Use basic geographical Understanding landscape and vocabulary to refer to information can be cultural differences. key human features, recorded in charts. To know how people including: city, town, live in each country. village, factory, farm, Understanding what Use maps, atlases, house, office, port, physical features are. globes and harbour and shop Investigating physical digital/computer use world maps, atlases features found in the to locate and globes Arctic. Exploring the countries and physical landscapes of describe features. To identify the United the Arctic. Kingdom and its Understand key countries. Explore Arctic cities physical features, and the countries they including: are in. Investigate beach, coast, forest, features in Arctic hill, mountain, ocean. cities. Identify and describe View and describing how the physical city images. features affect the Understanding where activity within a Greenland is in relation location. to the United Kingdom. Investigate physical and humans features in two cities. Compare and contrasting two cities’ features. Art Creating Silhouettes Magical worlds Aurora Borealis Paul Signac and Space Landscapes formations Pointillism To be able to use To look at Dean’s The children will have skills charcoal and to work and think about Understanding what To learn about the the opportunity to create silhouette how we know the lands the Aurora Borealis is work of a range of develop a wide range images of London are magical. and it occurs. artists, craft makers of art and design during The Great Fire. Touch upon surrealism Identifying colours and and designers, techniques in using Draw lines of and the work of Dali. shapes in the Auroara describing the colour, pattern, different sizes and The children use Borealis events. differences and texture, line, shape, thickness. inspiration from these Creating the Aurora similarities between form and space. They artists and images from Borealis with different different practices will use these skills to our topic to create and art materials. and disciplines, and create a variety of
Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port, harbour and shop use world maps, atlases and globes To identify the United Kingdom and its countries. Understanding information can be recorded in charts. Understanding what physical features are. Investigating physical features found in the Arctic. Exploring the physical landscapes of the Arctic. Explore Arctic cities and the countries they are in. Investigate features in Arctic cities. View and describing city images. Understanding where Greenland is in relation to the United Kingdom. Investigate physical and humans features in two cities. Compare and contrasting two cities’ features. landscape and cultural differences. To know how people live in each country. Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer to locate countries and describe features. Understand key physical features, including: beach, coast, forest, hill, mountain, ocean. Identify and describe how the physical features affect the activity within a location. Art skills Creating Silhouettes To be able to use charcoal and to create silhouette images of London during The Great Fire. Draw lines of different sizes and thickness. Magical worlds To look at Dean’s work and think about how we know the lands are magical. Touch upon surrealism and the work of Dali. The children use inspiration from these artists and images from our topic to create and Aurora Borealis formations Understanding what the Aurora Borealis is and it occurs. Identifying colours and shapes in the Auroara Borealis events. Creating the Aurora Borealis with different art materials. Paul Signac and Pointillism To learn about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and Space Landscapes The children will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space. They will use these skills to create a variety of
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