1. Year 5: Achievement and Legacies
English texts/video stimulus:
Read various non-fiction books and watch videos about inventions.
Greek myths
Greek story of the marathon
Biographies about inventors (e.g. Thomas Telford)
Horrible Histories
Linked to language and literacy – Pandora’s Box / King Midas
English Writing Opportunities:
Speech linked to democracy
Write a recount from bean to a chocolate bar.
Letter recount by Hernan Cortes about discovery of chocolate.
Persuasive text about a new invention.
Non-chronological report about the life of Abraham Darby or Thomas Telford.
TV news report play-script about first moon landing.
Setting description for first Olympic games
Social, Moral, Spiritual and cultural links:
Democracy – Ancient Greeks
Art and Design:
Greek mosaics
Design and Technology:
Cook using chocolate
Year 5: Achievement and Legacies
Science:
Separate topic –Forces
Mathematics:
Timeline of historical achievements and legacies
Roman numerals
Greek mathematicians
Pyramid shapes (nets) and measurements
Computing:
Design a toothpaste advert (radio)
Music:
How technology changed music.
Create an electronic song.
Famous People:
Various inventors/explorers
Thomas Telford
Abraham Darby
Visits:
Eninuity?
Ironbridge/Coalbrookdale
Geography:
Plotting explorers’ journeys
Locations of achievements and legacies
History:
Timeline
Ancient Greeks
Industrial Age
Ancient Egypt
Mayans
History of inventions and how they’ve changed over time.
PE:
Create own Olympic games.
Languages:
Separate.
Words taken from the Greeks