Curriculum links

Geography – Where was Ancient Greece; how has Greece changed? Compare and contrast Britain to Greece focusing at terrain and climate.

Art – Creation of Ancient Greek pots using oil pastels and scrapers or ‘Modrock’ plaster and paint.

Literacy – Non-chronological report on Ancient Greeks explaining about the way they lived.

Computing – web research

Topic Subject: Ancient Greece

Timeline from Ancient Greece to the modern dayUse of primary and secondary sources of evidenceCity States comparison - Athens and SpartaDaily Life and societyThe Battle of MarathonAncient Greek mythologyDemocracyTrips/Visitors/Topic DaysGreek day

Discrete subjects:

Science – Earth, Moon and Sun (including Earth’s rotation and day and night); forces – gravity and air resistance

French

RE – Budhism

Games/PE – Basketball/Tag rugby/gymnastics

Computing – Scratch (coding and programming)

PSHE – Class rules and conduct

Music – Playing and singing in rounds; rhythm study

English:

Myths and Legends, The Silver Sword, The Big Ugly Monster

Writing Opportunities:

Fables, Legend, Letters, Stories

Drama: Big Ugly monster talking to Stone Rabbit

Reading – class book: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase; The Sleeping Sword

Maths:

Calculations, shape (measuring and drawing angles), fractions, problem solving

Year 5

Ancient Greece

Empathy

How the Ancient Greek lived

What was the difference between living in Athens or

Sparta?

Creativity

Art – Greek pots

Drama

Adaptability

How to present information

Curiosity

Answering own questions about

the Ancient Greeks

Aspiration

Greek book for library

Year 5 – Topic

Empathy

RE – looking at Buddhism and

how others think

The Big Ugly Monster – drama

Maths – group work problem solving

Creativity

Choices on how to present

literacy work

Computing -Scratch

Adaptability

Adapting language for

different genres in writing

Computing – Scratch

Maths – group work problem solving

Curiosity

Science – Earth and Space

Aspiration

Book of Fables

Open ended maths

investigations

Year 5 – Discrete