Year B Y5/6
Curriculum
Map
2015-2016
Term 1 – Demanding
Dilemmas (incl. whole
school cross-curricular
week & harvest)
PSHE lead
Term 2 – Trojan Horse
History lead
(Literacy, singing and
ICT)
Term 3 – Ancient China
School
Value
Maths
Literacy
(books /
films to be
transf to
MTP)
Cooperation
Respect
Honesty
Abacus planning
Genres: narrative /
balance arguments /
debate / TBC
Genres: F: myths and
legends
NF: biographies
Book / film: There’s a
boy in the girls bathroom
- Louis Sachar
Book / Film: Trojan
Horse
N/F – Sports reports
linked to Olympics
Science
Humans: main parts of
human circulatory
system, functions of
heart, blood vessels &
blood.
n/a
Invasion games –
position and passing.
Net/wall – accuracy &
distance of strike / throw
Research topic - general
Striking and fielding.
Greek Olympics – triple
jump, ball throw and
javelin
We are game
developers:
Programming and
adventure game –
PE
ICT
Term 4 – The Restaurant
Literacy lead
SWITCH TERM 4 & 5
AROUND – DO HARDER
TEXT T4 TO PREPARE FOR
SATS – TERM 5 SOME PAST
SATS SHORT/LONG TASKS
Determination
Term 5 –Raging Rivers
– The Wind in the
Willows (incl. SATS
revision week &
optional SATS week)
Geography lead
Term 6 – Twisted Tales
(incl. Y5/6 production)
Literacy lead
Trust
Excellence
Genres: instructions /
persuasion / reports /
Genres: narrative, play
scripts and comparison
Book / Film: Iron Man by
Peter David
Book: Wind in the
Willows
Genres: formal &
informal language /
Performance poetry
Revolting Rhymes by
Roald Dahl / Dramatic
conventions / play
scripts
Books: versions of
Cinderella – cultural and
contemporary versions.
Roald Dahl Revolting
Rhymes & The Giraffe,
The Pelly and Me –
Quentin Blake
illustrations
All living things: life
cycle of animals & a
variety of plants.
Water cycle –
evaporation.
n/a
Gymnastics
Oriental dance - Chine
Everyday materials &
reversible changes:
dissolving, separation,
(evaporation), mixing,
changes of state – reversible
changes. Material hardness,
solubility & conductivity.
Invasion games
Gymnastics
Swimming
Striking / Fielding –
rounders / cricket
Athletics – running, relay
& javelin.
Swimming
Virtual Tour of the school
Interviewing key people and
recording comments.
Taking a series of still
images (photos) and moving
Spreadsheets: costing
Word processing: typing
recipe books
Photographs: photos of
food for recipe book.
Research topic general
Publisher: posters,
leaflets & programmes
Abacus planning
To be planned
n/a
Chemical reactions fireworks
programming and
graphics: Python
/ Raspberry Pi
RE
images (film) and merging /
editing on Movie Maker to
create a clip with voice
overs / music backgrounds
to upload to the school
website.
See OCC planning
Easter story – church service
See OCC planning
n/a
To be planned
n/a
n/a
n/a
To be planned
Rivers from source to
exit (Thames vs. TBC
e.g. Amazon)
River collage
n/a
To be planned
Transporting food &
ecology, comparing
locations of produce
DT: Cooking
History
Reacting to Injustice &
harvest giving to charity
Women’s Suffrage
Geography
n/a
Art/DT
n/a
Ancient Greek gods –
power of God - miracles
Greeks: study of Greek
life and achievements
and their influence on
the Western World.
Famous Battles e.g.
Marathon, Troy
Greek influences across
ancient Europe.
Greece: city states
n/a
Music
n/a
BBC schools Greek songs
n/a
n/a
Musical moods –
emotive poetry writing
PSHCE
Citizenship & Democracy
School value class
assemblies
Internet safety
School value class
assemblies
Anti-bullying
School value class
assemblies
School value class
assemblies
Internet Safety
DT: sewing costume
designs – small scale
Musical accompaniment
& singing Y5/6
production
Puberty Y5 /
relationships Y6
Transition Y6
Anti-bullying