| Cycle B | Spring Term 1 |
| English Novel Study |
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell Reading, writing and grammar skills will be taught through this novel study. At the end of the unit, children will write their own narrative based on the novel. |
| Mathematics Year 6 |
Missing Angles and Lengths Children will consolidate their understanding of angles using degrees to measure and draw a range of angles. They apply this understanding to find and calculate missing angles within diagrams and 2-D shapes.
Coordinates and Shape Children will develop their understanding of coordinates in all four quadrants, including developing skills using negative numbers, using this understanding to draw, translate and reflect shapes on a coordinate grid.
Fractions In this unit, children will build on their conceptual understanding of calculating with fractions, focusing on multiplication (of two proper fractions) and division (of a common fraction by an integer). |
| Mathematics Year 5 |
Angles In this unit, children will identify and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles. They will learn how to use a protractor to measure and draw angles in degrees.
Fractions and Percentages Children will calculate with fractions, starting with addition and subtraction and moving on to multiplying a fraction and a whole number. Children are introduced to percentage for the first time and come to understand that percentages, decimals and fractions are different ways of expressing proportions.
Transformations Children will review using coordinates to describe positions on a 2-D grid. Children identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following a translation or a reflection and known that the shape has not changed. |
| Science |
Materials In this unit, children will learn about the properties of materials, their states and how to separate them. |
| Geography | |
| History |
Ancient Greece Children will learn about the ancient civilisation and what life was like for then. |
| P.E. |
Gym- Floor Exercises Children will be taught a range of movements across this gymnastics module.
Games- Invasion In this unit the children will learn how to participate in football. This will lead to a football tournament against the other Y5/6 classes. |
| Art |
Collage Children will explore collage techniques while creating their own rainforest. |
| Music |
Make You Feel My Love Children will explore love ballads from the past and present. |
| Design and Technology |
Italian Food Children will discover different Italian dishes and have the opportunity to make their own. |
| PSHCE |
Dreams and Goals Children will explore their own aspirations for the present and future. |
| R.E. |
Christianity Is There Ever Eternal? |
| Languages |
La Passe et le Present Children will be learning how to speak French in the past and present tense. |
| Computing | |
| Online Safety |
Perfect Passwords Children will be learning how to create safe passwords. Online Fake Profiles In this unit, children will be taught how to identify fake profiles and how to protect themselves from these. |