Badgers Y4/5/6 Curriculum Planner 2014 - 2015
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Term 5
Term 6
Invaders
Mexico and
Mayans
Disasters
Take one Artist
Vincent Van Gogh
Marvellous Me
Wild Waters
Narrative- Saxon tales
Note-taking
Report writing
Instructions
Myths & legends
Poetry
Biography
Autobiographies
Explanations
Poetry
Recounts
Letters
Diary
Persuasive writing
Maths
Place value
Mental and written
addition & subtraction
Mental multiplication &
division.
Fractions percentages
Measure - time
Nets of shapes
Place value
Mental and written
calculations.
Geometry – properties
of shape
Fractions & percentages
Mental and written
calculations.
Fractions, percentages
& their equivalents
Measure - length
Statistics
Mental and written
calculations.
Fractions, ratio &
proportion
Measure – weight &
capacity
Mental and written
calculations.
Fractions, ratio &
proportion
Geometry – 2d & 3d
shapes, coordinates
Mental and written
calculations.
Fractions, ratio &
proportion
Measure – area &
perimeter
Measures - time
Science
Forces
Light
Materials
Materials
Animals incl humans –
digestion system, teeth,
puberty
Animals incl humans human circulatory
system; diets & drugs
English
Egg Week – Sex
Education
History
Anglo-Saxons
Geography Countries of UK &
Europe
Art
Drawing
The Mayans
Eruption of Vesuvius
Map Skills
Comparison of Mexico
to England
Volcanoes &
earthquakes.
Design & make Mayan
inspired mask.
Rivers
Map skills
Pencil work – line, tone;
mark making
Self portraits
printing
Painting
DT
Make an Anglo-Saxon
house
Computing E-Safety – e-safety
rules, website reliability
Floor turtle
Programming logo
E-Safety - copyright,
online games
Databases &
spreadsheets
‘Egg Carriers’
Bridge design & making
E-Safety – cyberbullying,
Podcasts
Programming
Use the internet
effectively for research.
Music
Tell a story through
music - dynamic timbre,
pitch, rhythm and
tempo
Databases &
spreadsheets
South American music
& instruments.
Staff notation
Rhythm & melody
Study of contemporary
composer
Staff notation
Writing a story
‘Le Soleil at le Vent’
Composition &
performance
Sea shanties – singing,
performance, pod cast
Songs for Christmas
MFL
Story telling
‘La Chenille qui fait des
Trous’
‘La Chenille qui fait des
Trous’
To include days,
months, weather
To include food, express
preferences
PE
Swimming
Games
Swimming
Games
Gym
Dance
Gym
Dance
Games
Athletics
Games
Athletics
RE
*Theme: The Amrit
PSHE
Writing a story
To include seasons,
weather, weather
forecasts.
‘Le Soleil at le Vent’
To include seasons,
weather, weather
forecasts.
Theme: Christmas
*Theme: Beliefs and moral
Theme: Easter
Theme: Rites of Passage
Theme: Prayer and
Ceremony and the Khalsa
Key Question: What is the
values
Key Question: Is
and good works
Worship
Key Question: Does
most significant part of the
nativity story for Christians
Key Question: Are Sikh
Key Question: Do people
stories important today?
Christianity still a strong
religion 2000 years after
Key Question: What is the
joining the Khalsa make a
best way for a Jew to show
need to go to church to
person a better Sikh?
today?
Religion: Sikhism
Jesus was on Earth?
commitment to God?
show they are Christians?
Religion: Sikhism
Religion: Christianity
Religion: Christianity
Religion: Judaism
Religion: Christianity
New beginnings: Why do
we need rules? What
What makes a successful
learner? Gem Powers
Getting on and Falling out
Good to be Me
Good to be Me
makes a successful
learner?
Getting on and Falling out