2014-2015 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 School Theme Our World Step Back in Time Beside the Seaside Learning Adventure English See table below Extreme Earth The Ancient World Beside the Seaside Mathematics Secure place value & rounding to 10,000,000, including negatives All written methods, including long division Identify factors, multiples & primes Solve multi-step number problems Use pie charts Calculate mean averages Classify shapes by properties Know and use angle rules Translate & reflect shapes, using all four quadrants Compare & simplify fractions Use equivalents to add fractions Multiply simple fractions Divide fractions by whole numbers Geometry & Measures Confidently use a range of measures & conversions Solve problems using decimals & percentages Use written division up to 2dp Introduce ratio & proportion Algebra Introduce simple use of unknowns Geometry & Measures Confidently use a range of measures & conversions Calculate area of triangles / parallelograms Use area & volume formulas Classify shapes by properties Know and use angle rules Translate & reflect shapes, using all four quadrants Algebra Introduce simple use of unknowns History Travel in the 1900 s to link with Journey to the River Sea The Mayans and chocolate Ancient Greeks and their influence on us today. Ancient Greek v modern Greece map work Ancient Egypt or alternative (own choice for research project) Research and map work on their own chosen civilisation Shakespeare and Elizabethan England Geography Rainforests deforestation Natural disasters and effect on settlements. Human rights fair trade Coasts
PSHE Discrete (SEAL new beginnings, careers, stress and relaxation) Environment Good to be me Citizenship and pupil voice Difference and Diversity Relationships SRE DATE Saying no to bullying Changing power of monarchs through parliament trip Going for goals DATE RE Bible and Church T2 & 3 - Anne Frank and the Holocaust T2 only The Nativity Easter Pentecost Trinity Art Georgia O Keefe painting and drawing (multimedia) Sewing rainforest pictures The Holocaust - Matisse inspired work for Anne Frank transition - collage Digital media Collage / transition work DT Sewing rainforest pictures / turning into bags / cushions Chocolate design and packaging Food Planning a recipe based on the food of their chosen ancient civilization Big Construction - Prop making for Y6 play Computing e-safety Basic ICT skills Using the Internet for research. Excel data in spreadsheets and making graphs. in Publisher. Using the Internet for research. Presentations PowerPoints Coding Using the Internet for research. Music Samba focusing on rhythms, syncopation and structure Rainforest composition using skills from Term 1 Music linking to Ancient Greek theatre performance poetry (see English) Structure- Egyptians Music Express - Journeys Songs for the Leaver s Service and school performance Treasure Island
Science All living things classifying Trips/visitors/ events Stunning Starter Evolution and Inheritance (links to PSHE) Christ Church A local park observational drawing Rio 2 Animated film set in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest with reference to Manaus Changes that form new materials Was it the right place or the wrong place to hold the world cup? Light Forces Electricity All living things animal reproduction Parliament trip Herstmonceux science centre Archaeological sand dig Fantastic Finish Letter to FIFA Running the ancient Olympics for year 2 A virtual tour of the British Museum using Blooms taxonomy Presentations of research SATS! Herstmonceux science centre Microorganisms Rock pooling The Globe (if possible) Introduction to Transition work. Transition work exhibition. ENGLISH PLANNING Texts TERM 1 Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson Non-fiction text on rainforests NARRATIVE NON-FICTION POETRY Letters & persuasion & diaries Setting Description Newspaper reports Argument texts Rainforest poems TERM 2 Journey to the River Sea Finton Fedora Formal letters (including complaint letters) Newspaper reports Written comparison between Personification/objectification
Anne Frank s Diary TERM 3 Berlin Olympics Setting Description Character Description Stories texts. Non-chronological reports link to Ancient Greece Performance poetry linking to Greek theatre How the Olympics Started Skellig by David Almond TERM 4 Traditional tales with a twist Argument Texts The Real Story of The Three Little Pigs This Book is Not Good For You by Pseudonymous Bosch TERM 5 Stories with time shifts Biography and autobiography Clockwork by Philip Pullman TERM 6 A Midsummer Night s Dream - Shakespeare Treasure Island (play) Précising Play script writing Poetry linked to the play to learn and perform