Year Group: 1/2 Term: Spring2016 Topic: Chocolate ... · • History of chocolate and life of John Cadbury. Mantle After school trip a letter/ email will arrive asking children to

Year Group: 1/2 Term: Spring2016 Topic: Chocolate

Theme: Chocolate The Motivators

Charlie and the chocolate factory Cadbury’s World

Dragons Den – Mantle

Areas for Learning: As Historians we will:

• We will learn about the life of John Cadbury.

• Research the history of chocolate. • Research the history of significant local

people. • Look at the history of the Aztecs

As Designers we will: • Design an appealing product

As Musicians we will: • Make and combine sounds musically

As a Scientist we will: Look at every day materials and their properties. Look at the suitability of materials and how they can be changed.

As artists we will: • create Aztec patterns • design labels for chocolate bars • pencil drawings of chocolate (still life)

Art and Design Immersion Book Talk

• Reading a range of familiar stories as stimuli. ‘Charlie and the chocolate factory’ The story of chocolate Video clips (the literacy shed)

Non fiction: Smart about chocolate: history of chocolate Cadbury World

• History of chocolate and life of John Cadbury.

Mantle

After school trip a letter/ email will arrive asking children to design create and make their own chocolate bar. Children will present to panel of experts in a

‘Dragons Den’ style.

History Design wrappers. Contrasting colours and patterns Repeating patterns-design chocolate bar. Observation drawings of chocolate bars and boxes in different media. Aztec design

Life of significant individual- John Cadbury Look at the Cadbury family. Bournville ( our locality), why was the town built. Changes in chocolate bars/ wrappers Visit Cadbury World. History of chocolate –The Aztecs Changes over time- changes in packaging.. Timeline, the history of chocolate.

Music Geography • Use their voices expressively by

singing songs • Rehearse and perform with

others

• Recognise and explore how

N/A

sounds can be made and changed

• Using a range of instruments • Make and combine sounds

musically • Play tuned and unturned

instruments •

Spelling, punctuation and grammar skills

YEAR 1 Capital letters and full stops, phase 5 phonics. YEAR 2 Edge, g=J, c=s, silent n, y=I,ie, i, double consonants.( 12 weeks) Past and present tense, commas in lists, exclamation marks and question marks. Example grammar questions. Proof read and make changes- polishing pens. Activities To understand the structure of stories by retelling with actions. Sequencing stories through pictures- story maps. Use descriptive language-collect and select. Make instructions for a recipe Lists- make a list of the ingredients Character descriptions Scene setting Planning ideas for writing and proof reading Newspaper article Report writing Comparative writing

Outcomes Year 1 Rehearse sentences before they are written. Write for different purposes. Join sentences using ‘and’. Use lead in lines in handwriting. Know spellings of week including common exception words and high frequency words. Year 2 Plan and write more complex pieces of writing. Stories have beginning ,middle and end. Check and polish work making improvements to grammar, spelling and content. Joined handwriting. Know spellings of week including common exception words and high frequency words.

D.T. PSHE/ British Values • Talk about their ideas. • Design functional, purposeful

appealing chocolate bar • Evaluate products and own

ideas • Chocolate tasting • Make chocolate bars from

mantle

Circle time Manners Dogs trust Relationships and personalities

Science P.E. MATERIALS Year 1 What are objects made of. Identify different materials and their properties. YEAR 2 Compare everyday materials for their use. Find out how solid shapes can be changed.

Hand eye coordination and ball skills.

I.C.T. R.E. • Design chocolate wrapper

using 2simple • Design poster to advertise

chocolate bar • Different fonts and lettering • Powerpoint – ideas for

advertising (colour choice) • Retrieved information about

John Cadbury

Year 1 What makes some places sacred- church, mosque, synagogue. How and why do we celebrate special and sacred times. Easter. Year 2 What can we learn from sacred books? The Bible, The Quran, The Torah.