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'Street Child' Curriculum
Through the ‘Street Child’ story by Berlie Doherty, children are introduced to a range of key aspects of Victorian life: workhouses, poverty, education and diseases. Through this project, we can explore each of these aspects, developing knowledge and skills in each subject.
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Children will begin by exploring who Queen Victoria was, where the Victorian era fits within history and then delve into the lives of Jim Jarvis and other children during her reign. They will develop their historical enquiry skills through questioning and analysing primary and secondary sources and evaluating these sources.
Physical EducationCircuses were popular during the Victorian period and Jim gets to spend some time watching the performers before getting chased away again! During a P.E. workshop, children will develop various skills, such as juggling, balance, stilt-walking! We will also be learning a dance routine from the ‘Oliver!’ musical with Mrs Clemenson (a trained dance teacher). Finally, we will improve our fundamental PE skills through REAL PE lessons
MusicThe Victorians helped to shape Christmas as we know it, including Christmas Caroling. In preparation for our annual Christmas Carol Service at St Bart’s Church, the children will be refining their abilities to sing musically. They will also learn to read musical notation and play ‘Silent Night’, a traditional Victorian Carol, on the keyboard.
Religious EducationIn R.E., children will explore the Creation Story, discuss the beliefs held by Christians and the effects that these beliefs have on their lives.. Children will also explore how Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection challenged the Bible’s Creation Story.
ComputingDuring Computing lessons, children will use search technologies efficiently in order to research various aspects of Victorian life, collect this research and then use their digital literacy skills to present it, carefully following copyright rules.
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When Jim is London, the air is thick with soot and smoke: a result of the Industrial Revolution. Children will learn how this inspired the Victorian artist, William Morris. They will develop their ability to analyse, evaluate and take inspiration from Victorian art styles and artists. They will continue to refine their control and proficiency with pencil, paint and scissors in order to create their own William Morris style wallpaper design and a silhouette portrait of themselves.
ScienceDisease is rife throughout Jim’s story. How could the Victorians purify their drinking water to keep themselves healthy? Children will spend time exploring how evaporation, condensation, distillation, filtration and sieving can turn dirty water into pure, safe drinking water. We will also be learning about Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution and natural selection to discover how living things can adapt and evolve over time.
Design and TechnologyWe will learn about Isambard Kingdom Brunel and George Stephenson and their world-wide impact during Design and Technology lessons. As a class, we will research the appearance and design of Victorian trains and decide on a design for our own class train. Small groups will then create a carriage each using carpentry skills, nets of cuboids and decorative art skills before joining them together to make our class train.
EnglishThrough careful analysis of genre features, children will continue to develop their ongoing narrative skills by writing a story about Jim’s escape from the workhouse.. Children will learn to write a balanced argument: Should Jim return to the workhouse or stay on the run? We will explore biographies of several famous Victorians, including Thomas Edison, Charles Darwin and Charles Dickens. We will also learn about Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ which recounts the Crimean War.
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