Crime & Punishment Year 6 Autumn 2

As readers and writers we will read the poem the Highway man and write an argument to debate the motion that ‘This house believes that there is less crime now than in the past’. We will also write a Roman crime and punishment story, taking a crime from that time and choosing an appropriate punishment. We will write recounts from the point of view of someone who has been committed of a crime as well as writing a description of arriving on the island of Alcatraz for the first time as a prison inmate.

As scientists we will explore the roles of crime scene investigators and create job adverts for these people.

As mathematicians we will use our knowledge of position and direction to read coordinates to locate a missing item. We will also complete a variety of problems and puzzles based around the story of a prisoner’s escape

As citizens of the world we will explore the use of the death penalty during Tudor times and discuss if this was the right or wrong thing to do. We will discuss the impact of being a juror and what it would be like. We will look at the role of parliament and visit the Houses of Parliament, looking at the Houses of Commons and Lords and the roles of both of these. We will also visit with our local MP and ask him questions about crime and punishment.

As part of Parliament week, we will be studying the movement of the suffragettes and how their movement impacted on the woman's right to vote 100 years ago, as well as learning about how they were punished whilst protesting for this cause. We will write letters from the point of view of Lady Constance Lytton.

As artists we will explore the area of ‘graffiti art’ and the work of Banksy, recreating some of his graffiti art and creating some of our own designs before debating whether this is art or a crime that should be punished. We will sketch a suspect from a set of descriptions from an ‘eye witness’ as well as using Efit art on the computer.

As Historians we will investigate crime and punishment through the years from medieval times all the way to the Tudor times. We will cover crime and punishment through the times of the Anglo-Saxons, Romans and Victorians and compare crime and punishment with today. We will investigate the history of parliament and how this has changed over the years. We will also investigate the history of Alcatraz and how it came to be a prison.

As geographers we will investigate where people were sent when they committed a crime in the past and how they were transported to these places. We will map these using our skills of reading and creating maps. We will investigate Alcatraz and why this was a good place to keep prisoners.

As musicians we will compose music to the poem ‘The Highway Man’ as well as exploring song cycles through the theme of journeys.

Other activities to be covered:

As readers and writers we will also cover Writing in a range of fiction genres

We will be reading The Giant’s Necklace and completing a range of activities on this.

As mathematicians we will also cover Position and direction

Fractions

Other activities to be covered:

As athletes we will cover Netball, Kwick cricket and gymnastics

As learners of religion we will also cover Sources of wisdom within the Christian and

Buddhist religion

As Spanish speakers we will cover En El Colegio (at school)