WASHINGBOROUGH ACADEMY LTP - Year 4/5/6 ‘B’ Term 1 World at War
No.
Term 2 World at War
Term 3 Earth matters
Term 4 Earth matters
Term 5 Groovy Greeks
Term 6 Groovy Greeks
1
Values
Quality & Respect
Thoughtfulness & Peace
Happiness & Love
Patience & Simplicity
Caring & Tolerance
Hope & Co operation
2
Visits / Visitors
Holocaust centre
Bomber command memorial
Visit to a power station/ recycling plant
Junk modelling workshop
The Collection- Ancient Greece
Religious visit
Year 6 residential VE day street party
3
Numeracy
Co-ordinates using maps -plotting countries locations
Looking at packaging and nets- which designs are most efficient and economical?
Nutrition- calculating calories, looking at food packaging, calculating the percentages of fats etc.
Rationing- scales and measurement, looking at recipes
Time differences around the world
Pie charts- creating our own based on food nutrition
Volume of water
Symmetry- based on the Greek pots
Temperature linking in with climates- differences
Conversion of Euros- GBP
Ordering dates chronologically of key natural disasters
Olympics- calculating distances travelled and scaling up/ down
Exploring food miles and calculating distances
Greek recipes- scaling up and down
Cross curricular maths with the food recipes
Greek numerals and exploring their place value system
Conversions of money Time scales Timeline- difference between the period of time Weights- weights of the equipment which they used to carry Looking at sequences- Morse code and devising their own
Looking at data from worldmapper – comparing and contrasting data from around the world
Scaling up and down recipes for our VE day street party
Timeline of key events in Greek history- ordering the dates Greek grid method of multiplication
4
Literacy
Poetry Narrative Rose Blanche Robert Westall Michael Morpurgo Morris Gleitzman
Journalistic writing
Flood by Alvaro Villa
Discussion text
Explanation text
Non chronological reports Instructions
Persuasive – local wind farms- Nocton Fen
Poetry
Play scripts
Myths and legends Classical literature
Recounts
WASHINGBOROUGH ACADEMY LTP - Year 4/5/6 ‘B’ Term 1 World at War
No. 5
Grammar focus
Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes [for example, –ate; –ise; –ify The grammatical difference between plural and possessive –s Standard English forms for verb inflections instead of local spoken forms [for example, we were instead of we was, or I did instead of I done] Noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases (e.g. the teacher expanded to: the strict maths teacher with curly hair)
Term 2 World at War Relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that, or an omitted relative pronoun.. Indicating degrees of possibility using adverbs [for example, perhaps, surely] or modal verbs [for example, might, should, will, must] Fronted adverbials [for example, Later that day, I heard the bad news.] Use of commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity
Term 3 Earth matters
Term 4 Earth matters
Devices to build cohesion within a paragraph [for example, then, after that, this, firstly]
The difference between vocabulary typical of informal speech and vocabulary appropriate for formal speech and writing.
Linking ideas across paragraphs using a wider range of cohesive devices: repetition of a word or phrase, grammatical connections [for example, the use of adverbials such as on the other hand, in contrast, or as a consequence], and ellipsis
Term 5 Groovy Greeks
The difference between structures typical of informal speech and structures appropriate for formal speech and writing.
Linking ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time [for example, later], place [for example, nearby] and number [for example, secondly] or tense choices [for example, he had seen her before]
Words with the ei after c x1 Words containing the letter string ough x1 Silent letters x2
Prefixes Homophones and near homophones
Spellings based on children’s misconceptions
Rules for plurals
Spellings based on children’s misconceptions
How words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms [for example, big, large, little].
Use of the passive to affect the presentation of information in a Sentence.
Term 6 Groovy Greeks
Brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis.
Layout devices [for example, headings, sub-headings, columns, bullets, or tables, to structure text] How hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity.
6
Spelling focus
Yr3/4 recap Suffixes X2 Possessive apostrophes with plurals X2 Homophones and near homophones X1 Doubling letters
I before e with exceptions X1 Suffixes – cious/tious x1 Cial/tial & exceptions x1 Ant, ance/ancy ent, ence/ency x1
Suffixes – ible/able X1 Ably/ibly X1 Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer X1
Homophones and near homophones x1
Use of the hyphen X1
Year 5/6 word list
Year 5/6 word lists
Year 5/6 word lists
WASHINGBOROUGH ACADEMY LTP - Year 4/5/6 ‘B’ Term 1 World at War
No.
Term 2 World at War
Term 3 Earth matters
7
RE
Christian Beliefs and Lifestyle Unit 1
Muslim Beliefs and Lifestyle Unit 3
8
PSHE
Developing confidence and responsibility
Preparing to play an active role as a citizen
9
Sex & Drug Education
10
ICT
D.A.R.E
Term 4 Earth matters
Sketch up- children to design their own Anderson shelter. They will then print these on the 3D printer. Pupils will then need to come up with a Dragons Den style presentation to pitch their Anderson shelter and give reasons as to why their design is the best.
Term 6 Groovy Greeks
Symbolism in Worship at the Cathedral/Mosque Unit 9
Developing a healthy and safe lifestyle
D.A.R.E
Internet safety session
Term 5 Groovy Greeks
Democracy
Developing relationships and respecting the differences between people
Year 6 growing up talk
Internet safety session
Sim City- Get pupils to build their own cities from scratch and try to sustain them, whilst discussing issues such as pollution, budget problems, food, water etc. Then look at the effect natural disasters have on a city.
Internet safety session
Comic book lifeResearch different Greek myths and use a comic book app to create a comic book based on one of the myths. Pupils will get to look at storyboarding techniques and use software to create a comic of their own.
WASHINGBOROUGH ACADEMY LTP - Year 4/5/6 ‘B’ Term 1 World at War
No. 11
Science
Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them.
12
Geography
Term 2 World at War
Term 3 Earth matters
Term 4 Earth matters
Term 5 Groovy Greeks
Term 6 Groovy Greeks
Through DT, the children will learn to:
The children will learn about recycling and specifically:
Through learning about the Olympics, the children will:
Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit
Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets
Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood
Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram.
Map skills: Axis and allies involved in WW2 Locate countries and cities Comparing the Geography before and after WW2
Know that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution
Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans.
Use knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic Demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and changes of state are reversible changes
Describe and understand: Water cycle and coasts Water cycle and rivers Mountains
Describe and understand: Volcanoes Earthquakes Climate zones and biomes
Explore the climate and terrain of Greece using Google Earth and map skills.
WASHINGBOROUGH ACADEMY LTP - Year 4/5/6 ‘B’ Term 1 World at War
No. 13
History
Term 2 World at War
Term 3 Earth matters
Term 4 Earth matters
Term 5 Groovy Greeks
Term 6 Groovy Greeks
WW2
WW2
Adaptations of the earth
Pompeii
Ancient Greeks
Ancient Greeks
Axis and allies and locating the countries involved The Battle of Britain Churchill Anne Frank
Home front VE day VE day street party
Global warming
History of famous natural disasters
Artist and athletes Believers and thinkers Key figures in Greek mythology
History of the Olympics (linking in with Olympics 2016) Children and families Leaders and fighters
14
Global
How war affects countries – investigating the impact of WW2 on the other countries involved. Continue links with Brunei
15
PE
Invasion (implement and kicking)
Invasion games/ball handling
Dance/gym
Net/court/wall games
Athletics
16
Cycling
Year 5 Cornering Leading and following Riding next to another rider Changing position within a group Year 5 & 6 British Cycling Training
Year 6
Year 6 Introduction to races Cyclo-cross racing Team races Sprints
Year 4 Gears Handling techniques Weight shift, balance and co-ordination Weight shift and manipulating points of contact
Year 4 Gears Handling techniques Weight shift, balance and co-ordination Weight shift and manipulating points of contact
Introduction to races Cyclo-cross racing Team races Sprints
Water Aid Recycling in other countries- how they are resourceful in what they use
Olympics 2016 Investigate and explore a range of countries involved
Striking/fielding games
17
DT
Anderson Shelters
To design and make a switch board using electricity to send codes to other teams.
Creating ‘junk model’ instruments
Create a mini-biome in a bag
Create a meal for an athlete
Designing and making their own tile mosaics using a range of materials
18
Art
Blitz images- water colours and pastels
Pencil skills- WW2 key figures and images
Stained glass window planet earths
Recycled collage
Clay- making their own theatre masks
Mosaics
Charcoal drawings Water colours
Making their own print pots
WASHINGBOROUGH ACADEMY LTP - Year 4/5/6 ‘B’ Term 1 World at War
No.
Term 2 World at War
Term 3 Earth matters
Term 4 Earth matters
Term 5 Groovy Greeks
Term 6 Groovy Greeks
19
Music
Appreciate music of the 1940’s and the importance of it for morale
Recall sounds and compose own song for morale of troops
Investigate sounds of instruments and recreate using ‘junk’
Play and perform in a ‘junk music’ concert
Appreciate and investigate national anthems and their origins
Create and perform a new national anthem for the Olympics
20
Food Curriculum
Diet of the soldiers
Exploring rationing
Living off the landexploring natural foods
Food miles and sustainability
Greek cuisine and exploring Greek Meze
WW2 recipes- wartime pumpkin soup
VE day- making the food to be served- rock buns
Nutrition- what do athletes need in their diet?
Vegetable stir fry
Vegetable frittatas
Greek Salad Greek vegetable kebabs Tasting olives
21
Class readers
Once and Then- Morris Gleitzman
Anne Frank- Diary of a Young Girl
If the world were a village by David Smith
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Myths and Legends from Ancient Greece
Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley