Knowledge Organiser

Term 4

Name:

Class: Walmer

Teacher: Mrs Dean

“Give a bowl of rice to a man and

you will feed him for a day. Teach

him how to grow his own rice and

you will save his life.”

Confucius

How to use your Knowledge Organiser

Using in Class

Quiz your neighbour Your teacher will give you a topic and you can create questions to test your neighbour’s

knowledge and understanding

Multiple choice quiz A quick quiz based on the knowledge organiser

Key words Tell your teacher if any key words from your knowledge organiser come up in lessons

Spelling Tests Using the key words, your teacher might give you some spelling tests

Extended Writing Using this key information, create longer pieces of writing showing your specialist

knowledge

Knowledge test At the end of the unit, your teacher might give you a test based on your knowledge

organiser

Using at Home

Catching up Use the knowledge organiser to catch up on any lessons you have missed

Quiz yourself Read through the information, repeat it to yourself, cover and test your knowledge

Create Flashcards Turn the information in to revision cards

Application Use this information to add to any homework or classwork, including longer pieces of

writing

Revise Use the information to revise for any assessments or end of topic tests

National Curriculum Aims: 1. Knowing how language,

including figurative language, vocabulary choice, grammar, text structure and organisational features, presents meaning.

2. Studying setting, plot, and characterisation, and the effects of these.

English Authorial Intent & Vocabulary

The word ‘Gothic’ can refer to:

1.a medieval style of

architecture characterised by

pointed arches and ornate

stone-masonry;

2.a gloomy, morbid style of

fashion and make up dominated

by the colour black;

3.a gloomy, morbid genre of

music popular in the early

1980s;

4.a genre of literature focused

on terror that was first

popularised in the 18th century

by Horace Walpole’s ‘The Castle

of Otranto’.

Gothic Characters

Exploring how Chris Riddell uses illustrations

and multimedia to bring life to his books.

Exploring how the

illustrations help to bring joy

to reading.

Explaining how the

illustrations and vocabulary

are linked to the Gothic

theme.

Relative Clauses

Relative clauses can give more information

about a noun.

Hebe Poppins walked like a penguin.

Hebe Poppins, who was always singing,

walked like a penguin.

Relative Pronouns

who, which, where, when, whose, that

P.E.E Point – What are you

trying to convey?

Evidence – what evidence

is there?

Explain – why does this

illustrate what you are

trying to convey? Words

and phrases, language

features or structure?

Spellings

Gothic

Literature

Ghastly

Gloomy

Mysterious

Ominously

Reverently

Suddenly

Surreptitiously

Morosely

Silently

Soundlessly

Wordlessly

Looming

Morose

Pallid

Suspicious

Vulnerable

Design your own ‘Ghastly Gorm

Hall’

Writing Task

Comparison

The Woman in Black

How does the author

portray the characters?

Does the

author

illustrate

a gothic

theme?

Sensory Descriptive

writing

See

Smell

Touch Taste

Hear

National Curriculum: • use language and properties precisely to

analyse numbers, algebraic expressions, 2-D

and 3-D shapes, probability and statistics.

• select and use appropriate calculation

strategies to solve increasingly complex

problems

Math

Focus – Geometry

Constructing a triangle

➔ using a protractor

There are two types of triangle that you

might be required to construct using a ruler

and protractor. The first type is where you

are given two sides and the included angle

(SAS). The second type is where you are

given two angles and the included side

(ASA).

Pythagoras' theorem states that

for all right-angled triangles, 'The

square on the hypotenuse is equal to

the sum of the squares on the other

two sides'.

The

hypotenuse is

the longest

side and it's always opposite the

right angle.

Different types of angles

An acute angle is less than 90∘.

A right angle is exactly 90∘.

An obtuse angle is

between 90∘ and 180∘

A straight angle or an angle on a

straight line is exactly 180∘.

A reflex angle is

between 180∘ and 360∘.

A full turn or complete revolution is

exactly 360∘.

Drawing angles

Often three letters are used to describe an angle.

For example, angle LMN is shown below: Follow these

steps to draw the

angle PQR=60∘

1. Draw the line QR

2. Place your

protractor on the line

QR. Ensure that the

centre of your

protractor is over the

point Q. Make a mark

at 60∘.

3. Remove the protractor and join Q to the 60∘ mark.

Label this point P.

Congruent Shapes

What we aim

to create!

Karla Gerard – Folk Art

• Exploring Karla

Gerard art work

and use of patterns

within folk art.

• Inspired by flower

and vase

arrangement

Drawing the vase and flowers in

the style of Folk Art.

Art Focus – Patterns

William Morris – Textile painting William Morris (24 March

1834 – 3 October 1896) was

a British textile designer,

poet, novelist, translator,

and socialist activist

associated with the

British Arts and Crafts

Movement. He was a major

contributor to the revival

of traditional British textile arts and

methods of production.

Matisse – Minamal Art

Lived: 31 Dec 1869 - 03 Nov 1954 Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French

artist, known for both his use of colour and

his fluid and original

draughtsmanship. He

was a draughtsman,

printmaker, and

sculptor, but is known

primarily as a painter.

Matisse is commonly

regarded, along with

Pablo Picasso, as one of the artists who best

helped to define the revolutionary

developments in the visual arts throughout

the opening decades of the twentieth

century, responsible for significant

developments in painting and sculpture.

Aboriginal art Aboriginal art is art made by indigenous

Australian people. It includes work made in many

different ways including painting on leaves, wood

carving, rock carving, sculpting, ceremonial

clothing and sand

painting. Aboriginal

art is closely

linked to religious

ceremonies or

rituals. It is an

important part of

the world's oldest

continuous cultural

tradition, based

on totems and

the Dreaming.

Term Assessment

Using key skills learnt over the term:

paint on a ceramic tile or using fabric –

sewing a pattern inspired by a focus from

the term.

To evaluate and analyse creative works using

the language of art, craft and design

Key Words Reform - changes to make something better

Manifesto - what the party promises to do if

elected.

House of Commons – where the elected

group of MPs meet.

House of Lords – where some are unelected

and some are bishops.

Chartists – men who campaigned for all men

to be given the vote.

Suffragettes – women who campaigned to

gain the vote.

Bill – Law that hasn’t been passed yet

Act – Law that has been passed

Citizenship

Government and Democracy

Elections

It is your time to

decide!

We will be holding an

elections role play

scenario, where you

will be able to choose

which MP should be

voted for Prime Minister.

• Why will you choose them?

• Have you researched their promised

policies?

• Is there anyone you strongly

disagree with and why?

• How do you vote?

House of Commons • The House of Commons is the most

powerful of Parliament's two houses. • The group, or political party, with the

most MPs is allowed to form a team of people who run the country - called a government.

• The Commons is the most important place for discussing policies and making laws.

• There are only 427 green leather seats so when it's full a lot of politicians have to stand

• This is where your local MP can put questions to the Prime Minister.

Democracy There are basic human rights shared by all people,

no matter who they are or where they are from.

Human rights exist to help all people live safe,

happy, healthy and fulfilling lives. Protecting and

respecting these is an important part of British

democracy. It is all of our responsibility to help the

rights of others be met, including treating all

people with kindness and respect and remembering

that no one is more

important, special or

deserving than

anyone else.

Laws • Laws are based on the same ideas as

rules – but they are different.

• We don’t make laws ourselves. Laws

are made in Parliament.

• MPs and members of the House of

Lords debate and vote on ideas for

new laws to make sure they are the

best they can be.

• If people break the law, then they

are doing something illegal and they

might have to pay

a fine, or

even go

to prison.

Creating a Maze Game Using

Scratch

Computing Design, write and debug

programs

I Can check list when developing your ‘Sprite’.

Writing algorithms

An algorithm is a list

of step-by-step instructions that are

followed in order to get

a task done. Each

instruction should be

very simple so that a

computer can understand

exactly what it needs to do.

Adding effects Adding Commentary

• Describe the intention for the different

sections of your code. Right click on any block,

then choose ‘Add Comment’.

• Use this feature to help explain to others what

your code does and to remind yourself what you

were trying to do. Do this for at least three

sections of your code.

1 2 3 OUT

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What are tectonic plates?

• The Earth’s surface is

called the crust.

• It is made up of different

rocky sections called

tectonic plates

• This map shows where the

plates are.

• Tectonic plates can move

about on the softer mantle

underneath them.

Geography

Tectonic Plates

Key terms:

Tectonic plates

Pangea

Continental Drift

Continents

Wegener

Landmass

Crust

upper mantle

mantle

outer core

inner core.

Active

Dormant

Extinct

Earthquake

Continental Drift

• In 1910, a German scientist called

Alfred Wegener, was the first to

study the idea that the continents

might have once been a single

landmass.

• However, it wasn’t until 20 years

after Wegener died, that geologists

realised he was right.

• The continents and ocean floors really

do “float” on moving rock plates, and

have been drifting for millions of

years.

• Alfred Wegener came up with some

very convincing evidence to support

his idea.

• He looked at where different fossils

were found and was able to piece the

continents back together into one

landmass.

Pangea

• 250 million years ago, all

the land on Earth was

one large landmass.

• Wegener named this

landmass Pangaea.

Are the plates still moving?

• The plates move about 1 to 10 cm every year.

• Plates can move towards each other, away

from each other or rub alongside each other.

Volcanoes

Deep in the earth, it is extremely

hot. It is so hot, in fact, that

rocks actually melt and form

magma, which makes up the

mantle of the earth.

3 Stages of Volcanoes Active: An active volcano is one that has

erupted recently, and there is the

possibility that it may erupt again.

Dormant: A dormant volcano is one that

has not erupted for a long time, however,

it may still erupt in the future.

Extinct: An extinct volcano is one which

has erupted

thousands of years ago, but it will

probably never erupt again.

Structure of the Earth

The Earth is unlike every other planet in the Solar

System in a number of different ways.

It is the only planet that has liquid

water on its surface.

By using a variety of advanced

techniques, scientists have been

able to discover what lies

beneath the surface of our

planet.

There are five layers – the crust, the

upper mantle, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner

core.

Our Earth is Fragile • These tectonic plates float on a rocky mantle – the

layer between the surface of the earth, its crust, and

its hot liquid core.

• The inside of the Earth is

active and therefore

earthquakes and volcanoes

can be caused by these

tectonic plates moving.

• Over a long period of time the movement of these

plates also forms mountains.

Tsunamis

• A tsunami is a giant wave caused by a

huge earthquake under the ocean.

• The earthquake causes a large amount

of water to be displaced very quickly.

• A series of waves travels through the

deep water.

• As the waves travel through

shallower water near the land, they

get bigger.

Tsunami Focus

Sumatra, Indonesia – 2004

This Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami was

the most devastating of its kind in modern

times, killing 230,000 people in 14 countries,

and bringing waves of up to 30m high. It was

the third largest earthquake ever recorded,

had the longest duration ever observed (8.3 -

10 minutes), and caused the entire planet to

vibrate.

The upper mantle mixes and

moves, which creates pressure

underneath the crust. This

pressure can sometimes cause

the mantle

to leak out onto the

surface of the earth

– this is a

volcano!

Key Terms:

Believe Aum

Hinduism Trimurti

Puja Religious Meditate

Brahman Vishnu Caste

Religion Samsara Moksha Karma Shiva

RE Hinduism

Ramayana

The festival celebrates the victory of

good over evil, light

over darkness and

knowledge over

ignorance

The story of Rama and

Sita is remembered and

celebrated at this festival.

Every window is decorated with lights to welcome Lakshmi who is the goddess of wealth and prosperity She is believed to visit houses on the night of Divali blessing the members with wealth Rangoli patterns are painted on the floors to encourage Lakshmi to visit their house and bless them

MEDITATION EXERCISE - YOGA

❖ SIT COMFORTABLY

❖ CLOSE YOUR EYES

❖ DON’T TALK OR FIDGET

❖ EMPTY YOUR MIND OF ALL THOUGHTS

Hindu Deities Hindus recognise one God, Brahman. The gods of Hinduism are different expressions of Brahman.

Hindu Deities – Brahma Brahma is the god (deva) of creation. Each of his four heads is believed to be responsible for one of the four Vedas (sacred Hindu texts).

Freedom In 1948, the all-white National Party took control in South Africa and enforced apartheid. Apartheid means ‘apartness’. Racial segregation and white supremacy began. Black people had their land taken from them and were forced to live in reserves, while white people were given 80% of the country’s land. Freedom songs are victory songs, defiant against oppressors. Songs in South Africa are usually sung a cappella. Sometimes they are call and response songs. Sometimes they have harmony.

Asikhatali – It Doesn’t Matter ‘’ It doesn’t matter if you should jail us,

We are free and kept alive by hope. It doesn’t matter if you should jail us, We are free and kept alive by hope. Our struggle’s hard, but vict’ry will,

Restore out land to our hands. Our struggle’s hard, but vict’ry will,

Restore out lands to our hands.’’

Music Protest Songs

1. Freedom Focus: To explore how music is used to communicate a message.

2. Civil Rights focus - To develop a deeper understanding of protest songs and their history.

Key Terms A Capella = singing unaccompanied (without instruments). Call and response = when a soloist performs a phrase (the

call) followed by a group response.

Civil Rights A teacher called Abel Meeropol wrote a poem called ‘Strange Fruit’. It was written in response to seeing photographs of the lynchings of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in 1930. He then turned it into a song.

Strange Fruit ‘’Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood on the root. Black bodies swingin’ in the Southern breeze, Strange fruit hangin’ from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant South, The bulging’ eyes and the twisted mouth. Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burnin’ flesh’’.

• Which instruments are playing the accompaniment to this song?

• There are only a small number of instruments playing. How does this affect or support the feel of the song? Can you explain your answer?

• Is there a steady tempo? • Does the tempo suit the song?

• If the tempo was different, would the feel of the music change? Can you explain your answer?

Listen to this version of Strange

Fruit sung by Billie Holiday.

Reproduction: Both the male and the female are needed to make a baby. They each produce and store a special ingredient needed for human reproduction.

• The male body makes and stores sperm in the testicles.

• The female body makes and stores eggs in ovaries, joined to the uterus by the fallopian tubes.

Science – Biology Human Reproduction Plant Reproduction

Key Terms:

Ovaries Sperm Gametes Cells Reproduction Hormones

Testes Puberty Variation Meiosis Fertilisation

Hormones & Puberty Hormones are responsible for the onset of puberty.

• Changes that occur in girls during puberty are:

1. development of breasts;

2. ovaries start to produce eggs;

3. pubic hair grows;

4. menstruation begins.

• Changes that occur in boys during puberty are:

1. sex organs get larger;

2. growth of pubic hair;

3. voice deepens;

4. testes produce sperm.

Reproductive Systems

• Male reproductive system:

1. Testes – produce sperm.

2. Urethra – carries urine and

sperm out of the body.

3. Penis – allows a male to engage in

sexual intercourse.

• Female reproductive system

1. Ovaries – contain the eggs.

2. Oviducts – carry the eggs to the

uterus.

3. Urethra – carries urine out of

the body.

4. Vagina – where the penis enters

the female body and sperm can be

released.

Gametes Sexual reproduction involves a male gamete (sex cell) and a female gamete (sex cell) from two parents. The gametes are produced by meiosis. These gametes fuse together in a process called fertilisation. The genetic information from both gametes is mixed, this leads to variation in the offspring.

Sperm

Egg

In humans, the egg

and the sperm

each contain 23

chromosomes.

Pollination