Literacy Links: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (SKILLS: character description using adjectives and adverbs; sequencing events to form short narratives; diary writing using first person and time connectives; poetry with rhyming couplets)
Theme Overview CHOCOLATE
Instructional writing: recipes using chocolate; healthy recipes; instructions for different sports/games.
Geography Where do cacao trees grow? SKILLS: know where Mexico and other cocoa producing countries, such as Ghana, Brazil are; position of equator. History Aztec Empire – SKILLS: to know key facts about Aztec culture and first production of cocoa.
Numeracy Links
Outcome/ TASC
SKILLS: Number place value; addition and subtraction; multiplication and division; measurement and statistics; fractions; shape)
To understand the importance of a healthy, balanced diet. To understand the chocolate-making process – from plant to factory. Art
Science Plants – SKILLS: structure and function; Photosynthesis; Plant life cycle; seed dispersal; Food groups session – SKILLS: what is a healthy diet?; Balanced diet; How nutrients are transported around body; comparing nutritional information.
SKILLS: Aztec mosaic art; observational drawings. Enrichment . Trip to York Chocolate Story (schools workshop)
Design Technology SKILLS: designing packaging
ICT SKILLS: Researching and presenting information about brand development and the history of the Aztecs.
Parent Workshop
PSHE SEAL
Parent workshop with chocolate tasting session and healthy eating activities
Music SKILLS: Listening and composing music inspired by Oompa Loompas; understanding how music