Year 5

Year 6

English

Flotsam

This picture book contains no words so this unit provides the children with the opportunity to write a narrative of the events. Considering how authors build tension and convey time across a text.

Where my Wellies Take Me

This non-fiction text will help us to link different ideas between and across paragraphs and include relative clauses in our writing.

A Word in your Ear

This is a narrative piece. This book is a collection of stories, we will base the majority of the teaching upon the first short story. The focus of this unit will be upon creating a story that changes pace.

Are Humans Damaging the Atmosphere?

This is a non-fiction based text, where children will write an information text based on a topic of interest.

Maths

Multiplication and Division 

• Multiplying and dividing two and three-digit numbers by single digits using partitioning, expanded and short methods. 
• Handle regrouping, remainders, and exchanges 
• Apply efficient strategies to solve multiplication and division problems. 

Area and Measurement 

• Measure area using counting, square centimetres, and square metres. 
• Calculate the area of rectangles and rectilinear shapes and solve related problems. 
• Compare and describe areas, lengths, and other measurements using multiplication and division. 
• Solve problems and analyse changes in mass, capacity, and time. 

Fractions/Decimals/Percentages

• Times and divide fractions.
• Noticing the relationship between converting between fractions, decimals and percentages.

Algebra

• Beginning to notice patterns within an algebraic format.

Ratio

• Finding ratios of integers and noticing the relationships.

Area/Perimeter/Volume

• Finding the area, perimeter and volumes of shapes.
• This will follow on from measurements that we covered in Year 5.

Science

Properties and Changing Materials 

• Compare and group everyday materials based on properties like hardness, solubility, transparency, and conductivity. 
• Understand and demonstrate reversible and irreversible changes in states of matter. 
• Learn and apply specific scientific concepts to different situations. 
• Record findings using a variety of methods. 

Light

• Looking at light travelling.
• Understanding how shadows are created.
• Demonstrate how shadows can change by planning investigations.
• Record findings using a variety of methods.

History

Vikings

• Accounts of Lindisfarne raids
• Reasons for migration and what Britain had to offer the Viking people
• How life changed for people in the Britain
• Reasons why King Alfred many be considered ‘Great’

The Impact of War

• How wars are detrimental to small villages.
• How have wars impacted children’s lives in our locality.
• Understand how the World Wars impacted daily life.
• Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

Geography

The Alps

• Formation of the Alps
• How homes are adapted to the climate.
• Use physical maps to locate places and regions in the Alps.
• The advantages and disadvantages of tourism in the Alpine region.

Climate Change

• Identifying threats to the health of our planet.
• Describe and understand key aspects of the distribution of natural resources.
• Evaluate renewable and nonrenewable energy sources.
• Understand the importance of protecting our oceans. 

RE

Hinduism

• Explore the question: "Why do Hindus try to be good?"
• Understand the importance of atman in Hindu beliefs.
• Learn how dharma influences the way Hindus live their lives.
• Continue to explore and compare different beliefs and religions.

Judaism

• What are the main Jewish beliefs about God.
• What the Sefer Torah is and how it is used.
• The different laws Jewish people need to follow.
• What happens during worship at a synagogue.

Art and DT

Mixed Media Land and Cityscapes

• Share response to David Hockney and Kittie Jones’ work.
• Use onepoint perspective.
• Use different sized paint brushes and use different dilutions of ink and paint.

Structures

• Learning what frame structures are
• Key architect – Charles Leon Stephen Sauvestre
• Designing, making and evaluating own structure

Activism

• Introduce the relationship between Print and Activism.
• Using collage, stencils and drawing to create a final piece.

Cams

• Learn what a frame structure is.
• Research key architects relevant to designing frame structures.
• Design, make and evaluate own structure.  

Music

Make You Feel My Love

• Sing Make You Feel My Love
• Play instrumental parts to accompany the song.
• Improvise short melodies, exploring different dynamics.
• Reflect on their performance and identify areas for improvement.

Classical/Composition

• Listen and reflect on a piece of music played by an orchestra.
• Create a piece of music inspired by orchestral music.
• Plan and compose an 8 or 16 beat melodic phrase (pentatonic/palindrome).

French

Weather

• Describing the weather
• Recognise the weather
• Read a weather map
• Introduce the weather

Weekend

• Telling the time.
• Describe activities at different times.
• Using connectives to extend sentences.

PE

Gymnastics

• Explore and perform counter balance and counter tension balances on the floor and on apparatus.
• Create and perform sequences that link balances with fluid movements.
• Focus on applying flow to sequences, ensuring smooth transitions.
• Experiment with different ways to combine movements and balances.

Cricket

• Refine and apply skills for batting, fielding, and bowling.
• Develop and use tactics for both batting and fielding within team situations.
• Apply these skills and tactics successfully during games and activities.

Computing

Physical Computing

• Understand and create wiring diagrams to show component connections.
• Build models to support and integrate hardware components.
• Test and debug codes using a Crumble device.

Programming

• Introducing variables.
• Variables in programming.
• Improving a game.
• Designing a game.
• Design to code.

PSHE

Living in the Wider World 

• Understand the importance of showing compassion towards others. 
• Explore ways to contribute to helping the environment. 
• Learn different methods for keeping track of money and managing finances.