SMSC 2020-2021 - The Crescent Academy

In order to enrich our broad and balanced curriculum even further, SMSC class representatives and Pupil Voice class representatives met and decided different aspects of life globally they would like to know more about. The below table shows what we’re going to be learning through our termly SMSC days and Enrichment Weeks.

Religions are taught throughout the year, in all year groups, in accordance with Stoke on Trent's agreed syllabus.

2020-2021	Celebration/ Festival/ Historical Event Day	Activities	Enrichment Week
Autumn 1 - Wed 30th Sep	Harvest Festival	What is Harvest Festival Collection of foods Harvest food tasting Making different types of food Environmental Impact Study	BLACK HISTORY WEEK Oct 5th to 9th 2020
Autumn 2 - Wed 11th Nov	Remembrance Day	Poppy art work Wartime songs Historical war time stories Food and traditions from around the world	DICKENSIAN CHRISTMAS WEEK Dec 14th to 18th 2020
Spring 1 - Fri 15th Jan	World Religion Day	Study of different religions: Christianity Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism Create thematic artwork – each year group one of the above religions as a focus Devise rules reflecting ethos of respect	CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING WEEK Feb 1st to 5th 2021
Spring 2 - Mon 29th Mar	Holi: The Festival of Colours	Country study of India including landmarks History of the Holi Festival Food tasting Compare and contrast different festivals Creative writing opportunities – writing own myths
Summer 1 - Thu 21st May	Ascension Day	Stained glass windows Making Palm crosses Creative writing opportunities
Summer 2 - Mon 28th Jun	Armed Forces Day	Uniform comparison How have the uniforms and rules changed overtime Training to be a soldier – story The importance of the forces	LET’S EXPLORE! A look at the World’s Explorers: Neil Armstrong, Columbus, Steve Irwin, etc. Jun 21st to 25th 2021

Harvest Day - 30th September 2020

Year 4 LS

For our first SMSC Day, we investigated how Britain celebrates Harvest and then we looked at how other countries and cultures celebrate Harvest. In the tradition of Harvest, we then shared and celebrated our efforts with other classes using zoom.