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
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
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
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. THRIVE at Throckley
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.