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Blossom Class - Year 5 and 6 Long Term Plan

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

Year A – years 5 and 6

How do you live?

What do you believe?

¿Qué hizo que los mayas fueran increíbles?

Autumn 

Spring 

Summer

Key texts

The Boy at the Back of the Class

Tony Robinson's Kings and Queens

The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

Chasing the Sun: Stories from Africa

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

A Kid in my Class

Boy in the Tower

The Undefeated

The Explorer

My Encyclopedia of Very Important Oceans

On the Move

Missing

When Stars are Scattered

The Lost Book of Adventure

English

Settings

Stories within stories

Information texts

Poetry: Black Lives Matter

Adventure Stories

Playscripts

Adverts

Short stories from Africa

Instructions

Explanations

Portrait poems

Science Fiction

Biographies

Adventure stories

Reports

Poems on a theme: migration

Graphic novels

Instructions

Explanations

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?

What can we learn from the great philosophers and 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

Music and technology

Developing ensemble skills

Creative composition

Musical styles connect us

Improvising with Confidence

Farewell Tour

Languages

(French)

Talking about yourself and your family

French Story: A Monstrous Adventure

Exploring the town

French Song: Quand je vais a l’ecole

Food and drink, Eating out and recipes

French Story: I’m Hungry

Computing

Touch typing

Concept maps

Game creators

Online Safety

Blogging

Coding

Spreadsheets

Databases

Text adventure

PE

Football (EPC)

Dance

Hockey (EPC)

Rugby

Dance (EPC)

Gymnastics

Netball (EPC)

Yoga

Track athletics (EPC)

Field Athletics

Rounders (EPC)

Tennis

PSHE/RSE

Rules and Responsibilities

Communication

Emotions

Enterprise

No Outsiders: Promote diversity – My Princess Boy

Economic Awareness

Diversity

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

Similarities and Differences

No Outsiders: Challenge the causes of racism – The Island

Healthy Relationships

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

Nutrition and Food

Aspirations

No Outsiders: Recognise my freedom – Dreams Of Freedom

Year B – years 5 and 6

Evacuee or Refugee?

How far can you go?

What would you vote for?

Autumn 

Spring

Summer

Key Texts

The Iron Man

Survivors: Extraordinary Tales from the Wild and Beyond

The Book of Hope

Holes

Talking History

Howl's Moving Castle

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

Poems from a Green and Blue Planet

The Day the Screens Went Blank

Shackelton's Journey

The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail

Happy Here:10 Stories from Black Authors and Illustrators

Fourteen Wolves

Life Doesn't Frighten Me

Being Me: Poems About Thoughts, Worries and Feelings

Framed

Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories

English

Classic fiction

Reports

Poems on a theme: hope

Adventure stories

Speeches

Fantasy stories

Recounts

Reports

Couplet Poems

Humorous stories

Recounts

Short Stories

Reports

Poems on a theme: Unique

Modern Fiction

Biographies

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

Touch typing

Understanding Binary

3d modelling

Online Safety

Networks

Coding

Spreadsheets

Quizzing

PE

Football (EPC)

Gymnastics

Dodgeball (EPC)

Orienteering

Dance (EPC)

Netball

Rugby (EPC)

Yoga

Field Athletics (EPC)

Track athletics

Cricket (EPC)

Rounders

PSHE/RSE

Rules and Responsibilities

Collaboration

No Outsiders: Justify my actions – Rose Blanche

Health

 And Healthy Lifestyles

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

Safety

Extremism and Radicalisation

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

Substance Related Abuse

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

Sex Education

No Outsiders: To overcome fears about difference - Leaf