Castles and Kingdoms

School – Ysgol Trelawnyd
Years – 5 and 6
Language – English
Length of activity – 7+hours
AOLE 1 – Science and technology
AOLE 2 – Humanities

Description
2 week unit of work looking at aspects of the Norman conquest and the Age of the Welsh Princes. Pupils are invited to express their ideas in diary form as an adventure story and a fact file. The science element of the topic includes building and testing catapults and the technology element invites the pupils to return their work using a variety of different apps such as Adobe spark.

Literacy
Developing vocabulary,
Reading strategies,
Purpose
Vocabulary, spelling, grammar,
Punctuation
Planning and organising for different purposes, audiences and context,
Proofreading, editing and improving

Numeracy
The number system,
Calculation,
Collecting data,
Representing data,
Interpreting data

Digital
Communication,
Storing and sharing,
Sourcing, searching and planning digital content,
Creating digital content