Year 5 and 6- Spring Term - Mr. Scurrah.
Humanities.
‘Frozen Kingdom’
Our Y5/6 topic is from the ‘Cornerstones Creative Curriculum’ and is
exciting theme based learning. The topic ‘Frozen Kingdom’ will give us
lots of opportunities for cross-curricula work in Geography, English and
Maths by studying world-maps, climate, temperatures and wildlife in the
frozen parts of the world.
Art/DT
In art we will be developing
our mapping skills, looking
ENGLISH: The main focus will be to
ICT
write in a variety of genres including:
Research about Polar Regions
Information, Explanation and Recounts.
will be a key part of the ICT
at photos of ‘The Blue
this term. We will collate
facts using a variety of
Planet’ from space and
using appropriate colours
In Guided Reading we will study
for mapping. Also, drawing,
reference books and factual texts
sketching and painting the
about the Polar Regions. Also, read
wildlife within the Arctic
together the class novel: ‘Kensuke’s
and Antarctic Circle.
Kingdom’.
applications including: Word
docs, power-points and
publisher.
In French, we will use websites to hear correct
pronunciations and write our
own power-points about The
High Street.
Science.
Our investigation will be
.
Maths. The areas of study will be:
1.
mainly focussed on
Solving word problems involving money, using
all four number operations.
temperature and
2. Telling the time analogue, digital and 24 hour
significant temperatures
clock and solving related problems.
such as the point water
3. Reading scales linked to capacity and volume.
4. Data handling including graphs and pie charts.
freezes.
5. Finding average, mode, mean and median.
We will make ice castles;
create mock icebergs
6. Data handling and a
disaster of The Titanic.
MFL
teaching gymnastics
and Movement.
be ‘Icy Music’ to link
with the topic: Frozen
Kingdoms’. We will
listen to pieces such
as: ‘Lieutenant Kije’
and Allegri’s ‘Winter’
Seasons’.
look at the famous
P.E. teachers will be
Our music theme will
from ‘The Four
and cabin cruisers with a
PE. Our specialist
Music
nswering
questions about graphs.
PSHCE
RE. This term we will be
We will link French into
How to find a
learning about: ‘Symbols
music by learning songs for
‘WIN/WIN’ situation
children in French.
when faced with
and Symbolism’ in faiths
The theme for this half
LOSE/LOSE or
term will be ‘The French
WIN/LOSE. Children
High Street’ and ‘How to
will discuss scenarios.
make a purchase – in French.’
around the world. Also,
‘Special People’