Year 5
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Link to Chinese new year
LCQ
How did the Ancient Greek's
impact our daily lives?
Theme
Myths/Greeks?
How can normal people be
heroes?
Heroes/what’s in the
news?/being a citizen?
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
How has Chinese culture
influenced our society?
Made in China/Trade
routes?
Is the Tudor culture lost
forever?
What would an ideal city be
like?
Citizenship/town
planning/The environment
What is important in the
world?
China
Tudors – Francis Drake
Subject
Global links
Values
Learning Skills – Whole
Academy Focus
Greece/ Athens
Direction, clarity, patterns,
synergy, order
Creativity, belief,
Courage, adventure,
entrepreneurship,
commitment, perseverance,
achievement, independence
Wisdom, diversity, caring for
others
Equality, justice, diversity,
community cohesion,
freedom, respect
Resilient
Relationships
Risk Taking
Resourceful
Local newspaper office/Visit
other Oasis Academies/Luke
Campbell/Kevin Clifton
in?/thornton abbey/visit
firestation
Food tasting/royal armouries
– free entry just coach costs.
Retelling of a modern myth
Bling(modern king midas)
Story from another culture
(China)
Dragon slayer
Trips
Maths
Temperature, weighing,
ratios.
English – Fiction
Focus of unit
Myths
Prometheus and Pandora
Non-Fiction
Focus of unit
Tudors
Instructional writing for
making sherbert
How to write instuctions
How to write a Greek myth
Have a go at Chocolate chip
icecream
1st
person Vs Newspaper –
Create a radio broadcast
Bravery award for fire hero
boy
Newshound
Beach bonanza
Non-chronological reports
The Kraken
A spotters guide to the
Chinese lung dragon
Significant author work
This is not a fairy tale
Shakespeare week fits in here
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
– Powerpoint/presentation on
Jeremy Strong
Anthony Horowitz –
Biography to write changed to
that of Shakespeare.
Sustainability, awe and
wonder, interdependence,
responsibility, mindfulness
world issues
World issues/Wha'ts in the
news?
Natural world processes, life
is precious, respect for living
things, creation, self
worth/happiness,
interdependence, respect
for living things, caring, love
Reflective
Learning Skills – Whole
Academy Focus
Visit GTFC/ Other football
club (MUFC tour)/football
match/town hall visit –
Needs planning ahead
Visit gym/gym instructor in
Poetry
Good night stroud
Last night I saw the city
breathing
Playscripts
Father’s day
Persuasive writing – plans
for a new football stadium
Meet the monster
Meet the future
Discussion texts
The big debate
Writing opportunities –
Science
History
Geography
Materials/reversible and
irreversible changes – May
have to recover later in term
due to timings
The Shang Dynasty of
ancient china
Ancient Greece
Place knowledge
Locational knowledge
Human Geography
(economy and trade links)
British transport
Art
Pop art linking to
comics/heroes?
Artist focus
Lichtenstein
Computing
Unit 5.1 We are game
developers
All living things – Challenge
curric Do all things start with
an egg?
Animals inc Humans
Unit 5.2 We are
cryptographers
Locational knowledge (In
Asia)/ Human Geography
(economy and trade links) –
Journey down the Yanzke –
Physical geography of rivers
Traditional Chinese printing
– Willow pattern on plates
and Chinese dragons
Reversible and irreversible
changes
Human body/Healthy eating
Geographical skills and
fieldwork
Physical geography (water
cycle/climate) Climate
change
Unit 5.3 We are artists
Unit 5.6 We are architects
Build new sports
stadium/town/design a new
football kit
Gymnastics
Bat games
Tudor Monarchy- what lasting
impact did the Tudors have? –
Henry VIII and wives, Life for
Tudor children, Wealthy Vs
poor
Geographical skills and
fieldwork/locational
knowledge
3D Portraits on canvas using
Paper mache
Holborn
Unit 5.5 We are bloggers
Unit 5.4 We are web
developers
MFL
Design and technology
Making ice cream
P.E.
RE
Enterprise
P4C
General
OAA
Willow pattern pots – Used
plates
Invasion games
Athletics
Chinese food
Dance
Easter story
Art gallery invite
Sports competition