WASHINGBOROUGH ACADEMY LONG TERM PLAN YEAR 4/5/6 - CYCLE ‘A’ TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
TERM 4
TERM 5
Quality and Friendship
Courage and trust
Appreciation and understanding
Honest and humility
Unity and respect
VALUES
Quality & Friendship
Courage & Trust
Quality & Respect (Grandparents’ Event)
Thoughtfulness & Peace
Unity & Respect
Responsibility & Freedom
VISITS / VISITORS
Imperial War Museum- Duxford
Visit from John Ansty- talking about Battle tours and events in the war
Space centre – Leicester
Stargazing/ planetarium
The Deep
The seaside- visit with KS1
World War One- One day creative workshop
Religious visitor
TERM 6 Responsibility and freedom
Year 6 trip Year 5 summer schools
LITERACY
Poetry based on WW1 Short stories with flashbacksValentine Joe Private peaceful
Autobiography/ Biography Diary entries of famous figures
Non- Chronological reportsplanets, moonlanding
Play- Journey’s end (based within the trenches) Children to write their own versions
Narrative- Zathura text
Persuasion- Do other life forms exist on other planets?
Listening to clips of Private Peaceful
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Passive verbs to effect the presentation of information in a sentence (linked with Poetry)
Journalistic writing- The titaniccreating our own news reports
Classical literature- Treasure Island
Formal/ Impersonal writingEast coast floods- Black Saturday
Discussion Rainbow fish
Lost and found- the lost penguin. Using relative clauses- who, which, when , where, whose and pronouns
Using the perfect form of verbs to make relationships of time and cause
Semi colons, colons, dashes to mark boundaries between clauses
Synonyms and antonyms
Brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis
Word classes
Subordinate, embedded and main clauses
Past and present tense Exclamation marks, question marks and ellipses
Cious/ tious Endings which sound like ‘l’cial, tial Words ending in – ant, ance, ancy, ent, ence, ency Based on children’s misconceptions
Words ending in able or ible, ably or –ibly Words ending in –fer Use of a hyphen I before e, except after c Based on children’s misconceptions
Use of I and me
Paragraphs Brackets, dashes and bullet points
Active and passive voice
Formality
Cohesion between paragraphs
Modifiers
Prepositions
Homonyms
Tense
Modal verbs and Infinites
Etymology
Double negatives
Cohesive devices- subordinating connectives, conjunctions, connectives and establishing links between paragraphs.
Speech marks
Fronting e.g. A word or phrase that normally comes after the verb which has been moved to before the verb.
Apostrophes
Pronouns
Soft vowel sounds and long vowel sounds Apostrophe with plural words Words ending with the ‘g’ sound e.g.- que, gue Based on children’s misconceptions
A sounds- ei, e, eigh, ey -ture and sure -sion, tion and cian Adverbs and adding ly Based on children’s misconceptions
Apostrophes Cohesive devices- subordinating connectives, conjunctions, connectives and establishing links between paragraphs.
Word classes
Nouns and different types of nouns
Adverbials
SPELLING FOCUS
Instructions- Baboon on the moon for sequencing events, cooking instructions for Martians
Fronting
Paragraphing
-Ough Silent letters Homophones Suffix ing, ed Plurals Based on children’s misconceptions
Prefixes- un, mis, in and re Homophones Superlatives Plurals Based on children’s misconceptions
WASHINGBOROUGH ACADEMY LONG TERM PLAN YEAR 4/5/6 - CYCLE ‘A’ TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
TERM 4
TERM 5
Quality and Friendship
Courage and trust
Appreciation and understanding
Honest and humility
Unity and respect
TERM 6 Responsibility and freedom
RE
Hinduism Source of the religion The supreme God Brahman Vishnu, Krishna and Rama The cycle of birth- deathrebirth and Karma Books of worship Divali
Hinduism Source of the religion The supreme God Brahman Vishnu, Krishna and Rama The cycle of birth- deathrebirth and Karma Books of worship Divali
Judaism How it was founded God’s law The Torah Worship within a Synagogue The holocaust
Judaism How it was founded God’s law The Torah Worship within a Synagogue The holocaust
Buddhism Beliefs Holy days Key figures
Buddhism Beliefs Holy days Key figures
PSHE
Developing confidence and responsibility
Developing a healthier and safer lifestyle- looking at lifestyle choices
Developing a good relationship with others and appreciating differences
Developing a good relationship with others and appreciating differences
Preparing to be active citizens
Preparing to be active citizens
D.A.R.E
Growing up talk (Year 6)
Use NXT to create a tank then program the tank to complete various missions outdoors.
Use NXT to create a tank then program the tank to complete various missions outdoors. Create their own UKS2 movie using the tanks which they have designed or created/
Create a Mars Rover device using NXT or arduino robot. Film it going on green screens then turn it in to a space movie. Link with DT of creating our own versions of the planets
Engineering design- creating a truly ‘unsinkable ship’. Studying the blue prints of the titanic and creating their own cruise liner using ICT. These will then be tested on a simulator to recreate the conditions of the Titanic.
iStopMotion to re-create the Titanic’s fateful journey.
Create their own UKS2 movie using the tanks which they have designed and created
Create a Mars Rover device using NXT or arduino robot. Film it going on green screens then turn it in to a space movie. Teams to be given budgets, mission criteria and would need to produce a full business case and a portfolio showing their design evolutions.
SEX AND DRUG EDUCATION ICT
Raspberry pi in space – launch a balloon 35km + up to the edge of space. Live image feed, data can be collected that measures, humidity, temperature, uv levels, speed etc. Creating scale models using 3D printers of the planets so children can understanding the size and distance of the planets.
SCIENCE
Classification materials
Health and lifestyles
Understand location and interaction of the Sun, Earth and Moon
Teams to be given budgets, mission criteria and would need to produce a full business case and a portfolio showing their design evolutions.
Re-Create the Titanic movie but as a documentary, include interviews before and after with the survivors.
Raspberry pi in space – launch a balloon 35km + up to the edge of space. Live image feed, data can be collected that measures, humidity, temperature, uv levels, speed etc. Muvizu animation of life on Mars
Gravity and resistanceIsaac Newton
Evolution and adaptation
Lifecycles
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GEOGRAPHY
TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
TERM 4
TERM 5
Quality and Friendship
Courage and trust
Appreciation and understanding
Honest and humility
Unity and respect
TERM 6 Responsibility and freedom
Locational and place knowledge Locate the world’s countries using map and focus on countries involved in the War
Grid references- distances between where key events in the War took place e.g. Normandy- how long did it take British soldiers to get there?
Looking at satellite photos
Country study of Mexico linked with the Mayans
Human and physical characteristics- climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts
Coast lines and erosion- the effect which the weather has upon changing landscapes
Discuss land patterns and how these have changed over time- linked to making the Lincolnshire tank
HISTORY
HISTORY
Why can we not colonise on certain planets?
Exploring the coral reef Looking at google earth images of space
Understanding the key events of WW1 through audio clips, short stories, poems, biographies.
Understanding the key events of WW1 through audio clips, short stories, poems, biographies.
Invention of the tank and links to locality
Key figures Towns Country Family life
Understanding the key events of WW1 through audio clips, short stories, poems, biographies.
Understanding the key events of WW1 through audio clips, short stories, poems, biographies.
Invention of the tank and links to locality
Key figures Towns Country Family life
Mayans
Mayans
Looking at their lifestyle How they traded Carving of their religious buildings Sacrifices Mayan maths Mayan society
Looking at their lifestyle How they traded Carving of their religious buildings Sacrifices Mayan maths Mayan society
Mayans
Mayans
Looking at their lifestyle How they traded Carving of their religious buildings Sacrifices Mayan maths Mayan society
Looking at their lifestyle How they traded Carving of their religious buildings Sacrifices Mayan maths Mayan society
Titanic- key event within history, classes of the people on board, the making of the ship and the plotting the route which it took
Titanic- key event within history, classes of the people on board, the making of the ship and the plotting the route which it took
Lost cities which have been discovered- Atlantis
Lost cities which have been discovered- Atlantis
Titanic- key event within history, classes of the people on board, the making of the ship and the plotting the route which it took
Titanic- key event within history, classes of the people on board, the making of the ship and the plotting the route which it took
Lost cities which have been discovered- Atlantis
Lost cities which have been discovered- Atlantis
GLOBAL DIMENSION
The role of different countries within the war
The role of different countries within the war
Study of Mexico- compare and contrast to our locality
Study of Mexico- compare and contrast to our locality
The effect of Tsunami’s upon people’s lifestyles and how that affects us; what role do we play? 2004 Thailand Tsunami.
The effect of Tsunami’s upon people’s lifestyles and how that affects us; what role do we play? 2004 Thailand Tsunami.
PE
Invasion games
Invasion games Striking/ field games
Gymnastics
Striking/ field games
Striking/ field games
Athletics
CYCLING
Year 4/5 biking skills
Year 4/5 biking skills
Year 4/5 biking skills
Year 4/5 biking skills
Year 4/5 biking skills Siren FM visit
Year 4/5 biking skills Branston- summer schools
DT
Designing own tank and sketch. Build the models and test them out on different surfaces. Evaluate their products and stating where improvements could be made.
Creating our own versions of trenches in the classroom
Large scale models of their own planets which they have designed- paper Mache
Mayan ceramic pots made from clay
Making bottle fish and recycled octopuses- using acrylic paints
Making scaled models and replicas of the Titanic
Creating model versions of their own
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ART
TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
TERM 4
TERM 5
Quality and Friendship
Courage and trust
Appreciation and understanding
Honest and humility
Unity and respect
Diwali- Festival of light
Research and study recruitment poster and make their own examples- paint
Using balloons to planet print
Mayan murals and symbolsmade from using PVA glue and acrylic gold paint
Creating an underwater sea scape using blow paint techniques and silhouette images
TERM 6 Responsibility and freedom Water colour images Tissue paper frames with images from the sea
MUSIC
Diwali- Festival of light
Appreciation of WW1 music
Holst- The planets study and creating their own music for a planet of their choice
Exploring sounds from space and recreating our own
Playing ‘Nearer my God to Thee’ and creating our own versions using instruments and technology
Identifying the sounds from under the sea e.g. animal, weather, waves.
JAMIE OLIVER RECIPES
Carrot and Coriander Soup
Rationing in world war- basic foods. What can we make with these?
Jumping bean cous- cous salad
Chilli Bean potatoes (Mexican)
Fish pie
Tomato and Basil Bread- to share with the children on our seaside visit.
Chris Priestly- Tails of terror (pirate story)
The adventures of Tin Tin
Beetroot, Apple and onion Chutney
CLASS READERS
Private peaceful- Michael Morpurgo, Valentine Joe
War Horse- Michael Morpurgo
Harvey Drew and the binmen from outer space- Cas Lester
Kaspar- Michael Morpurgo
CLASS READERS
Private peaceful- Michael Morpurgo, Valentine Joe
War Horse- Michael Morpurgo
Harvey Drew and the binmen from outer space- Cas Lester
Chris Priestly- Tails of terror (pirate story) Kaspar- Michael Morpurgo
The adventures of Tin Tin