object that casts them.
Optical illusions links with Surrealism
in art.
How we draw shadow and how we use
our sight to develop still life art work,
looking closer.
How cameras produce an image.

Gainsborough Old Hall

Biography writing research skills
used to record facts on a spidergram
relating to key events in the life of
Anne Boleyn or Thomas Cromwell.
Diary entry 1st person recount of the
arrest of Anne Boleyn.
Journalistic writing a newspaper
report to recount the execution of
Anne Boleyn.
Persuasive writing using the model
of Annes letter to Henry VIII, write an
additional plea for Annes release;
leaflet and poster to be used as an
advertising campaign for
Gainsborough Old Hall.
Data Handling Is Anne Guilty? Graph to show results. Extend to pie
chart for pupils working at Stage 6.

Poem based on The Ride by Grace Sayers

investigate the cinquain and use this form
to create own poem using theme of the
model.
Discursive writing are theme parks worth
the entry fee? Link to the safety issues
surrounding the accident at Alton Towers in
May 2015.
Adventure Story the roller coaster (link to
literal and figurative meaning of noun).
Fact file non-fiction text the worlds
biggest roller coasters.

Calculating Costs for a trip to a theme park

use of standard written methods to record
calculations.

Forces Centripetal Force. Air resistance,

water resistance, friction.
Properties of Everyday Materials
properties of materials used to build rides.
Test suitability, capacity and speed.
Mechanisms - Pulleys etc and pendulums
(Petsons Inventions)
Working Scientifically

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Art & Design

Computing

Design &
Technology
Geography

Great artists of the 19th and 20th

Century. Artists case studies. Copying
the work/techniques of great artists.
How to print and create different effects
by overprinting.
Using photography in art adapting
photography to create fine art.
Batik/Silk Painting equipment on loan
from Elizabethan Academy?
Personal Study based on own interests
incorporating skills and techniques
developed through topic prior to
exhibition for parents Tuesday 10th
November.
Street Art explore famous street art
and design own.
Seasonal Christmas Cards
Collecting, Evaluating and Presenting
Information. Artist Research etc. (Tate
and National Gallery website). Being a
safe internet user.
E-Art Using online resources and
available apps to create digital art.
Digital Photography

Portraits of famous Tudors What can

we learn about the people from their
paintings?

Take pictures of facial expressions during

rides copy and used paint to create
interesting and expressive portraits. Look
at artists who paint distorted portraits.

Presenting information using Ipad

Apps Strip Design and Book Creator?

Creating Presentations on I Movie to

present to others (trailer for the
Musical?)

Learn how to use search engine commands

effectively to search.
Use the internet to look at a range of theme
park maps. Create their own map for a
fantasy theme park by finding and printing
images from the internet.
Web analysts analysing websites
Coding (Mr Andrews Planning)
Investigate roller coaster carriage designs,
thinking about their structure. Use
construction to sketch/design and build
models of rides. Kenex?
Toys that spins and turn- spinning
mechanisms and programmable motor
control toys.
Work out and plan a trip to a theme park
transport. Timings and route etc.
Theme Parks Overseas Time zones in
different countries (what time do they open
their and in England). Explain how time
zones work.

Coding (Mr Andrews Planning)

Surrealist Sculpture/Recycled or found

objects sculpture. (Walk around the
village to collect found things to use to
create art with.
Make a motorised spinning paint wheel.
City Landscapes (Rivers (Thames)
Looking at the difference between city
and country)
Locational Knowledge Locate famous
artists origins on a world map / Where
did key art movements originate from?

Historic Maps - Compare Tudor and

Modern day London. Where were
people settled in Tudor times?
Where did the royals live (Hampton
Court and others) Which was the
grandest?
Locate key buildings/places linked to
the stories of the Tudors on a modern

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day map.

Art History create a timeline of Key Art

Movements.
How did history and the way life was
different years ago affect people
opinions of the art created. Why was
some of the work of famous artists seen
as rebellious?

History

Music/
Expressive Arts

Foreign
Languages

Timeline of events during the Tudor

period.
Visit to Gainsborough Old Hall,
planning questions and taking
notes/sketches.
Research Henrys marriages and
explore the details behind them Key
Questions to engage before research.

Did Theme Parks used to exist? What did

people do as a thrill seeking activity in the
past.

Annes alleged crimes find out about

crime and punishment in Tudor times.
How has this changed?
Discover key aspects about church
(separation of the church) and
parliament in Tudor times and how this
differs from now.
Who was Henry VIII? life size drawing
thoughts about his great matter
Music Focus (Instruments) Developing
skill and technical knowledge
producing and writing music.
Music in Art Music to represent
emotion and mood in a painting.

Drama Focus Henry the 8th the

Musical?
Greensleeves and Tudor Music

Song and Dance Focus Mixing Dance,

Singing and Musical instruments to create
performances. Links to Topic Rollercoaster
Dance and Songs Chants with actions
incorporating poetry.

After October Half Term KS2 children to

Production Songs
compete in Sing Up, practise this wed
pm.
Leavers Songs
Mrs Taylor teaching singing across the year See Long Term Plan for more detail
See computing for digital music.
Madame Morgan Teaching French every Thursday pm
(1/2 hour Yr 6 and Y5 separate)

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Physical
Education

Religious
Education

Orienteering MC?

Whats Important:
Exploring Values

Swimming
Making a
Pilgrimages and
Difference
Time Travel

Journey through
life

Christmas (5)
Easter (5)

Exploring Muslim Families and Beliefs