Y5 and 6 Curriculum Map 2015-16
TOPIC
Maths
Cross-curricular
maths
Autumn
1st Half
Autumn
2nd Half
Spring
1st Half
Spring
2nd Half
Summer
1st Half
Summer
2nd Half
Light, camera, action!
Titanic Tales
Titanic Travels
Hoo are we?
It’s out there!
It’s out there!
Number and Place value 1
Mental calculations 1 - multiples of 10,100,
1000 and near doubles
Addition and subtraction - formal written
methods
Geometry 1 - properties of shape
Multiplication and division
Fractions 1
Measures 1 - Area and Perimeter
Algebra 1 -sequences
Ratio and Proportion
Problem solving 1 - finding all possibilities
Number and Place value 2
Mental calculations 2 - Using known facts
Decimals
Measures 2 - Units of Measure
Algebra 2 - Expressions, formula and
equations
Geometry 2 - properties of shape
Percentages
Statistics
Problem solving 2 - rules and patterns
Large numbers and
distance measures.
Imperial units of
measure.
Famous ships data
base
Lengths of ships data
handling
Titanic timeline
Data-handlinggraphs of
survivors/gender/age
/class
Time measurementAnglo-Saxon pocket
sundial
Fiction: Classics
Jungle Book and Just
So Stories
Non-Fiction:
Biography and
autobiography
Non-Fiction:
Argument and debate
Drama: Shakespeare
Non Fiction: Recount
Non Fiction:
Instructions and
explanations
Fiction: Short
Literacy
Fiction: Slam poetry
Fiction: Classic Poems
The Walrus and the
Carpenter and
Cautionary Tales
Classic narrative and
Oral poetry: The
Ballad of Charlotte
Dymond and
Lochinvar
Non-Fiction: Reports
and journalistic
Writing
Fiction: Poetic style
Number 3 - the 4 operations
Mental calculations 3 - use number facts and
rapid recall
Measures 3 - Volume
Fractions, Decimals and percentages
Types of number
Problem solving 3 - logic problems
Financial capability
Costing out holidays.
Calculating distances.
Non-Fiction:
Persuasive writing
Circles
Natural Crystal
structures.
Shell symmetryrepetitionFibonnacci
Fiction: Science
Fiction- Tales from
Outer Suburbia
Fiction: Classic novels
–The Hobbit
Non-Fiction: NonChronological reports
Fiction: Debate
poetry and poetry
that tells a storyThe Dispute of
Coffee and Tea and
Fiction: The power of
Imagery- The
Convergence of the
Twain by Thgomas
Hardy
Sensational Poems
Inspired by the Five
Senses.
RE
Science
Parables
Special Journeys
Power
Signs and Symbols
Sabbath
Light
Electricity
Human Biology
Plants and biology
Los Planetas
(The planets)
Yo
(All about me)
Penfriends in Spain.
¿Qué tiempo hace?
(What is the weather
like?)
Evolution and
Inheritance
La paga
(Pocket money)
Spanish
A local history study
Geography
Locate the world’s
countries, using maps
to focus on Europe
(including the
location of Russia)
and North and South
America,
concentrating on
their environmental
regions, key physical
and human
Use maps, atlases,
globes and
digital/computer
mapping to locate
countries and
describe features
studied
Human reproduction
and relationships
El pasado y el
presente (Then and
now)
Changes in Britain
from the Stone Age
to the Iron Age
Britain’s settlement
by Anglo-Saxons and
Scots
A study over time
tracing how several
aspects national
history are reflected
in the locality
History
La Playa-(The Beach)
Pescadoras
valencianas ( Beach
Scene)
What do I believe?
The Viking and
Anglo-Saxon struggle
for the Kingdom of
England to the time
of Edward the
Confessor
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
Name and locate
counties and cities of
the United Kingdom,
geographical regions
and their identifying
human and physical
characteristics, key
topographical
features (including
hills, mountains,
coasts and rivers),
Understand
geographical
similarities and
differences through
the study of human
and physical
geography of a region
of the United
Kingdom- Llandudno
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
characteristics,
countries, and major
cities
Meridian and time
zones (including day
and night)
Use the eight points
of a compass, four
and six-figure grid
references, symbols
and key (including
the use of Ordnance
Survey maps) to build
their knowledge of
the United Kingdom
and the wider world
Describe and
understand key
aspects of physical
geography, including:
climate zones, biomes
and vegetation belts,
rivers, mountains,
volcanoes and
earthquakes, and the
water cycle
ICT
Art
E-Safety
Programming
Handling Data
Multi-Media
Technology in our Lives
Light and shadow
Story map to learn.
Poem to learn
Swimming for those who do not have
beginners award/ Dance
Ten pieces.
Harvest/ Christmas
Just So Story
Biography of Edward Smith
If by Rudyard Kipling
E-Safety
Programming
Handling Data
Multi-Media
Technology in our Lives
Landscape painting.
Artist: Wendy Puerto
Create a 3D ship
model
Circuit training
Music
E-Safety
Programming
Handling Data
Multi-Media
Technology in our Lives
Perspective drawing
DT
PE
and land-use
patterns; and
understand how some
of these aspects
have changed over
time
Jewellery making
inspired by the
Staffordshire Hoard
BasketballInvasion Games
Gymnastics
The Tempest
BBC Radio programmes
Shakespearean Play
Argument structure
Lochinvar by Sir Walter Scott
The British by Benjamin Zephaniah
Creating
roundhouses.
VolleyballBeach Games
Athletics
Journeys
Persuasion
Science Fiction Structure
The Dispute of Coffee and Tea
Role play area
Visit or visitors
Space station/ collecting temperature and
rainfall readings.
Leicester Space Centre
Writing area- cards/notelets
Hotel Reception Desk
Visit by Anglo-Saxon Specialist for an Anglo
Saxon Day
Llandudno