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Cross Curricular
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Cross Curricular Planning
We plan and tailor our curriculum to make the most out of pertinent cross curricular links. For example, when year 4 study the Romans in History, they study Italy in Geography and Mosaics in Art.
Please see our individual curriculum pages for more information.
Maths Across the Curriculum
Mathematics is a server subject and teaches children fundamental skills that allow them to access many other areas of the curriculum. Below are some examples of the links between Maths and other subject areas. These also demonstrate how making links between Maths and different subject areas can deepen mathematical knowledge, understanding and skill to develop true mastery.
Science and Maths
Maths and science are tightly linked together. Almost every scientific investigation is likely to require one or more of the mathematical skills of classifying, counting, measuring, calculating, estimating, and recording in tables or graphs. Statistics are used extensively in Science. Most charts and graphs used in science are initially taught in maths lessons.
Geography and Maths
- Collecting and representing data from field work.
- Grid references and coordinates.
- Using scales on Ordnance Survey maps to establish the correct distance between two points.
Physical Education and Maths
- Time, distance and speed of races can be incorporated into Mathematic sessions to enable children to work out averages and convert between different measures.
- Data can be collected and analysed to assess performances.
- As in Geography, maths skills are needed when orienteering: using grid references, angles and direction.
- Averages (Mean, Mode and Median) can be used to assess an athlete’s performance.
- Creating sequences for gymnastics.
- Discussing symmetry on the football pitch or netball court.
Design Technology and Maths
- Reading Scales.
- Measuring ingredients and working out proportions.
- Using ratios in recipes.
- Being able to measure things accurately is an important skill in DT when making products.
- Estimation is also important when working out quantities of raw materials.
Computing and Maths
- Angles and direction which can be drawn and measured using floor robots and apps.
- Information can be represented through Excel documents.
- Logic is used in programming as is problem solving.
- Logical Reasoning during programming.
- Scratch Maths allows children to use their mathematical skills to program computers.
Art & Design and Maths
- Symmetrical art can be analysed and the number of lines of symmetry can be found. Also, the order of rotational symmetry can be studied.
- Ratio is used to mix paints. For example, to make purple, you mix 3 parts red to 7 parts blue.
- Many artists and architects have proportioned their works to approximate the Golden Ratio, believing this proportion to be aesthetically pleasing.
- Perspective can be used to show enlargement of shapes on square paper
- Tessellations in different pieces of artwork.
- Works of art from the Cubism era of the 20th century link to nets and 3D shapes.
History and Maths
- Historical (scaled) timelines can be used as a basis for finding the difference in dates and giving an understanding of lengths of time over periods in History.
- Historical dates can also be utilised for sequencing events.
- Charts and graphs can provide extremely useful historical information, which children can analyse.
Cross Curricular Chatter
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Greek Pottery
We are starting to learn about all the different styles, colours, shapes and uses of Ancient Greek pottery here in Y6.
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Spanish Day!
What a great Spanish day! Red and yellow everywhere 🇪🇸. Can’t wait for food and dancing later.
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Blooket fun in Year 2
In Year 2 we have discovered Blooket and we can’t get enough! We’ve used it to test our times table knowledge this week (as well as lots more too.)
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Cooking time again!
We had our second group to make our traditional Italian bolognese. They had a great time preparing the ingredient and seasoning it to perfection! Thanks to our amazing head chef once again – Monica.
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5EHD Geography statistics work
This week year 5 have compared Liverpool to the city of Manaus in Brazil and plotted data and different style graphs.
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Volcanoes Eruptions!
We had an amazing afternoon erupting our volcanoes! We even had a very dangerous and violent composite volcano with thick magma which increased the pressure when erupting.
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Eid Mubarak!
Happy Eid to all our families celebrating! We had a lovely day and week celebrating with all our children and adults.
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Spaghetti Bolognese time!
Our first group created their very own authentic traditional bolognese sauce! We have linked our DT unit with our Geography topic of Italy. Super behaviour and sensible cooks.
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Volcanoes!
We have created our volcanoes and painted them. They look amazing! We are going to erupt them this week and see what happens when an active volcano blows. Watch this space…
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Finding out about the PEGI age rating system
What are age ratings? How do they apply to us? What do they mean? Where are they used?
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Modifying Text and Images
We created posters on Word.
We shared our favourite animals, changed the font, colour, size and style and even added images too,
Amazing work Year 2
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Liverpool Skyline
Here is a FABULOUS finished skyline picture to accompany our Geography work on our ‘Walking Tours Around Liverpool.’ Amazing work from this young artist.
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Bell Beaker Pottery
Super work creating our Bronze Age Bell Beaker pots. We created a similar shape and added patterns to them.
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The History of Telling The Time for Science Week
We combined science with history with our TIME topic and looked at how tools to tell the time have changed over the years. We created a timeline of discoveries and measured out our own sundials with our protractors.
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Buzz Buzz
We’ve had a great afternoon making circuits with a light and a buzzer to help us when making our buzz wire game. We also got to have a go at a buzz wire game!
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Supertato’s House
This afternoon we created Supertato’s house using icing sugar and gingerbread. We mixed the icing sugar and water to use as glue to stick the house together.
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Chinese New Year celebrations
To celebrate the new lunar year, we have been getting crafty in class making representations of dragons using a variety of resources. Look at our fabulous dragons! We also made our own lanterns after learning about the significance of the colour red.
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RLMc Tesco Trip
This week we have been learning all about chefs. We took a trip to Tesco to get ingredients to create vegetable soup.
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Mosques Around The World
As part of our RE unit, we are finding out about mosques around the world and presenting our findings in Google Slides.
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WWII Liverpool Skyline ‘The Blitz’ Scenes
We created our own versions of the Liverpool skyline one night during The Blitz in World War Two.
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year 1 Zoolab visit
Year 1 had a visit form lots of animals today to celebrate our learning in science.
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Year 1 had a visit from zoolab
Year 1 were very excited to have a visit from lots of animals today!
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We have been busy learning about Diwali the festival of light. We have moulded dough into Diya lamps. Made marks to create Rangoli patterns and wrote our names in our cards we have decorated.
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Remembrance Day
We have created some beautiful poems after reading Flanders Fields and used watercolours/charcoal/pencils to create some poppy artwork to mark Remembrance Day.
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