Literacy links:
Creation stories
Information text
about Mayans
Art links:
•Mexican landscape
art based on Mexican
colours
•Weaving
Maths
Investigations links:
Mayan maths –
Dresden Codex
ICT links:
Research on
internet
PowerPoint slide
for information
Safer Internet Day
Topic: The Marvellous Mayans
Focus: History/Geography
Time Scale: 7 weeks
DT links:
Mayan food – hot
chocolate; tortillas;
salsa
Performing Arts
Link:
Music – learn the
recorder
PE – swimming, dance,
handball
French – clothing
Science Links:
Habitats and creatures
that are adapted to live
there.
RE links:
Gods; customs and
festivals – Day of the
Dead
Class: Adders Class – Y3/4
PSHE, Citizenship
Enterprise links:
History links:
•Investigate & interpret the
past – use evidence about the
Mayans to ask questions and find
answers; suggest causes and
consequences of some of the
changes during this period of
history; look at reasons why
accounts of the Mayans may
differ; evaluate reliability of
evidence.
•Build an overview of world
history – describe characteristic
features of the Mayans and
compare with contemporary
events in Britain.
•Understand chronology – place
events and artefacts on a time
line using dates; understand the
concept of change over time.
•Communicate historically – use
appropriate historical vocabulary
(dates, time period, era, change,
chronology).
• SEAL – New Beginnings
• Curriculum drivers –
Knowledge of Our
Community in the World
• Secret of Success – Try
New Things
• Value – Peace
• Educate and Celebrate
Geography Links:
Physical features and
Landscapes; climate; land
use; comparison of life in
Mexico with life in UK
Map skills
Term: Spring 2017
Literacy links:
Creation stories (Y5)
Information text
about Mayans
Art links:
•Mexican landscape
art based on Mexican
colours
•Weaving
Maths
Investigations links:
Mayan maths –
Dresden Codex
ICT links:
Research on internet
PowerPoint slide for
information
Safer Internet Day
Coding activities
Topic: The Marvellous Mayans
Focus: History/Geography
Time Scale: 7 weeks
DT links:
Mayan food – hot
chocolate; tortillas;
salsa
Performing Arts
Link:
Music – learn the flute
PE – swimming, dance,
handball, netball
French – clothing
Science Links:
Habitats and creatures
that are adapted to live
there.
RE links:
Gods; customs and
festivals – Day of the
Dead
Class: Adders Class – Y5/6
PSHE, Citizenship
Enterprise links:
History links:
•Investigate & interpret the
past – use evidence about the
Mayans to ask questions and find
answers; suggest causes and
consequences of some of the
changes during this period of
history; look at reasons why
accounts of the Mayans may
differ; evaluate reliability of
evidence.
•Build an overview of world
history – describe characteristic
features of the Mayans and
compare with contemporary
events in Britain.
•Understand chronology – place
events and artefacts on a time
line using dates; understand the
concept of change over time.
•Communicate historically – use
appropriate historical vocabulary
(dates, time period, era, change,
chronology).
• SEAL – New Beginnings
• Curriculum drivers –
Knowledge of Our
Community in the World
• Secret of Success – Try
New Things
• Value – Peace
• Educate and Celebrate
Geography Links:
Physical features and
Landscapes; climate; land
use; comparison of life in
Mexico with life in UK
Map skills
Term: Spring 2017