Freegrounds Junior School - Topic Plan Year Group: 6 Topic Title: FANTASTIC BEASTS Term: SPRING 1

SCIENCE

Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago

Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents

Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution

As scientists, we will be investigating fossils and looking for similarities and

differences between living things from the past and today. We will investigate the similarities and differences between living things and their offspring and consider why

this happens. We will look in depth at the adaptation of birds in Dawin’s Theory of Evolution and use investigative models to draw conclusions.

We will be curious, asking why animals have changed how they may change in the

future.

ART

Drawing- Use HB and 2B pencils, graphite sticks, crayon, chalk pastels, oil pastels, charcoal, felt-tips, ball point pen and water colour pencils.

Painting- Use round and flat head paintbrushes in different sizes, use watercolours, use poster paints

Use a range of techniques to build, shape and decorate clay.

As artists, we will be using the work of Tim Jeffs to study reptiles eyes and scales. We will be experiment with different mediums and techniques to create a detailed and accurate picture of a dragon eye before creating a 3D sculpture

in clay of our dragon's eye.

We will be aspirational in our creativity, challenging ourselves to take risks in the artistic choices we make.

MUSIC

Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression

Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music

Use and understand staff and other musical notations

Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians

As musicians, we will be listening to “A Bao A Qu" considering how music is used to create atmosphere. We will use rhythm and melody to create musical

pieces to represent our own Fantastic Beasts. Religious Education

Concept: Salvation

1. To be able to explain what the word salvation means

2. To explain how salvation is significant within the Christian story

3. To explain the value of salvation to Christians

4. To express a personal response to the concept of salvation

5. To explain examples of how salvation can be applied to my own life and the lives of others

PE and Games

Hockey and Street Dance

Play competitive games, modified where appropriate, and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending

Perform dances using a range of movement patterns

Compare own performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.

Spanish

Homes and Houses

Listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding

Speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures

Write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express

HOOK:

Trails of evidence left by beasts.

Video from Ministry of Magic

requesting help.

FABULOUS FINISH:

Fantastic Beast Hunt

PSHE

Keeping Myself Safe

Includes aspects of safe internet use,

drugs and Relationships Education

ENGLISH

Write a description of a Fantastic Beast.

Write an information text about a Fantastic Beast.

Write a suspense narrative in which a Fantastic Beast is revealed.

Texts Harry Potter—Chamber of Secrets

Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them