Curriculum Plan 2015 – 2016
Autumn 1
8 weeks
4 weeks
Theme
Marvellous Me
National Events and
Religious Festivals
Autumn 2
7 weeks
7 weeks
4 weeks
Victorious
Victorians
Celebration
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Spring 1
5 weeks
Spring 2
5 weeks
Tea for Two
Abbey House
Museum - leeds
Experience
Key Texts
Class 9
Time snatch
Street Child
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish
New Year)
Christmas
Miracle of
Jonathan
Toomey
Christmas
Children in Need
Shoebox appeal
Footsteps in the Forest
Biographies
Non fiction texts about India and the tea
industry
Easter
Mothering Sunday
Comic Relief
World Book Day
Summer 1
8 weeks
Summer 2
7 weeks
World War II
Power to the
Future
Eden Camp
Magna
Goodnight Mr Tom
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Instructional texts.
Explanatory texts..
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Class 9
Skills
Communication
1 speak effectively for
different audiences
2 Listen appropriately to
others
3 Understand others
through talk
4 respond appropriately
to others
5 participate effectively
in group discussions
6 read a range of literary
and non-fiction texts
7 reflect critically on
what is read
8 write fluently for a
range of audiences and
purposes
9 analyse critically their
own and others’ writing
Science
Animals
including
humansidentifying main
parts of human
circulatory
system. Diet,
exercise, drugs,
lifestyle and
the transport of
nutrients &
water within
animals and
humans.
Family trees
Local Historychanging jobs of
ancestors.
History
Application of Number
10 develop a range of
mental calculation
strategies and apply in
different contexts
11 understand and use
mathematical language
12 solve increasingly
complex problems and
present findings
13 explain the reasoning
used to solve problems
14 solve number problems
in real life situations
Information Technology
15 use a range of
information sources
16 use a range of ICT
tools
Evolution and
inheritance.
Successful
Victorians.
Developments in
technology
17 Find, analyse,
24 Understand the needs
interpret, evaluate,
of others
present information using
25 Develop social
ICT for a range of
interaction strategies
purposes
26 Co-operate with
18 make critical and
others in a range of
informed judgements
settings
about when and how to
27 Appreciate the
use ICT
experience of others
19 Use ICT information
28 Consider different
sources to enquire
perspectives
20 Use a range of ICT
29 Benefit from what
information sources to
others think, say and do
support decision making
Improving own learning
21 Modify work with ICT
and performance
Working with others
30 Reflect and critically
22 Contribute to small
evaluate their own wok
group and whole class
31Consider what they
discussions
have learnt
23 Work with others to
32Identify the purpose
meet a challenge
of learning
Other Curriculum Areas (if not already linked to the main theme)
Light
Living things and their
Separating materialshabitats-animals of India.
filtering, sieving,
dissolving, etc linked with
Animal and plant
tea.
classification.
Tea plants-parts of a
plant-revision(Y3)
Victorian
Christmastraditions,
crafts etc
India and its links with the British Empire. History of
changes in ruling of country. Development of the
Indian Tea Company.
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33 Reflect on the
processes of learning
34 Assess progress in
learning
35 Identify obstacles or
problems in learning
36 Identify and plan ways
to improve learning
Problem Solving
37 Solve problems faced
in learning and life
38 Identify and
understand a problem
39 Plan ways to solve a
problem
40 Monitor progress in
tackling a problem
41Review solutions to a
problem
42 Respond to the
challenge of a problem
43 Plan, test, modify and
review the progress
needed to achieve
particular outcomes
Personal and Emotional
44 Manage own and
others’ feelings
appropriately
45 Manage future
behaviour reflecting on
past experience
46 Set goals for personal
development
47 Work independently
towards deadlines
48 Control physical
movements in a range of
contexts
Electricity
Energy
Forces (Y5)
World War 2 and how it
affects us now.
Timelines of significant
events and hoe the course
Significant developments
in history-technology,
transport etc
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Geography
RE
Computing
DT / Art
Changes in local
geography
including land
usage. Origins
of families.
Can Christian
Aid & Islamic
relief change
the world? (Y6)
Values-How do
charities and
worldwide
organisations
put values into
practice?
Spread sheets
to organise
data-excel
Observational
drawingabstract
drawing.
Salvador Dali
Indoor PE
Circuit training
Outdoor PE
Hockey
Music
French
SEAL
New Beginnings
Class 9
during the
Victorian era.
The scale of the
British Empire.
Topic related
Research
Victorians and
the British
Empire.
Use of Ipad in
PE.
Victorian
narrative
paintings.W J
Frith
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of History has changed.
Geography
related to the
Christmas story.
Location of India and its surrounding features.
Significant land features, rivers, mountain ranges,
rainforests, deserts etc.
Climate and landscape-link with land usage.
Why are there
now over 50
mosques in
Yorkshire?
Topic related-religions of
Indian.
William Morris
designs.calendars
Batik
Quilling-cards
Gymnastics
Getting on and Falling out
How boundaries of
countries changed
throughout the war and
continue to change today.
Compare maps of today
with maps from beginning
of 1900s. Countries
involvement in the war.
Positioning of natural
energy plants-local sites
as well a national.
8 point of the compass to
identify locations.
Easter
Words of Wisdom: Sikh,
Muslim, Christian.(Y6)
Sacred Books
Words of Wisdom: Sikh,
Muslim, Christian.(Y6)
Sacred Books
Silk painting
Indian food.
Identify seasonality of
Indian produce and how
it is grown and prepared.
Basketball/benchball
World War 2 toys-making
toys from recycled
materials (No metals)
Design and make
something which runs on
natural sources eg. Wind,
water or sun
PE challenges
Dance
PE challenges
Basketball
Tag Rugby
Cricket
Athletics
Good To Be Me
Relationships
Going for Goals
Changes
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Class 9
Anti-Bullying Week
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