Year 5 & 6 (Cycle A)
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Focus Subject – Geography/History
Focus Subject - Science
Focus Subject - History
Title – The Adventures of Scott
Title – Amazing Human Bodies
Title – War and Peace
Main Objectives - Science
Animals, including humans Yr 6
• Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the
functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood
• Recognize the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies
function
• Describe ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals,
including humans
Main Objectives – History – a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends
pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066

A significant turning point in British history
Main Objectives – A local study
• A study of an aspect of history or a site dating from a period beyond 1066 that is
significant in the locality.
Main Objectives – Science
All living things and their habitats Yr 6
• Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common
observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including
micro-organisms, plants and animals
• Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics
Geography– Location knowledge

Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including Russia) and
N & S America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and
human characteristics, countries and major cities.

Name and locate countries and cities in the UK, geographical regions and
identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features
(including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and
understand how some of these aspects have changed over time.
 Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern
Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic
and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day
and night
 Understanding the Water Cycle
Science - Evolution and inheritance
• Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide
information about living things that inhabit the Earth millions of years ago
• Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally
offspring vary and are not identical to their parents
• Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different
ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution
Enrichment – WWT (Bird Studies)
Enrichment – WWT – Bird Migration Studies
Geography - Place knowledge

Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human
and physical geography of a region of the UK, Europe and N & S America
Science – Earth & Space Yr 5
• Describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the
solar system
• Describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies
• Use the idea of the Earth's rotation to explain day and night and the apparent
movement of the sun across the sky
Enrichment –
Term 5
Term 4
Term 6
Focus Subject – History
Focus Area – History/Geography
Focus Area - Geography
Title - Ancient Civilisations
Title – The Ancient Greeks/The Olympics/Brazilian Study
Title – Cool Coastlines
Main Objectives
• The achievements of the earliest civilisation - an overview of where and
when the first civilisations appeared and a depth study of the Indus Valley
Main Objectives – History
• The legacy of Greeks on later periods on later periods in British history, including
the present day
• A study of Ancient Greek Life and achievements and their influence on the Western
World
Main Objectives – Geographical skills and fieldwork

Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and
describe features studied

Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and
key (inc OS maps) to build their knowledge of the UK and the wider world

Use fieldwork to observe, measure and record human and physical features in the
local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs and
digital technologies
Science – Light
• Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines
• Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are
seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye
• Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our
eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes
• Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have
the same shape as the objects that cast them
Geography - Human and Physical Geography
 Describe and understand the key aspects of:
Physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts,
rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle.
Human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic
activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources
including energy, food, minerals and water
Geography - Human and Physical Geography

Describe and understand the key aspects of:
Physical geography: including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers,
mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes.
• Human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity
including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy,
food, minerals and water
•
Understand geographical similarities and differences of a region within South
America
Science – Electricity Yr 6
• Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and
voltage of the cells used in a circuit
• Compare and give reasons for the variations in how components function, including
the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off positions of switches
• Use recognized symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram
Forces Yr 5

Explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of
gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object

Identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between
moving surfaces

Recognize that some mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gears, allow a
smaller force to have a greater effect
History – A non-European society that provides a contrast with British History (Baghdad c
AD900)
Enrichment – Topic Days
Enrichment – Greek Topic Day
Enrichment – Drama Activities
Year 5 & 6 (Cycle B)
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Focus Subject - History
Focus Subject - Science
Focus Subject – History/Geography
Title – Crime and Punishment
Title – Buzzing Electricity
Title - Slavery
Main Objectives – History – a study of an aspect or theme in British history that
extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066
 A significant turning point in British history
Science - All living things and their habitats Yr 6
• Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to
common observable characteristics and based on similarities and
differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals
• Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific
characteristics
History Ancient Greece – a study of Greek Life and achievements and their
influence on the western world (Democracy)
Enrichment – Houses of Parliament Trip / Gloucestershire Archives Trip
Electricity Yr 6
• Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the
number and voltage of the cells used in a circuit
• Compare and give reasons for the variations in how components function,
including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off
positions of switches
• Use recognized symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram
Geography– Location knowledge
 Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including
Russia) and N & S America, concentrating on their environmental regions,
key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities.
 Name and locate countries and cities in the UK, geographical regions and
identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features
(including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and
understand how some of these aspects have changed over time.
 Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator,
Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and
time zones (including day and night)
Enrichment –
Term 4
Main Objectives – History - A local study
• A study overtime tracing how several aspects of national history are
reflected in the locality (Bristol)
Main Objectives – History – a study of an aspect or theme in British history that
extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066
 A significant turning point in British history
 A non-European society that provides contrast with British history – Benin
(West Africa) c AD900 – 1300
Science – Earth and Space - Yr 5
 Describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun
in the solar system
 Describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies
 Use the idea of the Earth's rotation to explain day and night and the
apparent movement of the sun across the sky
Geographical skills and fieldwork
 Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features studied
 Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references,
symbols and key (inc OS maps) to build their knowledge of the UK and the
wider world
 Use fieldwork to observe, measure and record human and physical
features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps,
plans and graphs and digital technologies
Enrichment –
Term 5
Term 6
Focus Subject – Geography
Focus Area - Science
Focus Area – Geography/History
Title – Super Structures - Brunel
Title – Our Evolving Earth
Title - Edward Jenner
Main objectives – Geography - Place knowledge
 Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of
human and physical geography of a region of the UK, Europe and N & S
America
Science - Evolution and inheritance Yr 6
• Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide Main Objectives - human and physical geography
information about living things that inhabit the Earth millions of years ago
 Describe and understand the key aspects of:
• Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but
Physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts,
normally
offspring
vary
and
are
not
identical
to
their
parents
rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle.
History – Local study - Brunel
• Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in
Human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic
 A study over time tracing how several aspects of national history are
different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution
activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources
reflected in the locality
•
including energy, food, minerals and water
Main objectives – Light Yr 6
 a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’
• Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines
Science - Animals, including humans Yr 6
chronological knowledge beyond 1066 (Railways/Brunel)
• Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are
• Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and
seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye
describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood
Science - Forces Yr 5
• Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our
• Recognize the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their
• Explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force
eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes
bodies function
of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object
• Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have
• Describe ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals,
• Identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act
the same shape as the objects that cast them
including humans
between moving surfaces
•
Recognize that some mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gears,
allow a smaller force to have a greater effect
Enrichment – Bristol SS Great Britain and Suspension Bridge
History – The achievements of the earliest civilisations – an overview of where and
when the first civilizations appeared and a depth study of the Shang Dynasty of
Ancient China
Enrichment – Topic Day
Enrichment – Jenner Museum