B Cycle
Yr 5/6
HALF TERM
ORGANISATION
LITERACY
CORE
SKILLSONGOING
(Spelling
Appendix on
school
website)
LITERACY
Autumn Term
(1) Children in Victorian times
(2) Victorian life (Town,Christmas)
Reading and Writing- word reading
and transcription
-Apply knowledge of root words,
prefixes & suffixes to read aloud &
understand meanings, & understand
the guidance for adding them
-Use a thesaurus
Reading Comprehension
-Read, familiarise & discuss an
increasingly wide range of books
from our own literary heritage &
other cultures & traditions, that are
structured in different ways &
maintain positive attitudes to
reading & understanding
-Understand what they read by
drawing inferences & justifying with
evidence
-Discuss & evaluate how authors use
language, including figurative,
considering the impact on the reader
Writing- Handwriting
-Write legibly, fluently & with speed
Writing- Composition
-Plan their writing by identifying
audience & purpose, use similar
writing as models for own
-Draft & write by selecting
appropriate grammar & vocabulary,
changing & enhancing meaning
-Evaluate & edit by assessing
effectiveness of own & others
writing, proposing changes to
vocabulary, grammar & punctuation
to enhance effects & clarify
meaning
-Proof read for spelling and
punctuation errors
Writing- Vocabulary, Grammar and
Punctuation
-Recognise vocabulary & structures
that are appropriate for formal
speech & writing, including
subjunctive forms and use passive
verbs to affect the presentation of
information in a sentence
-Indicate grammatical & other
features by using commas and
hyphens to clarify meaning & avoid
ambiguity- Use & understand
grammatical terminology
Older literature/Film/Narrative,
Victorian texts
Older Literature:
Film Narratives
Classic/ Narrative/Choral poems
L.O. Published book- e.g. sequel to
class text (e.g. Railway Children,
Street Child, Oliver Twist,
Christmas Carol)
Spring Term
Summer Term
Natural Disasters
Survival of the Fittest
Reading and Writing- word reading
and transcription
-Spell some words with silent letters
-Continue to distinguish between
homophones
-Use knowledge of morphology &
etymology in spellings
Reading Comprehension
-Recommend books they have read &
make comparisons within & across books
-Learn a wider range of poetry by heart
& prepare poems & plays to read aloud
-Understand what they read by asking
questions
-Predicting
-Summarising main ideas drawn from
more than one paragraph, identifying
key details that support main idea
-Distinguish between fact & fiction
Writing- Handwriting
-Choose which shape of a letter to use &
decide whether or not to join specific
letters
Writing- Composition
-Plan their writing by noting &
developing initial ideas, drawing on
reading and research where necessary
-Draft & write narratives by describing
settings, character & atmosphere,
integrating dialogue to convey character
& advance the action
-Evaluate & edit by ensuring the
consistent & correct use of tense
-Perform their own compositions so that
meaning is clear
-Proof read for spelling and punctuation
errors
Writing- Vocabulary, Grammar and
Punctuation
-Using the perfect form of verbs to
mark relationships of time & cause
-Using expanded noun phrases, modal
verbs & adverbs
-Indicate grammatical & other features
by using brackets, dashes or commas to
indicate parenthesis
-Punctuating bullet points consistently
-Use & understand grammatical
terminology
Reading and Writing- word reading
and transcription
-Use dictionaries to check spelling and
meaning of words
-Use the 1st 3 or 4 letters of a word to
check spelling & meaning in dictionary
Journalistic writing: about disaster
Persuasive writing for
charity/advertising: for biscuits
Instructions for making the biscuits
Visual Literacy: news reports
Disaster poem— L.O. learn by heart and
perform
L.O. News broadcast about disasterdigital media
Drama (Digital Journalism)
L.O. Advertising biscuit poster and
packaging.
L.O. Persuasive charity letter
Reading Comprehension
Perform poetry so that the meaning is
clear to the audience -Retrieve, record
& present information from non- fiction
-Participate in discussions about books
& challenge others views courteously
-Explain & discuss understanding of
what they have read including formal
presentations & debates, maintaining
focus
-Provide reasoned justifications for
their views
Writing- Handwriting
-Choose the writing implement that is
best suited to the task
Writing- Composition
Plan their narrative writing by
considering how authors have developed
characters & settings (read, listened to
or seen performed)
-Draft & write by précising longer
passages & using a wide range of devises
to build cohesion within & across
paragraphs, use devises to structure
text & guide reader e.g. headings, bullet
points, underlining
-Evaluate & edit by ensuring correct
subject & verb agreement when using
singular & plural
-Proof read for spelling and punctuation
errors
Writing- Vocabulary, Grammar and
Punctuation
-Using relative clauses beginning with
who, which, where, when, whose, that or
with an implied (i.e. omitted) relative
pronoun
-Learning the grammar for Y5&6 in
English appendix 2
-Indicate grammatical & other features
by using, semi colons, colons or dashes
to mark boundaries between
independent clauses & use a colon to
introduce a list
-Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackmanmake comparisons within book
L.O. Debate
L.O. Drama
L.O. Digital media – Newsround
L.O. Letter
-One World- Michael Foreman –
Compare/ contrast with Pig Heart Boytext layout and descriptive language
-Environmental Poetry
L.O. Create anthology…
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MATHEMA
TICS
CORE
SKILLS
Number and Place Value
Y5- Read, write, order & compare
numbers to at least 1,000,000 &
count forwards or backwards in
steps of 10 for any given number up
to 1,00,0000
Y6-As above up to 10 000 000 &
round any whole No to required
degree of accuracy
Addition, Subtraction,
Multiplication and Division
Y5- Add & subtract whole numbers
with more than four digits, including
formal written methods & add and
subtract mentally with large No.s
-Identify factor pairs of numbers,
common factors and multiples
-Know and use prime numbers, prime
factors & composite numbers
-Multiply & divide whole numbers by
10, 100, 1000
Y6-x & ÷ Nos up to 4 digits using
long multiplication and long division.
Interpret remainders as appropriate
for context.
Fractions (including decimals and
percentages)
Y5- Compare, order, add & subtract
fractions with same denominators
- Equivalent fractions, including
tenths & hundredths
-Recognise & convert mixed numbers
& improper fractions
Y6-Use common factors to simplify
fractions; use common multiples to
express fractions in same
denomination
-Compare & order fractions,
including fractions ≥ 1
-Add & subtract fractions with
different denominators & mixed
Nos, using equivalent fractions
Measurement
Y5-Convert between different units
of metric measure & understand &
use equivalences between metric &
imperial units
Y6-Solve problems involving
calculation & conversion of units of
measure up to 3dp
-Use, read, write & convert between
standard units of length, mass,
volume & time, from smaller to
larger units & vice versa, up to 3dp
Geometry- Properties of shape
Y5-Identify 3D shapes from 2D
representations
-Estimate & compare acute, obtuse
& reflex angles & draw & measure
given angles in degrees
Y6- Draw 2-D shapes using given
dimensions & angles & recognise,
describe & build simple 3D shapes,
including making nets
Number and Place Value
Y5- Interpret negative numbers in
contest, counting forwards/ backwards
through zero & round any number up to
1,000,000 to nearest 10, 100, 1000,
10 000 & 100 000 & solve number and
practical problems that involve all of the
above
Y6- Use negative Nos in context and
calculate intervals across zero.
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication
and Division
Y5- Use rounding to check answers &
determine levels of accuracy
-Multiply numbers up to 4 digits by 1 & 2
digit numbers
-Multiply & divide numbers mentally
-Divide 4 digit numbers by 1 digit
numbers using short division/
remainders
Y6-Perform mental calculations,
including with mixed operations & large
Nos
-Identify common factors, common
multiples & prime numbers
-Use knowledge of order of operations
to carry out calculations involving the 4
operations
Fractions (including decimals and
percentages)
Y5- Multiply proper fractions & mixed
Nos by whole Nos & read & write
decimal Nos as fractions
-Recognise & use thousandths & relate
them to tenths, hundredths & decimals
Y6-Multiply simple pairs of proper
fractions, writing answer in simplest
form & divide proper fractions by whole
numbers
-Associate a fraction with division &
calculate decimal & fraction equivalents
-Identify the value of each digit in Nos
to 3dp and x & ÷ Nos by 10, 100, 100
giving answers up to 3dp
Measurement
Y5-Measure & calculate perimeter &
area of composite & rectilinear shapes
-Estimate volume & capacity
Y6- convert between miles and km
-Recognise that shapes with the same
areas can have different perimeters &
vice versa
-Recognise when it is possible to use
formulae for area & volume of shapes
Geometry- Properties of shape
Y5-Identify angles at a point and one
whole turn, straight line angles & a half
turn & other multiples of 90°
Y6- Use properties to compare &
classify geometric shapes & find
unknown angles in any triangles,
quadrilaterals & regular polygons
Number and Place Value
Y5-Read Roman numerals to 1000 (M) &
recognise years written in Roman
numerals
Y6- Solve number & practical problems
linked to place value and negative
numbers
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication
and Division
Y5- Solve addition & multi- step
problems in context, deciding which
operations/ methods to use & why
-Recognise & use square and cube
numbers (notation)
-Solve problems involving x & ÷ using
knowledge of factors, multiples, squares
& cubes
-solve problems involving combination of
all 4 operations, understanding the
meaning of the equals sign & problems
including scaling by simple fractions &
simple rates
Y6-Solve multi- step problems in
context involving all 4 operations,
deciding which operations & methods to
use & why
-Use estimation to check answers and
determine appropriate degree of
accuracy
Fractions (including decimals and
percentages)
Y5-Round nos with 2dp to nearest whole
number and to 1dp.
-Read, write & compare nos up to 3dp &
solve problems
-Recognise & understand the % symbol
and solve problems (decimal & fraction
equivalents)
Y6-Multiply 1 digit Nos with up to 2dp
by whole Nos
-Use written division methods for
numbers up to 2dp
-Solve problems which require accurate
rounding of decimals
-Use equivalences between simple
fractions, decimals & percentages
Measurement
Y5- Solve problems converting between
units of time & use all 4 operations to
solve measurement problems using
decimal notation & scaling
Y6- Calculate the area of parallelograms
& triangles
-Calculate, estimate & compare volume
of cubes and cuboids (cm³ m³)
Geometry- Properties of shape
Y5-Use properties of rectangles to find
missing lengths & angles
Y6- Illustrate & name parts of circles &
know that the diameter is twice the
radius
-Recognise angles where they meet at a
point, are on a straight line, or are
vertically opposite and find missing
angles
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MATHEMA
TICS
CORE
SKILLS
cont
Geometry- Position and Direction
Y5-Identify & describe positions of
shapes following a reflection
Y6- Describe positions in all 4
quadrants
Statistics
Y5-solve comparison, sum &
difference problems using line
graphs
Y6-Interpet & construct pie charts
& line graphs & use to solve problems
Y6- Ratio & Proportion
-Solve problems involving the
relative sizes of 2 quantities
MATHS
Y6- Algebra
-Use simple formulae & generate and
describe linear No sequences
Measures (lengths of material),
handling data, conversion of units of
money, reading scales, measuring
quantities of flour, sweets, budgets
L.O. Ch plan, run and purchase from
Victorian shop (immersive learning).
Budgets.
Geometry- Position and Direction
Y5- Identify & describe positions of
shapes following a translation
Y6- Draw & translate simple shapes on
the coordinate plane and reflect them in
the axis
Statistics
Y5-Complete, read & interpret
information in tables, including
timetables
Y6-Calculate & interpret the mean as an
average
Y6- Ratio & Proportion
-Solve problems involving the calculation
of percentages & the use of
percentages for comparison
Y6- Algebra
-Express missing number problems
algebraically & find pairs of numbers
that satisfy an equation with 2 unknowns
Ratio, conversion of units (biscuits),
statistics linked to disaster data
Finance/problem solving linked to
merchandise and biscuit budget
Data handling: weather/disasters
L.O. Recipe booklet that includes
budget, ratio and proportion.
SCIENCE
Forces, e.g. industrial mechanisms
Gravity, resistance between moving
surfaces
Mechanisms, (levers, pulleys &
gears) allow a smaller force to have
a greater effect
Magnetism
L.O. Build controllable bridge for
D&T with lifting mechanism.
Changing State of materials :cooking
biscuits and disasters. Solutions,
separation, reversible/ irreversible
Gases Around us
Water cycle linked to disasters
(weather station)
L.O. Create Healthy Biscuits.
COMPUTIN
G
IT- Understand Computer Networks
and use search technologies
effectively
DL- Multimedia presentation
e- safety- Recognise acceptable/
unacceptable behaviour: identify a
range of ways to report concerns
about content & contact.
L.O.- E safety multimedia
presentation
William Morris
Observational drawings of artefacts
L.O. llustrations for published bookin
Literacy
L.O. Victorian printed wrapping
paper (style of William Morris)
L.O. Oliver Twist art work in style of
Lowry
DL-, Filming in Literacy- Use a range of
digital devices to design & create
IT- Evaluate and apply information
technology & use the internet
effectively to provide data in news
report
L.O. News broadcast about disaster
CS- computer
Science
IT- information
Technology
DL- Digital
Literacy
ART
GEOGRAPH
Y
Victorian Empire- Locational
knowledge and place knowledge.
Mapping skills, continents, Victorian
transport.
Describe and understand
settlements and trade links.
L.O.- Create a travel brochure for a
tour of the Victorian empire.
Biscuits Posters and packaging
(different techniques)
Landscapes: Research photographers/
artists linked to natural disasters.
Ipad art
L.O. Create the packaging and poster art
work for the biscuits.
L.O. Disaster landscape picture to go
with charity letter.
Physical processes- Natural Disasters,
Describe and understand: rivers,
erosion, volcanoes, mountains, flooding,
earthquakes ,climate.
Study UK locality not local.
Field work.
L.O. Model of a physical process e.g.
volcano (active?)
Geometry- Position and Direction
Y5-Describe position in the first
quadrant of a coordinate grid
Y6-Predict missing coordinates using
the properties of shapes
Statistics
Y5-Consolidate & extend learning in
previous terms
Y6-Connect work on angles, fractions &
percentages to interpretation of pie
charts
Y6- Ratio & Proportion
-Solve problems involving similar shapes
where the scale factor is known or can
be found & solve problems involving
unequal sharing using knowledge of
fractions & multiples
Y6- Algebra
-Enumerate possibilities of combinations
with 2 variables
Vitruvian Man (Evolution)
Fibonacci in nature- the Golden ratio Pie
charts- fractions, decimals, percentages
Statistical data
Capacity & measuring
Tessellation- repeating patterns
L.O. Create scale Vitruvian model of
themselves using ratio (ppt D Barton)
Living Things and their habitats and
Evolution/ Adaptation- adaptation may
lead to evolution. Living things produce
offspring .
Classification of micro- organisms,
plants and animals. Give reasons for
classification.
Fossils- provide information
L.O. Creating a newly evolved animal
that is adapted to a given environment
L.O. Create own habitat to suit animal
features and adaptations.
CS Programming-design, write & debug
programmes using, sequence, selection &
repetition
Use sequence, selection & repetition in
programs
Explain how simple algorithms work and
detect and correct errors
DL-, Filming in Literacy- Use a range of
digital devices to design & create
LO- L.O. Digital media – newsround
Vitruvian Man (Evolution)
Tessellation- Esher
Fibonacci in nature
Perspective
Landscapes
L.O.- Create a clay plate using the
Fibonacci rule
Fieldwork- local ( Improving the local
environment)
Locational knowledge- map work (plot
various points and create own maps)
Name and locate counties, cities regions
and features in the UK.
L.O.- Create a leaflet/ write a letter to
local water board suggesting improvements
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Victorian history: a study of an
aspect of British Historysignificant turning point of industrial
revolution (first railways). Timeline,
Industrial Revolution. Inventions,
health, disease and medicine, leisure
time, schooling.
L.O.- Create an information booklet
or powerpoint for younger audience.
Victorians
L.O. Create museum artefact to
show and discuss in class museum.
Historical natural disaster (Pompeii)
See Literacy
Historical figures- eye witness
accounts- people who survived e.g. Pliny
the Younger
L.O. Eye witness account/ drama
Charles Darwin
Natural Disasters
L.O. Ch create informational display
board relating to weather type or
natural disaster (may include model)
DT
Bridges
Computer aided designs.
Prototypes.
Annotated sketches.
Cross sectional diagrams.
Brunel- Understand how the work of
Brunel has continued to influence
modern bridge design.
To incorporate a series circuit.
L.O. Can children build a bridge with
lifting mechanism that will fulfil the
design brief and consumer needs.
RE
(Taken
from Lincs
KS2 RE
Syllabus)
Term 1 Christian Beliefs & Lifestyles
Rules and Values
Putting God’s rules into practice/
Parables/ What can be learned from
Jesus’ teaching?
Term 2 Christian JourneysJourneys of Saints and
missionaries/ Christmas Journey/
Pilgrimages/ Life Journeys/ Narnia
L.O.- Write autobiography of Gladys
Aylward (in role) or ch create
Christian religious journey/ map for
Narnia
PE
Basketball (Meres)
Making healthy biscuits: designing
product and packaging – link to literacy
and maths.
Exploding diagram.
Understand and apply the principles of a
varied and healthy diet.
My style: power point of charity.
Understand seasonality, where and how
a variety of ingredients grow and are
processed.
L.O. Can children design, prepare and
cook a variety of predominantly healthy/
savoury biscuits for a selected charity.
Term 3 Symbols in Worship- At the
Cathedral and the Mosque
Last Supper, Godly Play: symbols
Religious/ my special place (s)/ Symbols/
objects in local church/ Visit to a
mosque- main features, prayer,
symbolism/ What is sacred?
L.O. Create Symbols Guide/ Leaflet for
local church or mosque
Term 4- Natural Holy Disasters
Moses and Noah
Noah- olive branch and dove
L.O.- storybook for KS1 . (pop up book
to show Godly disasters)
Hockey- (Meres)
Swimming(Meres)
Dance- (Meres)
Improving the local environment
L.O.- Create a leaflet/
write a letter to local water board
suggesting improvements for Denton
Reservoir
Shelters
Investigate and analyse existing
products.
Evaluate their ideas and products
against their own criteria.
Peer critique.
Cross sectional diagram.
Prototypes.
L.O. Can children create own habitat
shelter to suit animal features and
adaptations for local environment.
HISTORY
Topic/
Project
Tag Rugby (Meres)
MUSIC
PSHE
MfL
Swimming –
(Meres)
Term 5 & 6 Buddhist Beliefs and
Lifestyle
The Buddha, Buddha’s teachings, Four
noble truths, Eightfold path, Buddhist
stories, Buddhist communities, temples
L.O. Digital Media- TV interview (What
My Faith Means to Me). Pupils interview
partner in role as a Buddhist in which
sensitive questions are posed and
answered including aspects of Buddhist
understanding and lifestyle
Cricket (Denton)
Orienteering (Denton)
Peer/ Self Critique- Compare performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve personal best
Competitive team sports played and modified where appropriate.
Victorian music and song writing
Study environmental composer Laurie Study soundscape composer R. Murray
Study composer- Sir Edward Elgar
Anderson's Landfall (about the
Play and perform in solo and ensemble
L.O. Christmas performance- write their
impact of Hurricane Sandy),
Use staff/ musical notations
own Christmas song. Use staff/ musical
Composition
L.O. Compose and perform an
notations. CD and artwork/ packaging.
L.O. Compose sound track for biscuit
environmental soundscape linked to a
Movie maker to record & peer critique
promotion advert- ICT-Movie maker
peaceful world.
(ICT)
New Beginnings
Say no to bullying
Good to be me
Getting on & Falling out
Going for goals
Relationships, Changes
Drugs and sex education (Denton)
sex education (Denton)
DARE and sex education (both
Healthy eating
schools)
Where do you live, places in town,
At school, classroom objects, what’s
What’s the weather like, numbers 40 –
directions
the time
200, The Euro
Simple Reading/ Create own ideas from
Gender
Describe people, places and things
known language
Speak in sentences using familiar
Broaden vocabulary & develop ability
Listen attentively to spoken languages,
vocabulary
to understand new words using a
joining in and responding
Pronunciation/ Express ideas orally
dictionary
Appreciate songs & rhymes & explore
Read carefully & show understanding
Speak in simple language to be
pattern & sound of language
of words, phrases & simple writing
understood
Ask & answer questions: express opinions
Understand basic grammar
Write phrases from memory & adapt
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& respond to those of others
Understand basic grammar
MULTICULTURAL
LINKS
British Empire & it’s dispersal
Natural disasters, i.e. Tsunami,
monsoons, floods
VISITS/
CLASS
AREAS
Blists Hill
Victorian Christmas: Burghley
History off the page
Victorian shopping- Immersive learning
Visit from Search and Rescue Team
to create new sentences
Describe people, places & things orally
& in writing
Multifaith society
Local Area Visits- Reservoir