2014-2015
Autumn A
Topic title
World War 2
Core texts
Flanders Field poem
Rose Blanche
The Lion and the Unicorn
Range of newspaper reports
Writing
Opportunity
Fiction: Rose Blanche
Non-fiction: Biographies,
Journalistic writing
Poetry: The power of imagery
Living things
Animals inc
and habitats
humans
Evolution &
Animals inc
inheritance
humans
Sounds
(Topic linked – research)
Science Y5
Y6
Computing
Spring A
Climate change and
renewable energy
Calligrams
The Lost Thing
Home coming (Morpurgo)
Various instructions and
information texts.
Fiction: Narrative writing
Non-fiction: Instructions,
Persuasive texts, letters
Poetry: Calligrams
Properties and changes of
materials
Living things
Electricity
and habitats
Shape and Weather
(Topic linked – prezi)
History
Art
Painting
Picasso
DT
Wood cutting and joining
Tanks
Cams/levers
RE
Mayan
To be decided
Rudyard Kipling – How the
Leopard got his spots
Fiction: Traditional stories
Non-fiction: Reports
Explanations
Poetry: Narrative poems
Space
Forces
Light
Sound
Inside your insides
Non-European society
Mayan
World War 2
Geography
Summer A
Non-European society
Climate change and
renewable energy
Drawing
Sketching
Sculpture
Pulleys, cogs and levers
Make a wind turbine
Textiles & collage
Pottery
(link with history topic)
Food tech.
Faith and the Arts
Year 5 Unit 7
Christianity / Buddhism / Sikhism
Beliefs in Action
Year 5 Unit 8
It Matters to me, it matters
to others Year 5 Unit 9
PE
Football
Netball / Basketball
Gymnastics
Dance
Swimming
Hockey / Tag rugby
Tennis
Cricket / Rounders
Athletics
Music
Composition of a film theme
(linked to Rose Blanche)
Wider Opps – Instruments
Steel Drums
Music from other cultures
Ten pieces
PSHE
New
beginnings
Going for
goals
Trips
Getting on
and falling
out
WW2 dunes
Y5 residential to Croyde
Y6 residential to Heatree
Neil and Joyce to visit (WW2
in Braunton)
Relationships
Windfarm
Speakers in school
Good to be
me
Changes
Adventure days
beach / biking / orienteering
Y6 Lundy
2015-2016
Autumn B
Spring B
Summer B
Topic title
COASTS, CONFLICT AND
THE BIOSPHERE
EGYPT
PLANET EARTH
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS
Core texts
The iron woman
Just a dream
How to Live Forever
Range of newspapers
Various instruction texts
Touching the void
Writing
Opportunity
Fiction: Stories with a
dilemma
Non-fiction: persuasive
writing/balanced arguments
Poetry:
Living things
Animals inc
and habitats
humans
Living things
Animals inc
and habitats
humans
Find out and share
Science Y5
Y6
Computing
History
Fiction: Narrative writing
Non-fiction: instructions,
journalistic, diary writing
Poetry: poetic styles
Properties and changes of
materials
Evolution &
Electricity
inheritance
Ancient civilizations
Fiction: Stories with a flashback
Non-fiction: explanations
Poetry:
Earth and
Space
Light
Forces
Sound
Understanding and challenges
Ancient Egypt
Geography
Coasts, conflict and the
Biosphere
Art
Landscape painting
Drift wood collage
Tile printing of hieroglyphics
3D sculpture
Drawing
Textiles
DT
Cams- cutting, joining,
moving
Boats
Textiles
Food - Pizzas
RE
PE
Music
PSHE
Trips
Beliefs and Questions
Theme E
Year 6 Unit 10
Football
Netball / Basketball
Gymnastics
Music from the sea
New
beginnings
Getting on
and falling
out
Croyde, Saunton, Dunes
Y5 residential to Croyde
Y6 residential to Heatree
Hostile Environments
Volcanoes/mountains &
Earthquakes
Christianity / Sikhism / Judaism
The Journey of life and death
Theme H
Year 6 Unit 12
Dance
Swimming
Hockey / Tag rugby
Wider Opps - Instruments
Going for
goals
Relationships
Y5 Sikh temple (Bristol)
@ Bristol
Beliefs in Action in the World
Theme M
Year 6 Unit 11
Tennis
Cricket / Rounders
Athletics
Listening and composition
Holst planets
Good to be
Changes
me
Adventure days
beach / biking / orienteering
Y6 Lundy