Year 5 and 6 curriculum map
Autumn
WW1
English
Narrative -Tale of Poetry and
fear
performance
Spring
Time Travellers
Finding tale –
Fantastical
objects from
history/future
Newspaper
reports – War
news from the
front
Informal letters
from the front.
Maths
in context
Map work and
perimeter.
Angles/rotation – Roman numerals
firing model tanks Time problems
(topic related)
Time lines
Measures –
metric to imperial
in WW1 recipes.
Discussion –
Should dinosaur
DNA be cloned?
Measuring
distances/recordi
ng data in
Shape nets –
science
Christmas
investigations
decorations
Science
Forces –
propulsion
Investigating
materials uniforms
Summer
Eco Warriors
Instructions and
Non-chronological Persuasive text –
explanation text – report –
Save MY animal!
time machines
endangered
species.
Formal letters to
Adventure the government.
narratives
Creation myths
from other
Recount – My day cultures.
in the future
Place value –
distances of the
planets in the
solar system
Data handling
Percentages of
endangered
species
Circumference of
the planets
Packaging, space
and shape
Animals including Earth and space – Materials –
humans – sorting, inter-galactic
pollution/
classifying
travellers
properties and
changes
Extinct
species/dinosaurs
Sex ed/drugs
evolution and
adaptation
Community
garden –
perimeter and
area
Living things and
their habitats
ICT
Use of internet
for research
Publishing and
presentation of
texts
Graphics and
drawing
packages.
e safety
Digital art
History
Geography
Art
Digital media
animations –
Save MY animal.
PowerPoint
presentation
Graphs and data
handling
Trench life
Conscientious
objectors
Women's roles in
ww1
Prehistoric earth - Living history/local Comparison data
Dinosaurs
history
Reuse/Recycle
/Reduce
My time capsule
for 2024!
Living memories
Accounts of local
people of how
thing were
Map work of
Europe,
changing
boundaries
Major Battle
sites.
Fossils – Geology
of local area
Transportation of
goods.
Observational
drawing
Still life with
paper poppies –
watercolour
techniques
DT
Video
presentation for
the time capsule
Digital music Anthem for the
future: radio
system
Recruitment
posters
Mini- model
tanks
Memorial
Silhouettes –
Henri Matisse
paper cuts
Digital images –
art of the future
Christmas
decorations –
paper
manipulation
Make a clock
The impact of
humans on the
planet –
destruction and
conservation
Futuristic
creatures
Giger’s aliens
Impacts and
effects
Art in nature –
Animal portraits –
Andy Goldsworthy Mixed media
composition
Willow sculptures
Painting
Manipulating
techniques
nature
Wind chimes from
recycled materials
RE
PHSE
PE
Christianity in
WW1
Remembrance
Places of worship Easter story
service at St Mary
Magdalene in
period dress.
Christmas story
Team skills in out Friendship door ed –
Camaraderie
New beginnings
Going for goals
Swimming
Invasion games
Gymnastics
Dance
Good to be me
Buddhism –
Creation beliefs
respect for nature. and myths from
different religions
Native American around the world.
Indian – respect
for nature and
symbolism
Relationships
Changes
Community
responsibility
Citizenship.
Dance - Salsa
Athletics
Invasion games
French
Greetings Introducing
yourself
Where do you
live
Town Directions
At school
Numbers
Noel
Weather
Numbers
Money, shops and
food
French printed
French printed
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
presentation to
presentation to
present to year 4’s present to year 4’s
Music
Singing –
national songs of
ww1
Nativity Songs/
carols
Time travellers
Top of the Pops
Time travellers
Top of the Pops
Samba
Musical
Tempo, beat and
appreciation rhythm with
Music of the world
recycled
instruments