Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist who organised the UK suffragette movement and helped women win the right to vote.

Transdisciplinary Themes

As part of the IB PYP, we have the six transdisciplinary themes that help us to develop a programme of inquiry into these important concepts. Each term, we focus on one of these themes, this term is ‘how we organise ourselves’. This transdisciplinary theme is explained using the following descriptor: inquiry into the nature of the self, beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human. To ensure coverage, each year group is allocated part of the descriptor to focus on in more detail. By doing so, we can confidently ensure that each child will have explored these ideas – through age-appropriate and relevant inquiries – by the time they leave us in Year 6.

Below are the six transdisciplinary themes that we will cover throughout the year: 

  • Who we are
  • Where we are in place and time
  • How we express ourselves
  • How the world works
  • How we organise ourselves
  • Sharing the planet

Homework

Homework is posted on Google Classroom every Monday afternoon and is due the following Monday morning. You may either hand this in or you may post onto our Google Classroom.

Reading and times tables

Children are encouraged to independently change their own books so that they regularly have access to an engaging text. They read with an adult as often as possible to ensure that the book band that they read from is appropriate and supports their progress and reading skills. We ask that when children read, it is recorded in their reading record.

All children have a login to Times Tables Rock Stars which they can access in class and at home.

Knowledge Organisers

Module 4

how we organise ourselves

Central Idea:
Organisations were created to respond to a need.

Core Texts:

  • Cosmic
  • Crater Lake

English Writing:

  • Persuasive letter
  • Adventure story
  • Non-chronological report

Maths:

  • Decimals
  • Percentages

Science:

  • Earth
  • Space

History:

  • Significant individual: Katherine Johnson

Geography:

  • Geographical features of the moon and Earth

Spanish:

  • Weather (El Tiempo)

Computing:

  • Data and information

PSHE:

  • Physical health
  • Mental wellbeing
  • Keeping safe

RE:

  • What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?

Art:

  • Collage

Music:

  • Epoca

how the world works

Central Idea:
Humankind may have a special relationship with the environment.

Core Texts:

  • Holes

English Writing:

  • Informal letter
  • Setting/character description
  • Non-chronological report
  • Persuasive advert

Maths:

  • Fractions
  • Multiplication
  • Division

Science:

  • Properties and changes of materials

History:

  • Exploring the US Civil Rights movement

Geography:

  • Region in North America

Spanish:

  • Pets

Computing:

  • Information technology

PSHE:

  • Media literacy
  • Digital resilience
  • Money and work

RE:

  • Sikh, Christian, Hindu, Jewish: If God is everywhere, why go to a place of worship?

Art:

  • Sculpting

Music:

  • Madina Tun Nabi

sharing the planet

Central Idea:
Being human can mean going through changes and developments.

Core Texts:

  • No Ballet Shoes in Syria
  • The Boy in the Back of the Class

English Writing:

  • Diary entry
  • Newspaper report
  • Poem

Maths:

  • Fractions
  • Multiplication
  • Division

Science:

  • Animals, including humans
  • Changes as humans develop to old age

History:

  • Significant individual: Malala Yousafzai
  • Mapping out the changing rights of women throughout history, notably the suffrage movement

Geography:

  • Fieldwork
  • Describe a location on a map, including the use of a key
  • Find, recognise and compare places on maps of different scales
  • Draw a map with key features

Spanish:

  • Colours
  • Numbers

PSHE:

  • Families and friendships
  • Safe relationships

RE:

  • What would Jesus do? – Can we live by the values of Jesus in the 21st century?

Art:

  • Drawing: inspired by The Arrival by Shaun Tan

Music:

  • Why we sing
  • Introduction to songwriting

DT:

  • Cooking

who we are

Central Idea:
Being human can mean going through changes and developments.

Core Texts:

  • Who Let the Gods Out
  • Leo and the Gorgon’s Curse

English Writing:

  • 3rd person narrative: myths and legends
  • Non-chronological report about a God

Maths:

  • Place value
  • Addition
  • Subtraction

Science:

  • Animals, including humans
  • Changes as humans develop to old age

History:

  • Ancient Greece

Geography:

  • Locate Greece on a world map

Spanish:

  • Everything about me: name, age, where I live

PSHE:

  • Families and friendships
  • Safe relationships

RE:

  • Christians & non-religious (e.g. Humanists): Why do some people think God exists?

Art:

  • Greek art

Music:

  • What Should We Do with the Drunken Sailor?

DT:

  • Building structures