‘Nobody else is quite like me’

English
Narrative
Historical stories – Stone age & Roman events and individuals, dramatic events such as the disaster at Pompeii.
Non-Fiction
Explanations – Volcanic Eruptions
Poetry
Haiku – War riddles on Roman shields
History
From the Stone Age to the Romans:
Ch will investigate what life was like in the past from Stone age to Roman Britain. They will use drama to explore life in an Iron Age village; become archaeologists to explore evidence, ask and answer questions about life in the past; debate Caesar’s invasion to Britain; investigate whether the Celts should have let the Romans take over their villages, what the Romans did for us and what the Romans introduced to Britain that we still use today.
Art and Design
’Mosaics’ – using Roman images as inspiration and experimenting with paper and tiles to create mosaics that depict Roman life and key events.
Design and Technology
‘Roman Standards’ – developing stitching skills and embroidery techniques on textiles to create a class Roman Standard for our legion (with a link to Computing when recording and developing a stop motion movie of the final class march to battle).
Maths
  • Number
  • Measurement
  • Statistics
Topic-based activities will include using Roman Numerals, Roman coins, Roman problem-solving, weapon inventory, shield shapes, Roman shopping.
Geography
Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes around the world, naming countries in the Roman Empire.
Languages
‘Portraits’ - Roman gladiators, language and games connected to parts of the body, colours and numbers
‘Celebrations’ – Roman achievements and Gladiator games, sporting vocabulary, birthdays and months of the year.
Music
Battle Music – composing music to convey the mood and feeling of a Roman battle.
Curriculum Drivers
Creativity & Curiosity / Independence / Respect & Co-operation.
Science
Forces and Movement
Investigating resistance, friction and mechanisms such as levers, pulleys and gears (Roman catapults)
Properties of Materials
Exploring Volcanic Eruptions, investigating different types of rocks and soils.
Working Scientifically
Asking scientific questions and using enquiries to explore the answers to them.
Computing
Communication - using movie-maker software and ‘Stop Motion’ techniques, chn will create an animated movie of their class march (link to DT – use of created Roman textiles).
Physical Education

Hockey - skills, techniques, rules and tactics

Badminton - skills, techniques and rules
Gymnastics – balancing, developing agility, flexibility and stamina for sustained and progressive movements, changing speed and travelling in different ways.
Religious Education / Personal Development
Practice and Ways of Life - Jewish Celebrations ‘Roman Festivals’Identity, diversity and belonging - The Wider Church ‘Roman Buildings’ / To Concentrate:
(Roman Tactics) To focus on activities, to ‘tune out’ some distractions, to search for methods to help with concentration and to develop areas of deep interest.

‘Nobody else is quite like me’