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Year 5 Term 1 – Frozen Constantine’s Creative Curriculum Year 5 – Autumn Term Frozen! With a geography focus, this topic is a journey of adventure to the most extreme regions of our planet: the Arctic and the Antarctic. Year 5 will uncover some of the amazing natural wonders of our world. They will delve into the lives of the intrepid explorers who conquered the challenges of these harsh environments and discover the fate of those who were not so fortunate. They will find out how people and animals cope in these hostile yet beautiful places and discover how modern life is changing these places forever. Humankind versus nature - let the exploration commence! Constantine Primary School Topic: Frozen Year Group: 5 What I should already know: Vocabulary: Antarctica: Area of frozen sea and land around the South Northern Hemisphere – the part of Earth that is Pole. to the north of the Equator. Arctic: Area of frozen sea and land around the North Pole. Southern Hemisphere – the part of the Earth to Biomes An area providing a specific habitat the south of the Equator. Climate: Climate is a long term pattern of the weather The Arctic region is found in the Northern conditions. Hemisphere Environment: The area in which something exists or lives. The Antarctic region is found in the Southern Equator: An imaginary circle around the Earth which divides the Hemisphere northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. Antarctica is a continent Expedition: a group journey with a particular purpose. The Polar Regions are very cold Explorer: someone who travels to undiscovered places. The Arctic and Antarctic are fragile regions and Glacier: a large body of ice. are being affected by global warming Global warming: Change in the climate that makes the world People have explored the Polar regions warm up. Global warming is caused by pollution made by humans. Scientists study the Polar regions Heroic Age: Iceberg: a floating mass of ice that has detached from a glacier. What I will know by the end of this topic: Ice cap: an ice sheet that covers less than 50,000 square kilometres of land. The Arctic region is found in the Northern Hemisphere Ice sheet: a thick sheet of ice covering an extensive area. and includes parts of Canada, Alaska, Russia, Finland, Sea ice: a thin, fragile layer of frozen seawater. Sweden, Norway, Greenland and Iceland along with the Inuit: people that have always lived in the Arctic regions. Arctic Ocean. Temperatures can reach -68ºc in the winter Pollution: Harmful chemicals or gases that spoil the months, making it one of the coldest places on Earth. The environment Arctic region is home to small populations of people (Inuits) alongside an amazing variety of plants and animals, including the polar bear, the arctic fox and the walrus The Antarctic region is found in the Southern Hemisphere and it is the world’s fifth largest continent. It is covered in an ice sheet that is up to 4.8km thick. It is the coldest, driest, highest and windiest continent on Earth. Temperatures can reach -89 ºc. There is no precipitation and wind speeds can reach 80km per hour in some areas. Location Knowledge: There are no people that live permanently in the Antarctic Identify the position and significance of latitude and region, yet scientists may live there for periods of time. how this affects temperature and climate zones. Locate the Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, There are no trees in Antarctica and only two native kinds Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle on a world map. of flowering plants, but it has a rich sea life, including the Locate Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere and the emperor penguin, humpback whale and leopard seal. Arctic in the Northern Hemisphere. Locate and label countries within the Arctic Circle. Locate and label countries linked to Shackleton’s expedition Use maps of Antarctica to identify ice shelves, South Pole and trace steps of Antarctic exploration Human and physical geography: Throughout history, people have been fascinated by the Describe climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts Polar Regions and have explored and studied them (taiga, tundra, permafrost, ice sheet...) extensively. Learn about Climate features of polar regions Geographical skills and fieldwork Sir Ernest Shackleton was a key figure of the Heroic Age of use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping Antarctic Exploration which was an era which began at the to locate countries and describe features studied end of the 19th century, and ended after the First World War. Ernest Shackleton: Polar Explorers Ernest Shackleton is considered to be one of the most Ernest An Antarctic explorer who led Shackleton three British expeditions to the inspirational explorers and leaders of the 20th Antarctic. A key figure of the Century. He was a polar explorer who carried out Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. expeditions to Antarctica. Roald Amundsen A Norwegian explorer of polar Shackleton timeline: regions and a key figure of the 1874 – Shackleton is born, County Kildare, Ireland Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. First to reach 1890 – Shackleton joined the Merchant Navy the South Pole; First to 1892 – He progressed to First Mate navigate the Northwest 1901 – Shackleton joined Scott on the British National Passage Robert Falcon Royal Navy officer and explorer Antarctic (Discovery) Expedition. Scott who led two expeditions to the 1903 – Shackleton sent home due to illness Antarctic regions: the 1907 – The British Antarctic (Nimrod) Expedition set Discovery expedition of 1901– 1904 and the ill-fated Terra sail Nova expedition of 1910–1913 1909 – Returned to England after being forced to turn Robert Peary An American explorer who back made several expeditions to 1914 - Endurance sets sail from London the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best 1915 – Endurance trapped in ice drifts for 10 months known for claiming to have 1916 – Shackleton reunites with his crew and returns been the first person to reach the geographic North Pole with to England his expedition on April 6, 1909. 1921 – The Quest departs England on the Shackleton- Matthew An American explorer who Rowett Antarctic expedition Henson accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to 1922 – Shackleton dies, Grytviken, South Georgia the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years. Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. She was launched in 1912 from Sandefjord in Norway; three years later, she was crushed by pack ice and sank in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica. How does this topic fit into other areas of the curriculum? This is a topic with a geographical theme, strong links to history and science and lots of cross curricular writing opportunities. Where there are no explicit links with National Curriculum areas, for example, RE, music, PE and PSHE, these subjects will be taught separately during the term. English Science Write explanation texts about icebergs and glaciers Learn about the life cycles and survival adaptations of emperor Write an autobiography of an iceberg penguins and other polar animals Write acrostic poems about icebergs Learn about the Polar Regions as habitats Write non-chronological reports about emperor penguins Learn that water exists in three states of matter: solid, liquid Write diary extracts of crew members aboard the and gas Endurance Learn that materials which trap air (gas) make good thermal Write a biography of Ernest Shackleton or other Polar insulators explorer Begin to understand some of the work carried out by Antarctic scientists Begin to understand the effects that modern life has on the climate crisis and how this affects the Polar Regions Geography History Use world maps to identify Equator, the Make timelines of Polar exploration Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic Know key historical figures of the Heroic and Antarctic Circle. age of exploration Describe climate zones, biomes and Know some key dates associated with vegetation belts. Describe the climate of Arctic and Antarctic exploration the Polar Regions Frozen Use maps of Antarctica to identify ice shelves, South Pole and trace steps of Year 5 Term 1 Antarctic exploration Art Design and Technology Use pen and ink to create artworks inspired by Inuit artists Maths Design and make a unique ice cream Use collage and mixed media to create Use weather data to plot line product polar landscapes graphs of Arctic and Antarctic Visit an ice cream factory (Roskilly’s) to Use clay to make Polar animals climate learn about the ice cream making Use white drawing materials on black industry paper to reproduce images of Shackleton’s Endurance White Rose Scheme of Learning Year 5 term 1 RE PE What does it mean if Christians REAL PE Unit 1 – Cognitive believe God is holy and loving? French Netball: I can read and react to different situations as they develop. I suggest patterns of play which will increase chances of success. I have a clear idea of how to develop my own and others work. Why do some people believe in Body parts and illness God and some not? Family members Unit 2 - Creative Clothes (uniform) Gymnastics / Swimming: I can effectively disguise what I am about to do next. I can use variety and creativity to Time – half past, quarter past and engage an audience. quarter to Story – Le Navet Christmas – traditions Computing Christmas food Grammar – verbs avoir and etre, Learn to create strong, secure PSHE Music negative form passwords Learn about the risks and side effects of Performing & Singing: Sing with and play maintaining an Phonemes – recap ‘eu’ ‘ou’ ‘ch’ ‘oi’ Make a digital Citizenship pledge illegal drugs appropriate pulse. Songs Appropriate to topic ‘in’ ‘an’ ‘on’ ‘ere’ Learn to use Blogging platform To consider people’s attitudes and beliefs Creating (composing & improvising):Create an appropriate simple (WordPress) about drug use and users piece that fits with the topic using staff and musical notations.
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