Spring 1 Curriculum Maps

Spring 1 Curriculum Maps

Literacy:

Mathematics:

This half term the children will continue to

This half term the children will develop their

The nursery children will experience more festivals

knowledge of mathematical concepts in daily

and celebrations from around the world, including

learn how to write their name. They will develop this by learning to recognise pictures

maths sessions based around five main principles;

associated with particular graphemes from the

Counting, Ordering, Subitising, Measurement and

Read Write Inc Phonics scheme.

Comparison.

Children will continue to vote for the ‘must read’ book of the day and join in with the

There will be lots of opportunities to develop these

familiar stories. The children will be able to

skills in daily activities and through play.

talk about significant events that happen in

Children will also be encouraged to take part in

those familiar stories.

small group games that include mathematical

Understanding the World:

Lunar New Year & Shrove Tuesday.

We will be exploring our place in the world and visiting different places around the world through our class texts.

The children will be explore different fruits that appear in our class texts. They will make fruit kebabs and will be encouraged to taste a selection of different fruit.

skills.

Physical Development:

Communication and Language: The children are now able to listen to stories of increasing length and can talk about what happens. Children will begin to give answers as

Nursery Curriculum Map

full sentences instead of short answers of one or two words. The children will develop their ability to keep play going by listening to their friends

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and responding to their ideas. They will listen to the experiences of others and talk about how they are similar or different to their own.

Please encourage your child to try and put

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Expressive Arts & Design:

their coat on independently. Can they also

Children will be encouraged to think about what

fasten it?

they would like to create and supported to follow

Encourage your child to put their own shoes

through with their own ideas and designs. The

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children will continue to develop their use of

on. This will really help us in nursery when we are changing into wellington boots.

and reach a desired outcome.

The nursery children will learn more familiar songs and nursery rhymes and sing confidently to a small audience.

develop their fundamental movement skills in directed P.E sessions. We will continue to work on using effective pencil grips in the writing area, Children will be encouraged to use cutlery in the dining hall to cut and eat their food. They will develop their fine motor skills by using tweezers, threading, and attempting to zip up coats and fasten buttons.

How you can help:

scissors and glue to alter the shape of materials

The children will have more opportunities to

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Personal, Social and Emotional Development:

As the children develop socially and emotionally, they will continue to find resolution to conflict through talk. The children will continue to use the Zones of Regulation to help understand and be able to describe their feelings. The children will show

Enjoy sharing a story together.

more confidence when trying new things and

Encourage your child to try and write their

experiencing new situations.

special letter/ name on any artwork they make at

As always, the children will work as a team and

home.

develop deeper friendships with each other.

Mathematics:

Literacy:

During this half term, we will continue to work on numbers

Children will continue to take part in daily phonics sessions to support their reading development. During these sessions,

within 5, deepening our understanding of their

children will continue to develop their segmenting and

composition. This will also include recognising quantities

blending, allowing them to read words and simple sentences.

without counting and being able to recall one more and one less.

Children will be given lots of opportunities to develop their

Children will learn that some things are ‘heavier’ or ‘lighter’

writing skills. We will be focussing on the children using their

than others by comparing mass. They will be taught how to

phonic knowledge to write words and will be building

use language associated with volume. Children will also

towards writing short captions.

begin to use language associated with length and height

Throughout this half term, we are really excited to be

and learn to compare measures within 5.

reading some traditional tales. Lots of our learning across the curriculum will be inspired by the adventures of the characters within these books.

Expressive Arts & Design: Throughout this half term, children will be taught about the three primary colours. They will be given the

Reception Curriculum Map

opportunity to explore what happens when colours are

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what they intend to create before they begin. They will be encouraged to make a plan before creating a model.

Music will be linked to our traditional tales, with children

The children will begin to participate in simple discussions and learn to agree or disagree with their peers in a respectful manner. For example, “Should the fox have eaten the gingerbread man?”

to children.

To link with our stories within English, we will be exploring the differences between human-made and natural materials to help us build houses for the three little pigs.

As we explore materials, we will make links to our senses.

The children will be taught the five senses and be able to use them to complete tasks.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development: We will continue to work on the daily routines in school to learn. Children will be encouraged to share resources and take turns within activities. We continue to use the ‘Zones of Regulation’ to allow children to independently manage feelings and emotions.

effect on how others feel.

Communication and Language:

questions and providing reasoning.

learn about how they have grown and changed from babies

think about how their actions may have a positive or negative

help children know when to play their instrument.

encouraged to use this new vocabulary when answers

the names of their offspring. As part of this, they will also

know how to respond accordingly. They will be encouraged to

emotions within the stories. Simple codes will be used to

where children are exposed to new vocabulary which

young. They will consolidate the names of animals and learn

Children will begin to recognise the emotions of others and

using different instruments to demonstrate different

links to different areas of the curriculum. Children are

As part of our exploration about the world around us, children will be encouraged to think about animals and their

which allow children to become regulated and settled; ready

mixed together. Children will be supported to think about

Reception continues to be a language-rich environment,

Understanding the World:

Physical Development:

Additional Information:

Reception are excited for our very own outdoor area to be opened during Spring 1. This

Reading continues to be a huge focus in Reception,

provides even more opportunities for gross motor skill development. We will also continue to work on fine motor skills which also includes pencil control when practising our writing.

please ensure you are practising at home and leaving a comment in your child’s reading record.

Forest School will continue to take place on a Thursday and PE will be changing to a Tuesday

Miss Lant will continue to teach fundamental movement skills in our PE sessions. This

for this half term. Please ensure your child is not

includes children being able to move with confidence in a variety of ways. These skills

wearing earrings on this day.

will be developed further during our outdoor learning time. Please continue to practise

Please ensure your child is wearing the correct

using your fiddly fingers to master fastening clothing and shoes (zips, buttons, Velcro).

uniform each day. This includes correct footwear.

Our uniform policy can be found on the website.

Mathematics: In Mathematics, we will continue to recognise, compose, decompose and manipulate 2D

Year 1 Curriculum Map Spring 1

and 3D shapes. We will then move on to additive structures where we will: combine two or more parts to make a whole; explain that addends can be represented in any order; and explain that the = sign can be used to show that the whole and the sum of the parts are equal.

Science – Animals, including Humans: The children will identify common vertebrates;

of a small area of the UK & a non-European country.

Builds on understanding of landmarks in the local area learned in the early years.

description.

Link to Geography

body parts to the senses.

trouble in ‘The Way Back Home’.

Builds on names of common animals; life cycle of

They will write a continuation of

Art In Art, we will explore mark making with paint using primary colours. We will use the

the plot: * Link to history – Explorers Children will create their own calligram poem about Spring and will recite this to an audience.

work of Mondrian as a focus.

This builds on the children being able to skills learned in the early years.

History - How have explorers changed our lives?

DT – How does food affect your senses?

In history, we will be studying the lives of astronauts

The children will peel, chop and grate a

Neil Armstrong and Mae Jemison, looking at their

selection of vegetables and modify food to suit

on our lives today.

when writing a character

a young girl who find themselves in

hold drawing tools correctly as part of the

significant achievements and the impact they have had

to develop their work on adjectives

study the structure of animals and link human

The children will learn: the names and locations of the

through studying the human and physical geography

‘Zeraffa Giraffa’. They will continue

The children will meet an alien and

a butterfly (EYFS)

understand geographical similarities and differences

The children will read the story,

classify carnivores, herbivores and omnivores;

Geography – Our wonderful world

seven continents and five oceans; recognise landmarks;

English:

the eating senses. * Link to science and PSHE

Phonics - Children will have a daily phonics lessons and will continue to be taught to read using the Read Write Inc phonics scheme. They will learn 3 new sounds each week and will practise reading words containing new and previously taught phonics through decodable books matched to their ability.

Knowledge organisers, which outline the key content covered in History, Geography, Science and R.E., will be uploaded to Seesaw. Please take a look and quiz your child on their newly acquired knowledge!

RE – What is Easter?

ICT/Computing: Programming The unit builds on programming disciplinary knowledge in EYFS. The children will learn to move a robot using buttons in four directions. They will develop routes and instructions to enable a

The focus of this unit is the theme of religious celebration

In PE, the children will develop

through exploration and experience of the major Christian

skills of agility, balance and

festival of Easter. The unit begins with the first Easter day

co-ordination through fun

stories and explores the Christian belief that Jesus brings new

games and team activities.

life and is God’s gift to the world.

Builds on fundamental skills

robot to reach a destination.

Builds on understanding of Easter covered in EYFS.

Comic Creation Builds on understanding Music: Pulse, rhythm, performing and listening and PSHE: relationships 3D Design skills. of Easter covered in EYFS. appraising

We will be exploring the theme

The will: play games; perform notation as body Textchildren and Images

of relationships looking at:

percussion; identify a variety of instruments by their

families and people who care

sound and use them to play simple notations; listen to

for us; caring friendships;

orchestral/folk/modern music; and identify & compare

respect; online relationships

the moods, emotions and genres of two songs. Our

and staying safe.

learning will culminate in a performance of a folk song.

Builds on previous learning in year 1 and EYFS.

Maths Basic Skills: Every Friday, we will have a maths basic skills quiz. This will help the children to improve the fluency of their addition and subtraction skills and help them embed their number bonds.

PE – Run, jump, throw

(EYFS)

Reading and Spellings at home: Builds on EYFS fundamental To reach their full potential, children must be reading skills. aloud with an adult at home every night. Reading develops skills that are invaluable across the whole curriculum and this extra practise can have a significant impact on the amount of progress made, and the speed in which it is made. When you are reading or practising sounds with your child, please remember to sign in their reading record.

Homework: In this half term, children will continue to receive one piece of homework each week. The focus will alternate between phonics and maths on a fortnightly basis.

Homework will be issued on a Friday afternoon, to be completed by the following Friday.

Please encourage and support your child with their homework by making sure it is completed.

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16th February – Our Future – The children will take part in an aviation workshop where they will learn about the skills needed to work in the aviation sector.

22nd March – Our Contribution - Children will donate a toy they no longer play with to give to a charity and will write a tag to accompany the toy with a message of hope for the new owner.

Year 2 Curriculum Map English:

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For our reading focus this half term, we will be studying the book, ‘The Bear and the Piano’ by David Litchfield. This tale follows a young bear who finds himself mastering a

Mathematics:

strange instrument he found in the woods.

Science: Living things and their habitats: This half term, we will continue to build on our knowledge of common animals from

His discovery takes him on an exciting journey around the world. This inspiring story, about following your dreams, will allow us to develop our writing skills in order

This half term, we will be deepening our

Year 1. We will explore both world and

understanding of multiplication and division.

microhabitats, and understand why they are

We will recap identifying, making and

crucial for the survival of the animals that

to create our own persuasive letter to the

adding equal groups as repeated addition,

Bear. We will use the text as inspiration for

whilst embedding our 2, 5 and 10 times

a non-chronological report all about brown

table skills. We will continue to work on our

bears and their habitats.

fluency and speedy recall, and delve into

*Link to Science (habitats) and

some reasoning and problem solving

Geography (woods)

live there. We will also use our knowledge and understanding to develop simple food chains, showing links to predators and prey.

*Link to Geography

challenges.

Design Technology Food and Nutrition Geography If you go down to the woods today, what will you discover?

This unit of work will see us building upon the children’s knowledge of the climate around the poles and equator, as well as deepening their knowledge and recall of continents and oceans. Children will deepen their understanding of climate from Year 1 when considering why forests differ in diverse locations. Children will have multiple opportunities for fieldwork through the exploration of maps and investigating our school grounds. *Link to Science (plants- evergreen and deciduous trees)

How healthy is your food?

This term, we will shape and form ingredients to make delicious, healthy food using a range of culinary techniques. * Link to Science – Animals including humans (Nutrition) PSHE – Physical health and mental wellbeing (Health)

Computing:

PSHE: Relationships

Programming

This half term we will be discussing

We will develop our understanding of

good friend, and respectful

instructions in sequences and the use of logical reasoning to predict outcomes. We

PE Gymnastics & Invasion games

those who care for us, what makes a relationships both on and offline.

In PE this half term, children will have 2 hours per week. In one of the hours, we will revisit our gymnastics skills from Autumn 1 and develop our balance, control and strength. We

* Link to Computing

will apply the skills learnt on the floor to apparatus and

will design algorithms and then test those

build on technique to develop a sequence of movements both performed individually and in pairs. In the second hour,

algorithms as programs, and debug them

Art:

if we come across any issues.

This half term, we will explore line, colour and shape. The children will

children will learn the fundamental skills for all invasion games and develop their throwing, catching and teamwork.

make their own painting tools and Phonics and Spelling: We will continue to embed our Set 2 & Set 3 sounds, whilst being introduced to Year 2 spelling patterns and common exception words.

develop colour-mixing skills using secondary colours.

We are embarking on a journey through history to explore popular toys throughout the 20th and

Music: We will continue to build upon our knowledge of pulse and rhythm through active listening, appraising, singing and performing.

RE - What can we learn from stories about God? Children explore some parables from the gospels and learn that Jesus was a good storyteller, who used stories to teach people about God. Children will be expected to draw on their own experience and understanding of storytelling and story writing.

For Year 2’s Thrive Day this half term, children will focus on ‘Our Contribution’ by learning about the

primary and secondary sources to understand why the types of toys available have changed throughout this period.

Homework: In Year 2, children will receive homework through Seesaw every Friday that will support their basic

importance of food banks and how

skills test on the following Friday. To reach their full

they support a local community.

potential, children must be reading aloud with an

drop off them off at the local food

in History, Science and R.E. will be uploaded onto Seesaw!

early 21st centuries. We will be using a range of

Thrive Day

Children will collect donations and

Knowledge organisers that outline the key content covered

History:

bank.

adult at home every night. When you are reading, or practising basic skills with your child, please remember to sign in their reading record for a chance to win prizes.

English: Linked to learning about the Earth’s layers in geography, children will explore the non-fiction text, ‘Street Beneath My Feet’ by Charlotte Guillain.

Children will create a non-chronological

Year 3 Curriculum Map

RE – What is the significance of

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their prior knowledge of Easter

During whole class reading sessions,

Holy Week? Children will build on from KS1 as they explore the significance of the events from

report detailing what can be found there. *Link to Geography

the events of Palm Sunday and

Palm Sunday, through Holy Week Science – Forces and Magnets:

to Easter Sunday.

children will delve into the story

Year 3 will conclude their study of rock by analysing soil

‘Charlotte’s Web’ by E.B. White.

samples, identifying the rock types they find within, and

Applying the VIPERS reading disciplines,

investigate the permeability of different rock categories.

children will broaden and deepen their

Understanding the chemistry of materials will lay the perfect

understanding of vocabulary, inference,

foundation for their new topic of forces and magnets, when they

predictions, explanations, retrieval and

will be testing the unseen forces that act upon all matter. What

summaries. Towards the end of the

better way to investigate than a speedway friction test and a

civilisation to explore the lives of the

term, children will explore how their

classroom-based scrapyard challenge?

Ancient Egyptians. Children will use

Geography – What is beneath our feet? This unit builds on children’s ability to locate the world’s countries, as they start to identify a much wider range of these. Children will

recognise, draw, rotate and join right angles. They will identify parallel lines, perpendicular lines, vertices and 4-sided polygon shapes with right angles.

Children will then consider the efficiency of strategies when adding and subtracting to rearrange equations.

understanding of innovation and

how they lived and in what they

colours touch, taste, smell and sound

Mathematics: In mathematics, children will

Children will build on their

investigate who the Egyptians were,

a metaphorical poem about what

Cannot See.’

Ancient Egyptians?

primary and secondary sources to

senses link to colour. They will construct

like, inspired by ‘I Asked The Boy Who

History - Should we celebrate the

believed. Linked to their learning in English, children will construct a biography about King Tutankhamun.

use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area. Using maps, children will look at countries, cities and geographical areas, comparing changes to their structure over time. Children will explore climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, in addition to the water cycle.

Design and Technology – Systems: In this half term, pupils will look at different types of energy and how these can be used to power different devices. They will consider how design choices are influenced by energy sources.

Computing: This half term, children will build on their knowledge of

PE - Gymnastics: Building on disciplinary learning in Year 2,

programming and have an introduction to Scratch

where children developed their strength, flexibility and gymnastic

as they learn to program

sprites, create sequences, order commands and make a digital instrument.

elements, children will use basic compositional ideas to improve

They will use computational thinking to solve problems. *Link to Music.

Children will also build on their online safety learning by understanding how to manage online information.

PSHE - Relationships

sequence work in unison and attempt to bring explosive moves into floor work through jumps and leaps.

French: This half term, the children will revisit their knowledge of

Children will explore the relationships that they

Parisian landmarks and British cities, allowing them to compare and

have with their family and friends. They will

contrast aspects of both cultures. They will become ever more

discuss what respect looks like both in person

sophisticated in their sentence building, using conjunctions to ask

and online. * Link to Computing

and answer multiple choice questions and use commas in a list.

Reading and Spellings at home:

Times Tables: All children should be able to quickly recall the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. This year we will be introducing children to the 4 and 8 times tables. It is essential for children to be accurate and quick with tables so that they can confidently access the full maths curriculum. Keep practising!

To reach their full potential, children must be reading aloud with an adult at home every night. Reading develops skills that are invaluable across the whole curriculum and this extra practice will have a significant impact on the amount and speed of progress made. When you are reading or practising spellings with your child, please remember to sign in their reading record for a chance to win fantastic prizes!

Homework: In Year 3, children will receive one piece of homework each week. They

Thrive Day For Year 3’s Thrive Day this half term, children will focus on ‘Our Cultures’ by contributing to a French day.

will be sent out on Monday afternoons and will be required back in school by the following Monday morning! Please encourage and support your child with their

Children will partake in an interactive session based around French culturs and then, make a French greetings video for the school website.

will have one piece of English or maths homework, alternating each week. Homework

homework by making sure it is completed on time. This will consolidate your child’s learning as well as helping them to earn achievement stars. In addition, please check that your child has included their name on their homework.

Knowledge organisers, which outline the key content covered in Geography, History, Science and R.E., will be uploaded onto Seesaw. Please take a look and quiz your child on their newly acquired knowledge!

Year 4 Curriculum Map

English: This half term, the children will begin a new non-fiction book called, ‘Earth

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Shattering Events’. This links to the children’s learning in their geography lessons about why some natural disasters do more damage than others. Children will use their knowledge around this geographical topic to write a write a nonchronological report explaining the damage natural disasters can cause.

Their report will include the relevant structural and grammatical features that will make their writing effective and suitable for their purpose,

Science (Biology): Animals Including Humans Year 4 will explain why the teeth of carnivores, omnivores and herbivores differ according to their respective diets, creating more sophisticated food chains

Mathematics: Children will continue to broaden their knowledge and understanding of the relationships and patterns in the 3, 6 and 9 times tables. Later in the half term, pupils will then begin to look at the 7 times tables for the

and food webs, building on their knowledge of habitats and animals from Year 2. Before half term, they will begin a new topic, exploring the structure of all states of matter in chemistry, in

first time before they delve into understanding and

readiness for their warmer weather work

manipulating multiplicative relationships. All of this

on evaporation and sublimation.

work in maths lessons will help your child with their weekly times tables test and fluent recall of times tables up to 12 x 12.

audient and layout.

DT: Structures Pupils will explore which shapes can be History: What can Pompeii tell us about Roman life?

In history, children will continue to use primary and secondary sources to understand where the city of Pompeii is. They will look at why it the city is significant and so important to historians as well as understanding what it would have been like to live in Pompeii as a Roman. Towards the end of the half term, children will look at how Pompeii was destroyed and the lessons learnt after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

used to provide stability in structures

Geography: Why do some natural

They will use a range of materials to

disasters do more damage than

investigate 3D shapes and in Lesson 3

others?

they will collaborate on a class geodesic

This unit builds upon children’s

dome structure.

learning about the structure of the earth and formation of mountains in Year 3. Pupils will look at the causes and effects of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes as well as thinking about how we they can protect themselves from natural disasters.

Art: Printmaking and Textiles This half term, pupils will respond to the traditional designs of Kente cloth. They will create a range of surfaces, combining colour, texture and pattern Pupils will also explore the symbolic significance of colour.

Computing: This half term, Year 4 will learn how to programme a screen turtle. They will do this by knowing how to program a computer by typing commands and explaining the effect of changing a value of a command.

RE – How do Christians use the Bible?

Children will focus on the composition of the

PSHE – Relationships

PE – Gymnastics:

Children will look at what makes

Children will develop their previous skills and techniques

a respectful and caring

in gymnastics before learning how we can control when

relationship and understand who

taking weight on hands. Pupils will show good body

and where they can seek help if

tension throughout a sequence with good, smooth

they are not experiencing

transitions whilst understanding which muscles in the

healthy and safe relationships.

body they are using.

Children will apply their PSHE learning to online safety.

Bible and use the different genres in the Bible to research the history of the Jewish people

Thrive Day

and the early years of the Christian church.

•

Explain how the Bible is important for

Christians as a source of guidance and

For Year 4’s Thrive Day this half term, children will focus on ‘Our Community’ by creating positive messages of support.

French: teaching. term, Year 4 will rehearse •This half Understand some of the ways in which

reading aloud with an adult at home every night. Reading develops skills which are invaluable across the whole curriculum and impact on the amount of progress made, and

fronted and adverbials, using the range of worship at home. masculine animals they know and them to write compound sentences

To reach their full potential, children must be

this extra practise can have a significant

andBible recite sentences with the is complex used by Christians in church, in

learning four others. This will enable

Reading and Spellings at home:

Children will design their own posters focusing on road safety, sustainability and

using coordinating conjunctions, which they will develop with adjectives

mental well-being before distributing them around Throckley.

the speed in which it is made. When you are reading or practising spellings with your child, please remember to sign in their reading record for a chance to win fantastic prizes.

before and after the noun.

Homework: In Year 4, children will receive two pieces of homework each week. They will have one piece of English or maths homework Music:

and one piece focussed on times tables. Homework will be sent out

This half term, children will listen to some reggae to demonstrate

on Monday and will be required back in school by the following

syncopation. They will play Sammy the Snake Bingo with Crochets as

Monday! Please encourage and support your child with their

well as clapping and playing back syncopated rhythms.

homework by making sure it is completed on time.

English: For our reading focus this half term, we will be studying Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. By the end of this unit, children will have written a letter in first person from Romeo’s point of view. Children will include emotive language, questions, rhetorical questions and they will demonstrate a deep understanding of

Year 5 Curriculum Map Spring 1

calculation particularly involving long multiplication

Children will also be studying

then apply this to calculating and comparing the

their own sonnet. Children will study rhyme and figurative language to write impactful poetry.

Children will continue their learning about

our understanding of the formal methods of

and dividing using the bus stop method. We will

this unit, all children will have written

Properties and Changes of Materials

Mathematics: In Mathematics, we will be building on

the story.

Shakespearean sonnets. By the end of

Science – Chemistry

area of flat shapes. Using their knowledge of multiplication, division and units of measure, children will learn how to use scaling to calculate

the properties of materials, children will explore the differences between mixtures and solutions and they will devise an investigation to see how best to separate substances. Children will explore the difference between reversible and irreversible changes and conduct experiments to aid them to determine which process has taken place.

amounts in real life contexts such as when making a recipe that serves 4 for just 2 people.

DT - Mechanisms: Using gears and pulleys, children will investigate how to lift a car

History – The Mayans: Building on our understanding of the concept ‘civilisation’ and ‘empire’, children will use a range of different historical skills to answer the enquiry question, “How have the Maya civilisation influenced the modern world?” They will investigate life during the Mayan times and how progressive this ancient society was for its time. Children will develop their disciplinary knowledge by analysing at a range of historical source types, such as: sketches, artefacts and independent research.

Geography – How does Paris compare to London? Building on their Year 2 learning about our capital city, children will locate both cities on a globe, developing their understanding of scale and distance. They will use six figure grid references when looking at maps to be able to describe the location of human and physical features such as: population, climate, time zone, economy, education and food and culture.

They will investigate landmarks and why tourists may visit each destination before planning a tour Around Paris. *Links to French

onto a roof, before making their own prototype pulley system.

Art – Printmaking: Children will use the reduction method to create a piece of printed artwork. They will explore the work of John Brusdon and make links between his work and Andy Warhol’s.

PSHE: Relationships

ICT/Computing:

PE – Dance and Invasion Games:

Children will explore family

Building on their coding knowledge, this

Building on disciplinary learning in Year 4, children will be

relationships as well as

half term, children will programme

able to further develop their skills when creating and

respectful and caring

microcomputers with if… then statements

remembering a dance routine to perform. They will also be

relationships with their peers.

to make selections and carry out different

challenged to include more difficult formations. Children

They will consider actions

tasks. They will debug their algorithms to

will also work on their skills in invasion games, being able

online and discuss online

identify and rectify any errors.

to mark their opponents and keep possession.

relationships and the importance of applying the

RE – How did the bible develop and why is it still important?

same principles of a face-to

Reading and Spellings at home:

face relationship when

This half term, we will build upon our knowledge of the

To reach their full potential, children

communicating with our

Christian faith learned in autumn term by exploring the origins

must be reading aloud with an adult

friends online.

and importance of the bible.

* Link to Computing

This half term, Year 5 will continue to invent a range of complex sentences using subordinate clauses, using their knowledge of time in French. They will recite and rehearse complex sentences with fronted adverbials, adjectives before and after the

develops skills which are invaluable across the whole curriculum and this extra practise can have a significant

Times Tables: French:

at home every night. Reading

Children should all be able to quickly recall all times tables up to 12 x 12 = 144 now. It is essential for children to be accurate and quick with tables so that they can confidently access the full maths curriculum. We are now having weekly times tables tests to check children’s recall so keep practising regularly at home!

impact on the amount of progress made, and the speed in which it is made. When you are reading or practising spellings with your child, please remember to sign in their reading record for a chance to win fantastic prizes!

noun, and a variety of co-ordinating conjunctions to describe civic amenities in the town where they live.

Knowledge organisers which outline the key content covered in History, Science and R.E. will be uploaded onto Seesaw. Please take

a look and quiz your child on their newly acquired knowledge!

Homework: In Year 5, children will receive one piece of homework each week relating to work we have done that week. Homework will be sent out on Friday afternoons on Seesaw and will be required back in school by the following Friday! Children can also take a paper copy if they would prefer.

Please encourage and support your child with their homework by making sure it is completed as this supports their learning in school.

English: For our reading focus this half term, we will be reading the criticallyacclaimed ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. This novel will explore important themes which will fuel class discussions such as: crime and punishment, redemption, racism and adversity. Using a range of grammatical devices and figurative

Year 6 Curriculum Map Spring 1 Mathematics: In Mathematics, we will be continue to be working hard on our arithmetic skills to ensure quick and

language, children will write a thrilling

accurate answers. Additionally, we will be building on

adventure narrative that details the

our knowledge of converting between units, through

protagonist’s escape.

Later in the half term, we shall be moving onto Street Child by Berlie Doherty. This will complement well with our history unit on the Industrial Revolution as we will explore how the protagonist (Jim Jarvis) navigates through 1860’s London.

RE – How do religious people make moral and ethical choices?

This half term, we will continue our understanding of Jesus and Muhammed. We will also consider

our study of ratio- how exciting!

As well as this, we will be revisiting shape and its properties. This will provide the opportunity to use protractors to measure angles and construct shapes.

As always, times tables are at the forefront of our learning and therefore children will be using Times Table Rockstars to aid this.

Science – The Circulatory System: Continuing with this unit, children will explore

the

heart

and

identify

the

different parts of it (key blood vessels, the left and right atrium, left and right ventricle and the valves). Finally, we will look at how diet, exercise and drugs impact the body both physically and mentally.

Once this is consolidated, we shall be moving onto our unit on ‘Electricity’ where pupils will look at circuits and explore different ways of increasing the voltage. During this, they will revisit ‘Light’. Towards the end of the unit, they will look at safety surrounding electricity.

Geography – Is the damage to our world irreplaceable? Linking

DT- How strong is a piece of spaghetti?

well to our recent history unit, pupils will be exploring climate

Children will test the strength of a piece

change and how this affects us. We will consider how industrial

of spaghetti and then use their

change has affected our world and discuss whether this damage

understanding to construct a 1m tower.

is reversible or not.

History – How has the Earth’s climate changed since the

Art- Painting and Collage Pupils will develop refined skills in

1700’s?

layering and overworking. By studying

ethical and how religious people

Within this unit, Year 6 will explore the Industrial Revolution

Pablo Picasso and Patrick Caufield to

use these principles in their daily

by examining inventions made during this time. They will also

create a series of still life drawings

lives.

inspect how the increase in factories influenced climate change.

combined with collaging.

what it means to be moral and

Computing: This half term, children will develop their programming skills. They will critique and improve games using their previous coding learning. Children will get the opportunity to design their own innovative, exciting game, which will appeal to children their age. They will also explore online reputation. *Links to design and technology.

PSHE:

PE – Invasion Games:

Relationships Children will consider actions and conduct online and discuss appropriate behaviours in online relationships. They’ll also look at respectful relationships. * Link to Computing

French: This half term, Year 6 will apply their knowledge of classroom vocabulary and adjectival agreement to compose complex sentences describing their learning environment. They will continue to hold their own conversations based around their name, age, where they live and how they are feeling, and start to express opinions and preferences, including their favourite subjects.

continue to explore a range of invasion games thinking carefully about team tactics. They will also look at a variety of games with a strategic approach to help make their team successful and ensure they’re all working together as a cohesive unit.

Times Tables: Children should all be able to quickly recall all times tables up to 12 x 12 = 144 now. It is essential for children to be accurate and quick with tables so that they can confidently access the full maths curriculum. Every week they will be tested on one. Keep

Supporting with Assessments

Building on their prior learning from Year 5, children will

practising!

Reading and Spellings at home: To reach their full potential, children must be reading aloud with an adult at home every night. Reading develops skills which are invaluable across the whole curriculum and this extra practise can have a significant impact on the amount of progress made, and the speed in which it is made. When you are reading or practising spellings with your child, please remember to sign in their reading record for a chance to win fantastic prizes.

This is a crucial half term for children and in order to help them we have set up a Booster Club on Tuesdays after school. You will receive more information about this soon.

Knowledge organisers which outline the key content covered in History, Science and R.E. will be uploaded onto Seesaw. Please take

a look and quiz your child on their newly acquired knowledge!

Homework: In Year 6, children will receive two pieces of homework each week. They will have one piece of English homework and one piece of maths homework. Homework will be sent out on Monday afternoons and will be required back in school by the following Monday! Please encourage and support your child with their homework by making sure it is completed as this will aid them with their transition to secondary school.