Y5/6 Cycle B
Y5/6
TERMLY
ORGANISATION
LITERACY
CORE
SKILLSONGOING
(Spelling
Appendix on
school
website)
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer 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
-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 terms
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
-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
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
Y5/6 Cycle B
LITERACY
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)
MATH
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
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
disaster- digital media
Drama (Digital Journalism)
L.O. Advertising biscuit poster and
packaging.
L.O. Persuasive charity letter
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
-Pig Heart Boy by Malorie
Blackman- make comparisons within
book
L.O. Debate
L.O. Drama
L.O. Digital media – News round
L.O. Letter
-One World- Michael Foreman –
Compare/ contrast with Pig Heart
Boy- text layout and descriptive
language
-Environmental Poetry
L.O. Create anthology…
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
Y5/6 Cycle B
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
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. Plan, run and purchase from
Victorian shop (immersive
learning). Budgets.
-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
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.
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
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 (D Barton)
Y5/6 Cycle B
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 for observing heating and
cooling, mixing and creating new
materials. Solutions; separation,
dissolving, reversible/ irreversible
changes.
L.O. Create ideas for Healthy
Biscuits – link DT
COMPUTING
CS- computer
Science
ITinformation
Technology
DL- Digital
Literacy
ES-E-Safety
IT- Understand Computer
Networks and use search
technologies effectively
DL- Multimedia presentation
ES- Online Research
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
ES - E-Awareness
L.O. News broadcast about disaster
ART
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
GEOGRAPHY
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.
HISTORY
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
Topic/
Project
L.O.- E safety multimedia
presentation
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?)
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
Natural Disasters
L.O. Ch create informational display
board relating to weather type or
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
ES – Communication
& Collaboration
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
Charles Darwin
Improving the local environment
L.O.- Create a leaflet/
write a letter to local water board
Y5/6 Cycle B
museum.
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
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 place of worship - main
features, prayer, symbolism/ What
is sacred?
L.O. Create Symbols Guide/
Leaflet/I Spy booklet for local
church place of worship.
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)
Swimming
– (Meres)
Tag Rugby (Meres)
MUSIC
PSHE
E-Safety –
See
Computing
planning
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.
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
Study soundscape composer R.
Laurie Anderson's Landfall
Study composer- Sir Edward Elgar
Murray Play and perform in solo
L.O. Christmas performance- write
(about the impact of Hurricane
and ensemble
their own Christmas song. Use staff/ Sandy), Composition
Use staff/ musical notations
musical notations. CD and artwork/
L.O. Compose sound track for
L.O. Compose and perform an
packaging. Movie maker to record &
biscuit promotion advert- ICTenvironmental soundscape linked
peer critique (ICT)
digital media
to a peaceful world.
Be Proactive
Taking ownership of ownership own
choices
Begin with the End in Mind
Timeline and prioritise needs over
wants
SRE (Pending at Harlaxton)
How babies are made
Health Education
Personal health and hygiene
Put First things First
Prioritise needs and wants
Think Win-Win
How can we all benefit in
situations? Thinking of others
needs as well as our own
SRE (Pending at Harlaxton)
How babies are born
Health Education
Fitness and the need to exercise
Seek First to Understand
Respect for others believes and
values even though we don’t agree
Begin with the End in Mind
Timeline and prioritise needs over
wants
SRE (Pending at Harlaxton)
Relationships
Health Education
Puberty (inc. condoms and
periods)
Y5/6 Cycle B
BRITISH
VALUES
MfL
MULTICULTURAL
LINKS
VISITS/
CLASS
AREAS
Individual Liberty
Make our own choices and being
responsible for actions (Be
Proactive)
Visit to PGL
Democracy
Vote for School Council
Mutual Respect
Synergize (PSHE) within DT to
create a bridge
Tolerance
Industrial Revolution (History)
The Rule of the Law
Putting God’s rules into practice (RE)
Where do you live, places in town,
directions
Simple Reading/ Create own ideas
from known language
Listen attentively to spoken
languages, joining in and responding
Appreciate songs & rhymes & explore
pattern & sound of language
Ask & answer questions: express
opinions & respond to those of
others
Understand basic grammar
British Empire & it’s dispersal
Individual Liberty
Advertising their choice of
healthy biscuit
Democracy
Raising money through selling
biscuits - Enterprise
Mutual Respect
Visit a Mosque/synagogue
Tolerance
Life after a natural disaster
The Rule of the Law
Noah’s Ark (RE) influences of
the natural disaster
Blists Hill
Victorian Christmas: Burghley
History off the page
Victorian shopping- Immersive
learning
Visit from Search and Rescue
Team
At school, classroom objects,
what’s the time
Gender
Speak in sentences using
familiar vocabulary
Pronunciation/ Express ideas
orally
Read carefully & show
understanding of words, phrases
& simple writing
Understand basic grammar
Natural disasters, i.e. Tsunami,
monsoons, floods
Individual Liberty
Bike ability
Democracy
Critique habitat homes
Mutual Respect
Hot seat / Role Play - What my
Faith means to me focussing on
Buddhism
Tolerance
Life as a Buddhist - showing
respect towards others
The Rule of the Law
Letter to local water board to
suggest improvements
What’s the weather like, numbers
40 – 200, The Euro
Describe people, places and things
Broaden vocabulary & develop
ability to understand new words
using a dictionary
Speak in simple language to be
understood
Write phrases from memory &
adapt to create new sentences
Describe people, places & things
orally & in writing
Multifaith society
Local Area Visits- Reservoir