Our year begins with an in-depth study of Charles Darwin and how he shaped the world around him. We follow this question through many of our subjects- English, Reading, Science, Art and RE, as we delve into his life and works and discover how his investigations and theory changed our understanding about how we got here.

In Autumn 2 we move onto looking at our locality and how Titus Salt shaped the world around him. Considering why he chose to build his village in Saltaire.

English

Key texts we will look at in English this term include Kensuke’s kingdom in Autumn 1 moving into the Highway man and Charles Dickens a Christmas Carol in Autumn 2.

Continuing to address our big question ‘How can individual people shape the world around us?’ we continue to look into figures who have helped shape our knowledge of history.

We begin by looking into the discovery of Howard Carter, and look at how it shaped some of our understanding of the daily lives of Egyptians.  We consider the geography of Egypt and why the river Nile was so important.

We then look at the discovery of John Lloyd Stephens and what that taught us about the Mayans, and consider the geography of the Mayan civilisation.

English

In English we continue to look at a wide variety of texts including Shakespeare- writing non chronological reports focussing on grammar and editing our work.

Science

In Science we begin the term looking at light and how shadows are formed- carrying out an experiment on shadow sizes.

We then move on to look into the mechanisms of our circulatory systems and  how to keep our hearts, lungs and (consequently) bodies healthy. We perform exercise tests on our pulse rates, and link to our DT topic from last term to think about healthy eating.

Art

In Art we look at the work of Georgia’ Keefe and use a range of different medians to create our own pieces based on her artistic style.

Maths

We continue our mastery style curriculum in maths, consolidating key facts and moving into decimals, percentages and algebra.

In our final term at Christ Church we begin to consolidate everything we have looked at so far in the Year.

We end the year by looking at the civil rights movement and significant people who have helped bring change. Including Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Katherine Johnson and Floella Benjamin. Helping to answer our big question ‘How Have individual people shaped the world around them’

In Science we look at Electricity and Light and how these affect the environment. Looking at how me can make a change to our world by making more sustainable choices.

In RE we end the year by considering why people choose to go on pilgrimage and why it is so important.

In Art we consider Banksy and how artists can use art to comment on the world around them.

In English and Maths we consolidate all our knowledge from the year working on our problem solving skills and considering how we can edit and improve our written pieces of work.

Below are our Knowledge Organisers for the term.