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Vocabulary

● Carbohydrate - starchy foods such as

potatoes, bread, rice, pasta and cereals.

● Protein - a nutrient found in meats and nuts

● Fruit - the sweet and fleshy product of a tree, or

other plant, that contains seeds

● Vegetable - a plant, or part of a plant, used as

food

● Dairy - containing or made from milk

● Fats - can be saturated or unsaturated.

Unsaturated fats can be found in vegetables

and fish. Saturated fats are found in meats and

butters - these should be eaten in smaller

amounts.

● Sugars - are found in foods such as sweets,

cakes, biscuits, chocolate and some fizzy

drinks. We should limit how many of these

sugars we have. Some sugars also occur

naturally in foods such as fruit, vegetables and

milk, but we don’t need to cut down on these

types of sugars.

● International - involving different countries

● Cuisine - a style of method of cooking,

especially as characteristic of a particular

country or region

● Origin - the place where something begins

Key Knowledge

1. What are the five main food groups?

The five main food groups are ‘carbohydrates’, ‘fruits and

vegetables’, ‘proteins’, ‘dairy’ and ‘fats and sugars’.

1. How do each of the food groups help us?

Carbohydrates are a good source of energy and fibre.

Fruits and vegetables are a great source of vitamins,

minerals and fibre, which all help your body stay healthy.

Proteins are used to build and repair our body’s tissues.

Dairy products are an excellent source of calcium, which

is important for strong and healthy bones.

Fats and sugars - Healthy fats play an important role in

brain development. Unhealthy or saturated fats are not

needed in our diet, so should be eaten less often and in

smaller amounts.

1. Who was Guiseppe Arcimboldo?

Guiseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian painter best known

for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of

objects such as fruits, vegetables and fish.

1. Where do these foods/dishes originate? E.g.

Fish and chips - England

Pizza - Italy

Paella - Spain

Ratatouille - France

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PlantsVocabulary

● seeds

the small, hard part from which a new

plant grows

● parts of a plant

roots, tuber, stem, bulb, trunk, branch,

leaf, flower, fruit

● flowering

trees or plants which produce flowers

● growth

An irreversible increase in the size of

the plant.

● reproducing

the production of new offspring in

plants

● pollination

when pollen produced by a flower is

carried by insects or blown by the

wind to another flower

● seed dispersal

the process whereby seeds are

scattered by animals or the wind

● germination

the process by which a plant begins

to grow from a seed

● fertilisation

when pollen reaches another flower,

travels to the ovary and fertilises the

egg cells to make new seeds

Key Knowledge

1. What do plants need to live and grow?Plants need air, light, water, nutrients from soil and room to

grow.

1. How are seeds made?Pollen is carried by insects or blown by the wind from one

flower to another. This process is called pollination. Pollen

reaches the new flower and travels to the ovary where it

fertilises egg cells (ovules) to make seeds. This is fertilisation.

1. How are seeds dispersed?Plants disperse their seeds in lots of different ways. Some

seeds are transported by the wind and are shaped to float,

glide or spin through the air. Plants growing near a river may

use the flowing water to transport their seeds. Some seed pods

are designed to explode and throw the seeds a good distance

from the parent plant. Many plants also use animals to carry

their seeds. Alternatively, the plants might make tasty fruit to

enclose the seeds, which attract animals to eat them.

1. How does the amount of space available affect the

growth of plants?Overcrowding can compromise the space that plants need for

root growth. It can also decrease the amount of nutrients that

any of the crowded plants can absorb from the soil, causing

developmental problems in all of the plants.

1. How is water transported through a flower?Plants contain vascular tissues (xylem), which transports water

and minerals up from the roots to the leaves and phloem,

which transports other nutrients both up and down through the

plant

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How and why is Advent

important to Christians?

Vocabulary

● Advent - the arrival of an important

person or thing

● celebration - the action of

celebrating an important day or

event

● Christingle - a lighted candle

symbolising Christ as the light of

the world, held by children at a

special Advent service

● hymn - a religious song or poem of

praise to God

● preparation - the action or process

of preparing or getting ready for

something

● religion - belief in, or the worship

of, a god or gods

● symbolise - to stand for or

represent something

● tradition - customs or beliefs which

have been passed on from

generation to generation

● wreath - an arrangement of

flowers, leaves or stems fastened in

a ring and used for decoration

Key Knowledge

1. What does the word Advent come from?

The word Advent comes from the Latin ‘adventus’ which means ‘arrival’ or ‘coming’. This is the

time for Christians to prepare for celebration of the birth of Jesus and look forward to the time

that Jesus will come again.

1. How do Christians celebrate Advent?

Christians celebrate Advent in many different ways. Many choose the time leading up to

Christmas to do nice things with their families. Others also choose to go to church and pray.

Hymns and Christmas carols are sung in church at this time and Advent crowns may be made.

As well as this, Christians may choose to have an Advent calendar or Advent candles to count

down to Christmas.

1. What are Advent candles and what do they symbolise?

The most common Advent candle tradition involves four candles, which sit in the Advent crown

or wreath. A new candle is lit on each of the four Sundays before Christmas. Often, the first,

second and fourth candles are purple; the third is pink. Occasionally, a fifth white candle is

placed in the middle and is lit on Christmas Day to celebrate Jesus’ birth. The first candle

represents hope. The second represents peace. The third represents love. The fourth represents

joy.

1. What is a Christingle?

Christingle means ‘Christ’s Light’ and it is a symbol of the Christian faith. Each part of a

Christingle is there to remind us of something.

● The orange represents the world

● The candle reminds Christians of Jesus who they believe to be the light of the world.

● The red ribbon goes all round the ‘world’ and being the colour of blood, reminds

Christians that Jesus died.

● The four cocktail sticks represent the four seasons or the four corners of the world.

● The sweets (or sometimes dried fruit) remind Christians of God’s gifts to the world,

including kindness and love.

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Autumn 2

What is your Superpower?

Vocabulary

● emotions - also called feelings (e.g. happy, mad,

scared). You feel them because of what you see,

hear, remember, and do. You can share your

feelings with other people by talking about them.

● growth mindset – the belief that we can learn

and develop with dedication and hard work; not

giving up when something is tough but trying a

different way.

● mental health – this includes our emotional and

social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and

act.

● qualities – elements of your personality; what

kind of person you are.

● resilience – the ability to recover quickly from

difficulties or set backs.

● self-esteem – confidence in yourself; self-

respect.

● well being – being comfortable, healthy and

happy

● responsibility – the state or fact of having a duty

to deal with something or of having control over

someone.

● national – a nationwide competition or

tournament.

● international – a game or contest between teams

representing different countries in a sport.

● regional – relating to or characteristic of a

region.

Key Knowledge

1. Who is Brendan Foster?

Brendan Foster CBE is a British former long-distance

runner who founded the Great North Run.

1. What is his super power?

Long distance running - he won the bronze medal in the

10,000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the

gold medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1974 European

Championships and the 10,000 metres at the 1978

Commonwealth Games.

1. Why is he linked to the North East of England?

Brendan lived in Hebburn and went to St Joseph's

Comprehensive School. He also went to work there as a

chemistry teacher.

1. When was the first Great North Run?

The first run was on 28th June 1981 with 12,000 runners.

1. What does Brendan Foster do now?

Brendan Foster continued to work within the sports

industry for many years after retiring from running. He

was a BBC commentator until 2017. He is still involved

with the Great Run company - who have now expanded

organising mass-participation races up and down the

country.

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Autumn 1

Forces and Magnets

Vocabulary

● magnet

A material or object that produces a magnetic

field. It attracts or repels magnetic objects,

including iron.

● material

What something is made from.

● force

A push or pull on an object which can cause it

to move, change speed, direction or shape.

Measured in Newtons (N).

● friction

The resistance of motion when one object rubs

against another. Friction causes objects to slow

down and the energy becomes heat.

● surface

The outside part or upper layer of

something.

● gravity

The force that attracts a body towards the

centre of the earth, or towards any other

physical body having mass.

● attract

To stick together

● Propulsion

The action of driving or pushing forwards

Key Knowledge

1. What is a force?

Forces are just pushes and pulls in a particular direction.

1. What type of materials are magnetic?

Magnetic materials are always made of metal, but not all

metals are magnetic.

Iron is magnetic, so any metal with iron in it will be

attracted to a magnet. Steel contains iron, so a steel

paperclip will be attracted to a magnet too.

Most other metals, for example aluminium, copper and

gold, are NOT magnetic.

1. What is the best surface for items to move on?

Flat, smooth surfaces.

1. What is a balanced force?

If two forces are balanced, it means the forces are the

same size but are acting in opposite directions.

1. What is an unbalanced force?

When two forces acting on an object are not equal in

size, unbalanced forces do change the way something is

moving. They can make objects start to move, speed up,

slow down or change direction.

1. What is gravity?

Gravity keeps everything on Earth from floating away! It

plays a crucial role in the development of life. Gravity is

the force that pulls objects to Earth.

1. What is a fair test?

A fair test is a controlled investigation carried out to

answer a scientific question.

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The north pole of a magnet pulls or attracts the south

pole of another magnet. But if you bring poles together, they repel each other- they push apart!

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How do Hindus worship?

Vocabulary

● religion - belief in, or the worship of, a god

or gods

● deities - Gods and Goddesses (see image)

● Mandir - a hindu place of worship (see

image)

● puja - a prayer ritual performed by Hindus

during worship

● aum - a sacred symbol of Hinduism (see

image)

● worship - an act which involves making

personal offerings to the deity

● symbolise - to stand for or represent

something

● sacred - something which is considered to

be holy and deserving respect, especially

because of a connection with a god

● Vedas - the oldest religious texts in

Hinduism

● mantras - prayers or verses from the Hindu

holy books

● shrine - a place regarded as holy because

of its associations with a sacred person or

God.

Key Knowledge

1. When do Hindus worship?

Puja is usually performed every day and can take place either

in the home or the Hindu temple, which is called a Mandir.

1. Where do Hindus worship?

Most Hindus worship (puja) every day at home and have a

shrine there. A shrine can be anything from a room, a small

altar or simply pictures or statues. The Hindu building for

communal worship is called Mandir (Hindu Temple).

1. What do Hindus use when they worship?

During worship, Hindus use many items, which are kept on a

Puja tray. The items include a bell, a pot of water, a diva lamp,

an incense burner, a pot of kumkum powder, and a spoon.

Puja involves offering light, incense, flowers and food to the

deities (the gods). During Puja the worshippers will chant

mantras, which are prayers and verses from the Hindu holy

books.

1. How many Hindu Gods are there?

Hindus actually only believe in one God - Brahman. There are

many deities worshipped within the Hindu faith which represent

different forms of Brahman. The three most important deities

are Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the protecter) and Shiva (the

destroyer).

1. How many people follow this religion?

Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world with more

than 1 billion (1,000,000,000) followers.

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mandir

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