Years Five and Six

Subject

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

English

Fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

Fiction -  explore features of contrasting genres and plans and write extended stories in a chosen genre. Read a range of modern  children’s literature.

Non-fiction - read a range of biographies and autobiographies and evaluate the language, style and effectiveness of examples of non-fiction. Learn how to select the appropriate style and form to suit a specific purpose and audience.

Poetry - explore personification in poets’ work and use this as a basis for  own personification poems.

Year 5  -  myths and legends. 

Read a collection of legends about Merlin and King Arthur

Write  own versions. 

Recounts

Narrative poems 

Year 6 - covering a comprehensive revision programme in preparation for SATS.

Read, review and write a range of non-fiction.

Study and write narratives, paying attention to the sequence of paragraphs and the use of appropriate connectives.

Maths

All aspects of place value and the four rules will be revised.

Fractions

Decimals

Percentages

Time zones

Shape and space, Measurement

Probability

Angles

Word problems based on real-life situations.

Mental maths will be practised regularly.

Alll aspects of place value and the four rules will be revised.

Fractions

Decimals

Percentages

Time

Shape and space, Measurement

Probability

Angles.

Word problems based on real-life situations.

Mental maths will be practised regularly.

Practice for external testing will be continuous.

Place Value

Addition

Subtraction

Multiplication

Division

Fractions

Decimals

Percentages

Handling Data

Solving problems and puzzles

Shape and Space

Measures

Properties of numbers

Number sequences

Year 6 – Transition Unit Year 6 to Year 7

Science

Micro-organisms

How we see things, including how shadows are made. 

Balanced and Unbalanced Forces,

Dissolving

Year 6 - covering a comprehensive revision programme.

Life Cycle of plants

ICT

Create a multimedia presentation using text, images and sound

Spreadsheet program to sort and display information.  Structure a spreadsheet for a given purpose and use a spreadsheet to model a situation.

Use the Internet to research a topic and find information. How to stay safe online.

R.E

The Bible and The Church in the Community

Sikhism. 

Develop a  knowledge and an understanding of what Jesus said about himself.

Christian beliefs including the Trinity.

Sikhism

History

Anglo Saxons

Norman Conquests

Norman Conquests

Victorian Children.

Finding out about the lives of Victorian children, how attitudes towards them changed, and some of the people who are remembered for their part in these changes. 

Victorian Legacy and its importance of life today.

Geography

Mountain environments

Investigating rivers including looking at world river systems.

Investigating the coast.

Changing coast lines and mountain environments.

Music

Three main elements of performing, composing and listening and appraising.

The three main elements of performing - composing and listening and appraising.

Working towards items for the summer production

PE

 Games - develop ball skills and team participation . 

Dance

Games - Develop ball skills and team participation through a variety of games

Gymnastics -  partner work.  

Ball Skills and team participation through a variety of games.

Art

Develop skills of observation, recording, knowledge and understanding of colour, tone and composition by studying the work of Rousseau and Lowry.

Develop skills of observation, recording, knowledge and understanding of colour, tone and composition.

Develop skills of observation, recording, knowledge and understanding of colour, tone and composition.

Design props, scenery and costumes for the summer production.

Design and Technology

Slippers – evaluate, design, make, test.

Bridges – structure, design, build and test their own.

Design props, scenery and costumes for the summer production.