Year 5 - Creative

Art

Viking Art, Mythology and Culture

• Mark making revision: tone, shading and pencil techniques

• Runes - messages on wooden tablets

• Viking gods, their creation myth, the Norse 9 worlds and Tree of Life. 

Space Art

• Artist study 1: Kandinsky ‘Cosmos’- use as inspiration for pen and ink study

• Artist study 2: Joan Miro 'Constellation’-  use as inspiration for pastels study

• Artist study 3: Pablo Picasso ‘ Constellations’ -  use as inspiration for acrylic painting

• Northern Lights chalk and oil pastel study

• Moonscape paintings using sponges and flicking techniques

     Botanical drawing

• Scientific botanical drawings

• Georgia O’Keefe-inspired acrylic paintings

• Tile printing using natural materials from Forest School 

• Link to Wakehurst trip - the Millennium Seed Bank

Mayan drawings

• To find out what we know about the Maya from the drawings of Frederick Catherwood.

• Observational drawings and landscapes inspired by the work of Catherwood 

Mayan sculpture 

• Clay Gods/Goddesses

Islamic patterns

• Poly-printing, repeating patterns

• Creating tiles/coasters

Islamic patterns

• Creating hanging fabric wall hangings with repeating patterns

Music

• • Pupils will use correct musical notation to compose simple melodies. They will learn how to add an instrumental accompaniment using tuned and untuned percussion instruments. 

  • They will also  prepare various musical pieces for the Christingle Service and the rehearsals for the School production in the Spring will getunderway.

  • Pupils will listen to programme music and design their own programme for an imaginary concert of the piece. 

  • The Summer Term sees Prep 5 looking atstructure in music that is rondo, sonata, verse and chorus. 

Physical Education

• • Use running, jumping, catching and throwing in isolation and in  combination  

  • Play competitive games, applying basic principles 

  • Develop flexibility and control in gym, dance and athletics 

  • Compare performances to achieve personal bests 

  • Enjoy taking part in team sports of netball, football, hockey, cricket

  • Swimming (summer term): develop water confidence and stroke style

Drama

How To Train Your Dragon

• • Using a range of Dramatic Techniques using 'How To Train Your Dragon' as a stimulus

  • Exploring characterisation through vocal tone, body language and facial expression

  • Experience of working in small groups to produce tableaux and short scenes

  • Developing their spoken language skills

Interactive Space Stories

• • To be able to follow an interactive story and perform to the class

  • To learn how to structure and write a story as a small group

  • To learn how to rehearse effectively

European Stories

• • Using body language and tone of voice to show different characters and attitudes

  • Basic improvisation

  • Use basic Drama Strategies to create effects to illustrate a key point in a scene

  • To compare and contrast scenes with and without an effect

  • To use a script and put into practise previously learnt techniques

The City

• • Looking at basic Physical Theatre

  • Working as a group to create a Cityscape

  • Using Still Images

Performing, giving feedback to others and evaluating their own work is used during every project.