Curriculum Overview for Dry Drayton C of E Primary School
Year group 5/6
Year A
Spring
Autumn
1st half
English
Mathematics
Historical Stories War Horse, War
Game.
Play scripts
Using dialogue
War poetry
2nd half
Retrieve, record
and present
information.
Explanation
Instruction
Performance
Poetry
Place value of
Write and order
numbers up to
decimal numbers.
10,000,000.
Recognise, identify
Decimal place
and write
value.
equivalent
Written and
fractions, improper
mental addition
fractions and
and subtraction.
mixed numbers.
Short
Add and subtract
multiplication and fractions.
division.
Convert between
Compare and
units of
order fractions.
measurement.
Solve multi-step
Identify 3D shapes
problems.
from 2D
representations.
Distinguish
between irregular
and regular
polygons.
Angles - measuring
and constructing.
1st half
Summer
2nd half
1st half
2nd half
Non-chronological reports
Journalistic writing
Persuasive writing
Narrative poetry - The
Highwayman
Stories with flashbacks
Narrative Revision
Nonsense poetry
Short Stories - fantasy Play scripts
genre
Place value of numbers up to
10,000,000. Decimal place value.
Negative numbers.
Addition and subtraction of
decimals and money.
Co-ordinates and statistics.
Fractions decimals and
percentages.
Multiplication and
division of fractions and
decimals.
Algebra.
Perimeter and area of
rectangles and composite
shapes.
Scaling and ratio.
Revision.
Place value and
decimals.
Addition and
subtraction.
Multiplication,
division and
percentages.
Angles and polygons.
Extended written
methods.
Time and data.
Interpreting data.
Problem solving - four
operations.
Order of operations.
Co-ordinates.
Algebra
Measures and reading
scales.
Conversion of units of
measurement.
Science
Computing
Chemistry
Compare and sort
materials by
properties.
Name, understand
and evaluate
different
properties.
Suggest uses for
materials
according to their
properties.
Recognise some
materials will
dissolve.
Plan and carry out
experiments to
dissolve and
separate
materials.
Espresso coding
- Interactive
challenges
- Simple inputs
- Buttons and
instructions
Chemistry
Demonstrate that
dissolving, mixing
and changes of
state are reversible
changes.
Know that some
changes produce
new materials.
Separating
insolubles.
Physics
Electricity
Investigate components used in a
circuit.
Compare and give reasons for
variations in how components
function including: brightness of
bulbs and volume of buzzers.
Use circuit symbols.
Espresso Coding
- Sequence and
animation
- Conditional
events
- Variables
- Repetition and
loops
Espresso coding
Physics
Forces
Gravity and drag forces.
Forces - transference of
forces in gears, pulleys,
levers and springs.
Sound
Light
Light sources
How light travels.
-
Internet research
Posters & Flyers
Control
Video
Independent research using computers across the curriculum
Espresso coding
- Video
- Freeze frame photos
Biology
Plants
Look at the function
of parts of flowering
plants, requirements
for growth, water
transportation in
plants, life cycles and
seed dispersal.
All living things
Identify an name
plants and animals
Look at classification
keys
Look at the life cycle
of animals and plants
Classification of
plants, animals and
micro-organisms
- Branching
Database
- Email
- Explore BBC
science clips
- Handling data
- Presenting
proposals
- Branching
database
- Espresso coding
Biology
Pants and Animals
Reproduction in plants
and animals.
Evolution and
inheritance
resemblance/ differences
in offspring
Changes in animals over
time
Adaptation to
environments.
Adaptation and
evolution.
Using Scratch
- To gain an
understanding of the
fundamentals of
programming using
Scratch.
-Linking to other
programming languages.
-To create, remix, and
collaborate with others
on Scratch projects.
Art and
Design
World War 1
poppy fields
paintings.
Observation of
poppies
Water colour wash
Focus on
perspective.
Sketch book
See DT
designs
Sketch book fairground designs
Structure of
Castles.
Investigating
patterns in Castles
Design and
Technology
Music
Playing recorders focus on rhythm.
Play and perform
in solo and
ensemble
contexts, using
Singing - Christmas
Carols - old and
new.
Sing and perform
in solo and
ensemble
Charles Keeping's
illustrations.
Illustrate a line of
the poem.
Experiment with
colour to recreate
parts of the poem.
Chalk and charcoal doors
- investigate wood
patterns
Sketch book skills
Colour mixing
Mood maps
Andy
Goldsworthy –
natural sculptures
Leaf skeletons –
pen and ink
Research fairground rides
Identify rotating and moving parts
in rides and how they workincluding cogs and pulleys.
Fairground ride design
Use research and develop design
criteria to inform the design of
innovative, functional, appealing
products that are fit for purpose
and aimed at particular individuals
or groups . Generate, develop,
model and communicate ideas
through discussion, annotated
sketches, cross-sectional and
exploded diagrams, prototypes,
pattern pieces and computer-aided
designs.
Make a fairground ride
Select appropriate tools,
materials and equipment
Explore the sensory
qualities of materials and
how to use materials and
processes. How electrical
circuits, including those
with simple switches, can
be used to achieve results
that work.
Evaluate rideReflect on the progress of
their work as they design
and make rides,
identifying ways that they
could improve their
products.
Make a model of the
parts of a plant
Explore the sensory
qualities of materials
and how to use
materials and
processes.
Playing recordersIndividual composition work
Transcribe, describe and evaluate
music
Listen to a variety of musical styles
Vocal work - singing as part of an
Composition work:
Musically interpreting
moods and atmosphere
from works of art
Sing in harmony against a
melody
Playing recorders
Ensemble playing Use of ostinato
patterns and
harmonies
Exploring dynamics
Observational
drawing/painting
Exhibitions and art
galleries
KS2 End of Year
Production
Putting on a
performance
Physical
Education
voice and playing
instruments with
increasing
accuracy, control
and expression.
Listening to
Beethoven's 5th
SymphonyAppreciate and
understand music
by great
composers.
Develop an
understanding of
the history of
music.
Gymnastics –
Partner work
mirroring and
matching.
Develop flexibility,
strength,
technique, control
and balance to
create movement
phrases
collaboratively
with a partner.
Outdoor Games
Football.
Improve accuracy
and control in
passing and
dribbling.
Small sided
competitive
contexts, with
increasing
accuracy, control
and expression.
ensemble
Outdoor Games
Netball
Perform ball
handling skills with
control and
consistency within
small-sided games.
Dance
Learn motifs and
connect to create a
sequence of
movements.
Outdoor games Invasion - attack
and defence.
Apply attacking/defending
strategies within small sided
competitive games.
Accurate evaluation of personal
ability in attacking and defending
roles.
Gymnastics - partner work - holes
and obstacles.
Develop flexibility, strength,
technique, control and balance to
create movement phrases with a
partner. Handle and use apparatus
safely.
Vocal work singing as
part of an ensemble
Swimming and water
safety:
Teach water confidence
and safety working
towards techniques for
the 3 basic strokes (front
crawl, backstroke and
breaststroke)
coordinating leg, arm and
breathing movements
Swim at the surface and
under water
Athletics
Running, jumping and
throwing techniques with
precision and control.
Swimming
As for Spring 2
improving stroke and
breathing technique.
Tennis
Perform forehand and
backhand strokes with
control and
consistency.
Devise and implement
individual and doubles
tactics using their
skills and knowledge
of net games
Swimming
As for Spring 2 and
developing stamina.
Athletics
Rounders
PSHE
games.
Conflict and Resolution
To explore feelings associated with
conflict and how they affect our
behaviour.
To understand ways of responding to
conflict that will bring about a positive
outcome for both parties.
Healthy and Safer Lifestyles
Focus on different ways to stay
healthy and safe.
Citizenship
Working Together
Recognise their own
strengths and understand
To
how they are perceived
by others.
Challenge themselves and
others to work on
developing new skills.
Citizenship
Diversity and
Communities
Explore own identity
and that of other
people, and how
other people’s
perceptions can
influence views of
identity.
Healthy and Safer
Lifestyles
Sex and Relationship
Education
Know and understand
about the physical
changes that take place
at puberty, why they
happen and how to
manage them.
To
Religious
Education
Spanish
Christianity and
Judaism
Is religion what
you say or what
you do?
Christianity and
Christmas
Whose version of
the Nativity is most
accurate?
Look at the
Nativity through
the medium of Art.
Will the Church
support a war?
Look at religion in
relation to World
War 1
To revise numbers 1-31, the days of the
week and the months of the year.
To ask and answer 'What date is it
today?'
To revise and extend knowledge of the
numbers needed to tell the time:
learning the 5 times table + song.
To learn how to ask for and give the
time (hour, half and quarter).
To describe what you usually have for
Christianity: Christians in other
parts of the world.
What’s it like to be a Christian in
Vellore?
Study life as a Christian where it is
not the main religion of the
country.
Christianity
Bishop Stephen’s Lent
Challenge
Take part in the challenge
issued by Ely Diocese.
Hinduism
What stories can images and deities tell us about
Hindu beliefs?
Explore Hinduism through Art and story.
To learn how to communicate likes and dislikes.
To learn to use different persons of the regular -AR verb
DESAYUNAR (to have breakfast).
To learn how to say ‘you prefer’.
To practise saying what you eat and drink for lunch on different
days.
To practise looking up new nouns in a bilingual dictionary.
Using alphabetical order, working out when to use a dictionary
and when not to.
Combining new language with verbs of like and dislike to create
To describe a variety of weathers in the present
tense.
To use the language of weather to describe
typical climates in different places, combining
with familiar expressions of frequency.
To learn the names of five countries and describe
their flags.
To revise adjectival agreement.
To learn some key vocabulary to describe why
countries are well-known.
breakfast.
History
Invention of
plastic.
How did life
change here for
people like us
during World War
One?
How did life
change here for
people like us
during the Norman
Conquest?
The Viking and
Anglo Saxon
struggle for the
kingdom of
England.
Battle of Hastings.
Edward the
Confessor and his
death in 1066
new sentences.
To use the three verbs associated with eating different meals to
say what you have for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and times
you have them.
To use expressions of frequency to add detail.
To practise the use of -AR and -ER regular verbs in different
persons.
To build sentences using verbs, time expressions and food
items.
To learn some key language to describe features
of Spain.
To learn how to say a lot / many
To read and understand a text about Spain with
some unfamiliar language.
To work out from visual and textual clues the
meaning of new words.
To pronounce accurately new words from a text.
To say exactly where you live
To learn words to say what is in a town.
To create sentences to say / write there is / there
is not
To embed the new vocabulary for places in the
town and have a short conversation.
History of fairground rides.
Changes in technology and the
relevance to fairground ride
development.
Place changes into correct period
of time.
Describe reasons for change.
Organise historical information.
People who have
made a difference to
our lives and the lives
of others.
Louis Braille –
inventor of the Braille
system.
Geography
Location of
countries involved
in WW1 and
battlefields.
Location of castles
in our region.
How well do you know the British
Isles?
Use maps, atlases and globes to
identify the UK and its countries,
counties and cities.
Traffic issues.
Fairground itinerary.
Audit of school
grounds - observe,
measure, record and
present human and
physical features.
Contact
schools/company
localities
Questionnaire
Use aerial photos and
plans.
Formulating and
presenting a proposal
Orienteering and
mapping skills
Use compass skills - eight
points.