Constantine’s Creative Curriculum

Tresillian Class - Summer term

Cornwall

This term, children will be immersed in everything Cornish!
Through studying our local area, children will learn about the mining heritage of our county. Children will also learn about Pip Staffieri, Europe’s first stand up surfer from Newquay and explore about how surfing became so popular in our county. Through geographical enquiry, children will discover the diverse features of Cornwall and be able to locate famous Cornish landmarks. A trip to Geevor Tin Mine will enable children to understand what life would have been like as a miner. Art will also be a large focus this

term as we explore Cornwall’s most influential artists.

Constantine Primary School

• Topic: Cornwall
• Y6

What I should already know:
Vocabulary:

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Cornwall is a county in England in the South West

Ordnance survey map – it creates up-to-date paper

and digital maps
Cornwall is surrounded by coastline Tourism is the main industry in Cornwall Cornwall has a rich fishing and mining heritage Surfing is a popular sport in Cornwall
Aerial view – a viewpoint from great height

Wheal (Vyvyan) meaning workplace

Engine house building containing a steam engine Smelting the process in which tin metal is extracted from black tin

By the end of this unit, I will:

Industry – the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale

Industrial revolution – the transition to new

manufacturing processes Heritage – values, traditions, culture and artefacts handed down by previous generations

Bal – a mine

Bal maiden – a female worker in the mining industry

Bonnet – a bal maiden’s traditional hat

Buccas – piskies, fairies

Dip – miner’s name for a candle

Engine house – the building containing a steam engine Extracted – to remove or take out with force Hand barrow – a barrow for carrying rock. It had no wheels but had handles and both ends. Usually was carried by 2 boys

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Know the key events of the history of mining in Cornwall

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Know the location of famous Cornish landmarks Understand the impact that a significant Cornish figure has had on Cornwall

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Understand the location of Constantine parish in the county, country and wider world Be able to use OS maps to study a local area including the Helford and Kenwyn rivers. Be able to use OS symbols to identify human and physical geographical features Be able to sequence key events of this period on a time line Know and use some key vocabulary relating to tin mining

Kernow – Cornwall in Cornish

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Understand how surfing came to Cornwall Cornwall has an internationally important art heritage

Richard Trevithick – a British inventor and mining

engineer from Cornwall. He lived from 1771 – 1833 Smelting – process where tin is extracted from black tin

Steam locomotive – a type of railway locomotive

that produces its pulling power through a steam engine. St Piran – the patron saint of tin miners Tull – an old mining hat, usually thick and hardened with resin

Pip Staffieri - first stand up surfer in UK

Timeline:

How does this topic fit into other areas of the curriculum?

This is a topic with a geographical and historical theme, strong links to art and lots of opportunities for local studies. 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.

Science

English

Electricity. Children will be able to:

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Explore, read and share Cornish Myths and legends Write non-chronological reports of the history of surfing in Cornwall (NCR)

associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit

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compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram.

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Write narrative recounts of legendary Cornish surfing pioneer, Pip Staff ieri

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Write in a range of styles inspired by William

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Explore the lives and works of significant Cornish historical figures

Light Children will be able to:

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recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye

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explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them.

Geography

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Study the location of Constantine at parish, county, country, European and global scale

History

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Sequence Cornish significant events on a timeline

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Identify the human and physical characteristics, key topographical features and land-use patterns of Cornwall A comparison of the human and physical geography of The Isles of Scilly and the Galapagos Islands Study Ordnance Survey maps of local area. Learn about 4 and 6 figure grid references and symbols used in OS maps

Add famous Cornish historical sites to a map of Cornwall Study the lives of famous Cornish people who shaped the history of Cornwall

Cornwall

Tin Mining in Cornwall:

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Sequence key events on a time line

Year 6 Term 3

Understand developments in mining in the wider context of the Industrial Revolution Understand the national and international legacy of Cornwall’s mining past Undertake an in-depth study of the history of mining in Cornwall.

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Visit Geevor Mine Local History: study of a near locality using primary and secondary sources

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Compare modern day and historical maps of Constantine and Cornwall

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Undertake fieldwork to study the human and physical features in the local area

Art

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Lino printing: Pattern and line inspired by waves and wave art

Maths
Design and Technology

Painting, illustration and Graffiti based on ‘surf art’ and surfboard design Study Barbara Hepworth’s drawings for sculpture with colour and recreate using a range of media.

White Rose Scheme of Learning Year 6 term 3

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Design and make moving cam toys using a range of woodworking skills

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Visit Barbara Hepworth Museum Art inspired by the paintings and prints of Sir Terry Frost and other St Ives School artists Visit Tate St Ives and Hepworth museum
Cookery:
Make a Cornish pasty

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PE

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Real PE unit 5 – health and fitness Real PE unit 6 – personal skills

RE

For Christian, what kind of king is Jesus?

Music
French

Performing and Singing Sing with confidence and

control Songs: End of Year Musical to school, parents and community singing confidently, with clear diction, mostly accurate tuning and control

of breathing. Composing and improvising Create

music which demonstrates understanding of structure and discuss the choices made. Listening Appreciate a wide variety of music and begin to develop a sense of the history of music. Be perceptive to music and communicate personal thoughts and feelings through discussion and movement. Notation Be able to follow basic shapes of music including staff and other

Curricilum Kerwenek How

does faith help people in Cornwall when life gets hard?

Café – food and drink – how to order.

PSHE

Character descriptions – masculine and feminine forms. Listening comprehensions –

SRE To describe how and why the body changes during puberty and in preparation for reproduction. Discuss different types of adult relationships with confidence. Explain basic facts

revision of all topics.

about how conception and pregnancy. Explore positive ways of communicating in a relationship. Know how to get support if an online relationship goes wrong.

Computing

Digital Literacy Y6 Lesson 5: Selling Stereotypes Espresso Coding Unit 6b Digital Photography notations through singing and playing.