Curriculum Overview: Eagles Year 5/6 (including Mr Jones’ groups) Spring 2 2014/2015: HEROES & VILLAINS Reading & Comprehension will continue to be taught using past comprehension papers. • • • • • •
Read extended extracts quickly showing an understanding of what the text is about. Support inferences with evidence Summarising key points from texts Identify how language, structur etc. contribute to meaning Discuss use of language, inc. figurative Discuss & explain reading, providing reasoned justifications for views
Number • All written methods, including long division in contexts of real life, money and measure. • Use order of operations (not indices) • Calculate mentally in an efficient way using increasing • Identify factors, multiples & primes in context of problems. • Solve multi-step number problems
English Writing • To plan and write for an appropriate audience • To write persuasively & produce balanced arguments linked to healthy foods. • To ensure appropriate connecting vocabulary is used to help writing flow. • Ensure vocabulary used is appropriate to genre and style of writing. Mathematics Ratio & Proportion Solving problems involving two quantities where values are missing. Fractions/Percentages Use related knowledge of all fractions/decimals and % to compare & use in problem solving. Adding fractions with different denominators
Art & Design Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation • To apply spelling rules learnt. • To use and identify correct grammar. • Identify correct use of a range of punctuation. • Identify word types in context of sentences. Speaking & Listening • Ask questions to build knowledge
• Shape Knowing all properties of 2D & 3D shapes. Drawing shapes to specific dimensions. Data Handling Interpreting pie charts and line graphs with increasing accuracy. Calculating mean and mode in real life contexts.
Algebra • Use simple formulae • Find the value of a number in an equation.
Science Our focus this half term is Exercise, Health and the
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* To explore drawing, painting and digital media * To research portrait painters such as Rembrandt, Dyck, Picasso and Modigliani. * To make observational drawing of portraits and self portraits * Use different media – annotate drawings showing the different media used. * Evaluate their own work and that of others. * Create a portfolio of work from different artists that demonstrates a range of different tools and media. * Using these skills develop a portrait of a villain or hero from their imagination.
Design & Technology Our focus this half term is children as food heroes. They will be designing a healthy meal for various different needs such as a primary school age child, the elderly, a family and a hospital patient with specific needs. Children will research the work of Jamie Oliver and the impact he had on schools. We would welcome any support from any parents who are in the food industry.
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Languages
As well as keeping in touch with our French pen pals, our focus in modern language this half term will be as follows • To join in and respond to spoken language. • To further develop accurate pronunciation • Engage in conversations, songs and rhymes • To broaden vocabulary • To write phrases with an understanding of basic grammar.
Computing Our focus this term is to create a game, applying the skills learnt using the programme Scratch. • • • • •
To understand how to break a task into smaller chunks. To design an idea for a game, working out what features it will include. To create and debug the programme. Use sequences, repetition and variables in programming. To use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly and identify ways to report concerns.
PSHE and SMSC We will be looking at how we interact with others in school and the local community and also with others in a wider sense eg sporting events, clubs, Comenius. We will also be looking at morals and how they affect both ourselves and others. In relation to spiritual development we will use assemblies and reflection time to ponder the ‘big’ questions. In relation to cultural understanding we will be focusing on British traditions such as pancake day and St Georges Day. We will also be considering citizenship trough Red Nose Day.
Music In music this term, we will be comparing and contrasting the music and story lines of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Wicked’. The objectives we will be focusing on are: LO: To understand and use musical vocabulary. LO: To compare and contrast the character of Elphaba (The Wicked Witch of the West) in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Wicked’. LO: To learn a song from the musical ‘Wicked’ LO: To play an untuned instrument with control ad rhythmic accuracy. LO: To compare the tone, duration and timbre of two pieces of music.
LO: To understand that during exercise muscles need more oxygen so the heart beats faster and our breathing and
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