This September the pupils undertook a two-week cross-curricular
project based on ‘The Lion King’. This helped deepen their knowledge and recall
their prior learning.
In English pupils explored African storytelling, as well as
writing character descriptions, fact files and short stories.
In Art they looked at various different art forms such as water painting,
creating masks, looking at Patterns and shadowing, as well as painting and
drawing nature such as Acacia trees.
In Math's' the kS3 pupils looked at charts and graphs and
produced bar charts of animal’s heights and weights.
For CDT the pupils created coasters with characters from ‘The
Lion King’ on. This required measuring, cutting and painting their projects.
In Outdoor learning they played various games around matching
animals to their skin types, as well as various team-building activities and
exploring nature.
During cooking classes pupils tasted and created authentic
African meals.
For PSHE the pupils explored the themes of Death and the Afterlife
and what that means to them, as well as what it means to other people.
In Science the pupils furthered their knowledge of charts and
graphs by creating data of themselves compared to various animals.
Lastly, for PE the pupils explored playing games that
originated in Africa, working on their team building and leadership skills.
At the end of the two weeks’ pupils and staff were able to
attend the Mayflower theatre to watch the production of ‘The Lion King’, which
was a great experience and enjoyed by those who attended.
