CURRICULUM ITEMS COVERED

SCIENCE

• name/describe qualities/uses/functions/different materials
• building techniques
• examples of forces, thrusts, levers
• colour and light
• effect of weathering and pollution

MUSIC

• church and churchyard as a stimulus to composition of sound, stones and music
• performance venue
• church music: organ, hymns
• church bells

LITERACY

• key vocabulary
• feeling words
• group work
• reporting skills
• story telling/role play
• stimulus for creative writing
• factual writing: a guide book or trail

ART/CRAFT DESIGN

• observational drawing
• visual and tactile elements including colour, pattern, texture, shape, tone and space.
• roles/purposes/examples of local/national craftwork from different cultures and times

CITIZENSHIP

• empathising - other beliefs
• identify differences and similarities
• self expression - likes and dislikes
• church as a community building

ICT

• use of equipment on site: camera, voice recorder
• word processing, databases

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

• example of Christian place of worship
• layout/function of the building, individual spaces and furniture
• examples of Christian values, beliefs and practices
• understanding signs and symbols
• how faith is expressed through art
• spiritual awareness

MATHS

• simple counting and comparison skills
• shape/space - shapes, patterns (tessellations)
• scale drawing and modeling
• estimating and measuring length, width, height
• survey work
• use of statistics

GEOGRAPHY

• siting of the church
• mapping and direction skills
• function of church reflected in shape and spaces
• drawing ground plan/furniture to scale
• origins of building materials
• effects of weathering

HISTORY

• changes in building over time - architectural development
• everyday lives, beliefs, practices of local people
• local history
• medieval period - power of the church
• chronology