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Blossom Class Year 5 and 6 - Long Term Plan

Blossom Class (Year 5 and 6) Long Term Curriculum Plan

We are currently teaching Year A

Year A 

 

How do you live?

What do you believe?

¿Qué hizo que los mayas fueran increíbles?

 

Autumn 

Spring 

Summer

Key texts

The Proudest Blue

The Boy at the Back of the Class

The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

The Undefeated

Coming to England

Chasing the Sun: Stories from Africa

Breaking News: How to Tell What’s Real from What’s Rubbish

Made You Look: How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know

My Encyclopaedia of Very Important Oceans

When Stars are Scattered

Boy in the Tower

Life Doesn't Frighten Me

Being Me: Poems About Thoughts, Worries and Feelings

English

Stories on a theme: difference

Adventure stories

Biographies

Poems on a theme: Black lives matter

Short stories: African stories

Instructions and explanations: fake news

Persuasive writing: advertising and influencing

Science Fiction

Reports: awesome oceans

Poems on a theme: Unique

Graphic novels

Maths

Place Value

Four Operations

Fractions

Decimals

Fractions

Shape

Place value

Calculation strategies

Decimals and fractions

Time and data

Multiplication and division

Measures

Algebra

Ratio

Numbers and place value

Fractions, decimals and percentages

Four operations

Ratio and proportion

Area, perimeter and angles

Number properties

Data

Co-ordinates

Volume

RE

Creation and science: conflicting or complimentary?

Was Jesus the Messiah? 

How do beliefs shape identity for Muslims?

How do Muslims make sense of the world?

Is being happy the greatest purpose in life? 

Whole school enquiry

Science

Survival of the fittest

The human species

Illustrating Lifecycles

Materials consultants

The classification code

Medical manoeuvres

History

The changing power of monarchs

Early Islamic civilisation

Mayan History

Geography

Mountains

Trade links

Mexico: earthquakes, climate zones, biomes. Vegetation belts, natural resources

Art and Design

Artist study: Leonardo da Vinci

Portraying mountains

Early Islamic art

Frida Kahlo

Design Technology

Programming: Design a computer game

Construction: Use Islamic patterns from art to create a clay tile

Structures: design and make an earthquake secure shelter

Music

What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor?

Why We Sing

Introduction to Songwriting

Madina Tun Nabi

Building a Groove

Época

Baloo Baleerie

Telling a Story Through Song

Languages

Français

Talking about yourself and your family

French Story: A Monstrous Adventure

Français

Exploring the town

School life

Español

A beginner's guide to Spanish

Computing

Information technology:

Touch Typing 

Creating and Storing: Movie Makers and Game Creators (Binary) 

Digital literacy:

Managing Online Information 

Health, Wellbeing and Lifestyle 

Privacy and Security 

Copyright and Ownership 

Computer science:

Networks & Hardware  

Micro:bits 

PE

Football (EPC)

Dance

Hockey (EPC)

Rugby

Dance (EPC)

Gymnastics

Netball (EPC)

Yoga

Track athletics (EPC)

Field Athletics

Rounders (EPC)

Tennis

PSHE/RSE

Connecting with others: why are healthy relationships important?

The online world: how am I influenced by what I see online? 

No Outsiders: Promote diversity – My Princess Boy

Citizenship: how can we be in control of our money?

Connecting with others: what does it mean to stand up for myself and others?

No Outsiders: To welcome difference and stand up to discrimination – The Thing

No Outsiders: Challenge the causes of racism – The Island

The online world: how do I feel about the things I see online?

Staying safe: how can I stay safe as I grow up? 

No Outsiders: Recognise when someone needs help – How To Heal A Broken Wing

No Outsiders: Recognise my freedom – Dreams Of Freedom

Year B 

 

Evacuee or Refugee?

How far can you go?

What would you vote for?

 

Autumn 

Spring

Summer

Key Texts

The Iron Man

The Book of Hope

Holes

Talking History

Black and British

Hidden Figures - The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Curiosity - The Story of a Mars Rover

Meet Jessica Watkins: Meet the First Black Woman to Work on the ISS

The Day the Screens Went Blank

Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories

Fourteen Wolves

Framed

Poems from a Green and Blue Planet

English

Classic fiction

Poems on a theme: hope

Adventure stories

Speeches

Reports and recounts

Humorous stories

Biographies

Reports

Poems on a theme: Poems from a Green and Blue Planet

Modern Fiction

 

Maths

Place Value

Four Operations

Fractions

Decimals

Fractions

Shape

Place value

Calculation strategies

Decimals and fractions

Time and data

Multiplication and division

Measures

Algebra

Ratio

Numbers and place value

Fractions, decimals and percentages

Four operations

Ratio and proportion

Area, perimeter and angles

Number properties

Data

Co-ordinates

Volume

RE

How and why does religion bring peace and conflict?

How do Muslims and Christians explain the suffering in the world? 

Is believing in God reasonable?

What difference does the resurrection make to Christians?

How have religious beliefs impacted on music and art throughout history?

Whole school enquiry

Science

Electric Art

Theatre Lighting Technicians

Space! including scientist study: Tiera Guinn

Welcome to force-land

Special effects materials

Sensational science

History

WWII

Space Race History

Ancient Greeks including their cultural legacy

Geography

European countries

Longitude/latitude/ equator/tropics/ arctic/Antarctic/ meridian/time zones

European Contrast: Greece

Art and Design

Henry Moore

Digital Art

Textiles: printing

Design Technology

Electronics: Design and make a morse code device

Mechanics: Design and make a space buggy

Cooking: Greek food

Music

Melody and Harmony in Music

Sing and Play in Different Styles

Composing and Chords

Enjoying Musical Styles

Freedom To Improvise

Battle of the Bands

Languages

(French)

Parts of the body, clothes and accessories

Heads, shoulders, knees and toes

French culture

A French story: Bear and Moose

School timetables

Days of the week song

Computing

Information technology:

Typing in Context (Google Docs) 

Data & Spreadsheets 

Digital literacy:

Self-Image and Identity 

Online Relationships 

Online Reputation 

Online Bullying 

Computer science:

Visual Code 

PE

Football (EPC)

Gymnastics

Dodgeball (EPC)

Orienteering

Dance (EPC)

Netball

Rugby (EPC)

Yoga

Field Athletics (EPC)

Track athletics

Cricket (EPC)

Rounders

PSHE/RSE

My healthy self: how can I support my mind and body as I grow? 

Citizenship: how can we make a difference in our communities and beyond? 

No Outsiders: Justify my actions – Rose Blanche

No Outsiders: Learn from our past – Where The Poppies Now Grow

Growing up: how can I manage the changes to my body and emotions as I grow up? 

My healthy self: how do my choices today shape my future self? 

No Outsiders: To Exchange Dialogue – The Cow Who Climbed a Tree

Citizenship: how can we protect everyone's rights?

Sex education: how do people become parents and carers?

No Outsiders: Accept people who are different to me – And Tango Makes Three

No Outsiders: To overcome fears about difference - Leaf