Curriculum Maps
Autumn 1
Children will learn about what it means to be a ‘good listener’ during carpet time or when the teacher is giving instructions.
The Nursery will have lots of physical objects that can be lined up and/or grouped and counted.
This half term, Nursery will have a huge focus on children being able to express and/or articulate their needs.
Children will be encouraged to play alongside other children in the Nursery provision.
Literacy:
Children will begin to sing songs and chants that focus on counting forwards.
Nursery
Children will develop fundamental movement skills in PE sessions and outdoors. They will develop their movement skills including crawling, climbing and jumping.
Children will begin to recognise their ‘special letter’ around the nursery environment.
The Nursery children will be looking at their ‘All about me’ books alongside their teachers to develop a better understanding of their family and community.
Expressive Arts & Design:
Communication and Language:
Children will be given lots of opportunities to develop their mark making around the nursery and in the outdoors.
Additional Information:
The nursery children will talk about and identify the patterns they can see around them in the Nursery and outdoors.
Children will have lots of opportunity to express themselves creatively.
Children will try and put on their coat independently by using the ‘flip over’ method.
Children will develop their fine motor control by playing with tweezers, threading activities and mark making tools.
Understanding the World:
Nursery will celebrate festivals and celebrations from cultures around the world including Diwali and Halloween.
Children will look at amounts and talk about which group has ‘lots’ ‘more’ or ‘the same’.
Physical Development:
Children will use paint to make marks on a variety of surfaces. They will model using clay and other malleable materials.
The children will learn about the rules and expectations in Nursery and help create their own ‘class code’ that they will refer to throughout the year. Children will learn how to seek adult support when dealing with conflict, rather than responding in a physical manner (pushing, snatching etc.)
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Remember to send in a pair of named wellies for your child if they do not already have a pair in Nursery. We will be outdoors in all weathers and don’t want the children to get wet feet!
Mathematics:
Children will also look at different ways of grouping objects such as by colour, shape or size.
Children will be looking at books about ‘belonging’ and finding high quality vocabulary to help develop their language.
It would be great if you could support your child with putting coats and shoes on independently.
Children will create visual representations of themselves and look at what is the same and what might be different about themselves and their peers.
Please can all parents ensure that children have their name on all their belongings (clothes, packed lunches, water bottles etc)
High quality, purposeful texts have been deliberately chosen to inspire the learning in Nursery. Children will listen to stories from our ‘Must Read’ list and join in repeated refrains and important parts of the story as they become more familiar.
They will learn how to combine materials using PVA glue, tape and glue sticks to achieve a desired effect. Children will begin to follow direction from an adult to create a piece of artwork or finished product.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development:
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Expressive Arts & Design:
Children will be taught about past and present through a number of stories which are set in the past, present and future. They will think back to their past in Nursery and be shown pictures and journals to enhance this. They will consider people, cultures and the community through learning about belonging and its importance. They will be exposed to a range of different world wide festivals, including the European Day of Languages.
Mathematics:
Understanding the World:
Children will take part in daily phonics sessions. During these sessions, they will begin to recognise and form individual letters, following the ‘Read, Write, Inc’ scheme. They will also learn how to identify the initial sound in words.
Children will be taught a range of different jumps in their PE lessons, as well as practising throwing as a key skill of sending. They will also explore a variety of body shapes, balances and rolls with increasing independence. They will develop their strength, balance and coordination through self regulation lessons which will include stretching and breathing strategies as well as regulating techniques.
Children will be introduced to ‘Talk Rules’; learning why listening is so important. They will also begin to understand the expectation of participation and discussion throughout the day. We will work on introducing narrative through play – drawing from both fiction stories and real life examples. This will be encouraged to be used in the role play area. They will be given the opportunity to both agree and disagree with their peers and be encouraged to support their ideas with the word ‘because’. They will be taught subject specific vocabulary, which will be an integral part of their learning.
Additional Information:
Personal, Social and Emotional Development:
Literacy:
Communication and Language:
Physical Development:
Children will be taught how to hold and use scissors to cut with control and demonstrate this independently in their creative work. They will be given lots of opportunities to reinforce hand eye coordination and foot eye coordination through games. They will also be supported to recognise personal space through daily activities, such as lining up.
We will continue to work on the daily routines in school which allow children to become regulated and settled; ready to learn. Children will be encouraged to share resources and given guidance on how to manage conflict. The scheme ‘Zones of Regulation’ will be adhered to; allowing the children to identify feelings and behaviours.
In Reception, it is essential that children have a solid understanding of number. In order to achieve this concrete understanding, they must revisit learning multiple times. Children will count objects in different arrangements and will know that the final number they say is the total. They will also be taught how to match amounts and use their knowledge to decide if a group has more or less.
Reception Curriculum Map Autumn 1
The school grounds will be used for children to navigate around, developing their geographical skills. They will also look at various local landmarks. Children will be given lots of chance to work scientifically, through observations, experiments and enquiry.
Children will be given lots of opportunities to develop their mark making skills. We will be working hard to ensure effective pencil grips are used. This will support children when writing their name and practising the formation of taught letters.
Within this half term, children will begin to use ordering language in their play, such as 1st, 2nd and 3rd. They will also be introduced to patterns and start to use ‘pattern rules’ in their creations.
Children will be taught how to use different tools to make changes to existing materials. They will be encouraged to use these taught skills when independently accessing the creative area. They will also explore colour mixing and engage in discussion around the effects of this. Children will be taught about various body percussion to respond to music from around the world. They will also explore pitch and volume and begin to discuss their meaning. There will be lots of opportunity for singing and dancing throughout Reception, too!
In Reception, the children will be taught about different food groups and the importance of healthy eating. They will also continue to learn about the importance of dental hygiene. They will continue to build relationships with peers and adults in the setting.
The weather continues to be unpredictable, please ensure your child is suitably dressed for learning outdoors. Waterproof coats in case of showers are necessary. Remember, we all need a PE kit in Reception, too!
All of our learning in Reception will be inspired by high quality texts, which the children will have ample time to listen to and revisit in their ‘Must Read’ library.
DT- How can you stop a tower from toppling Theover?children
* Links to DT
History - How do we get around?
English: we will begin the year by exploring the classic text ‘Treasure Island’. The children will enjoy listening to their teachers read excerpts from the book. They will build on their writing skills learned in reception to write captions and short simple sentences for pictures relating to the book. They will then move on to explore the book ‘Froggy Day’. The children will use this text as a basis to explore vocabulary around the weather which they will use to write and deliver a simple weather report.
Geography – What is the weather like where we live?
In Art, we will explore materials and tools for mark making with paint using primary colours. This builds on the children being able to hold drawing tools correctly which they learned in the early years.
will build structures that are freestanding using a range of different materials.
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.
Autumn 1
Science – Seasonal Changes:
* Links to history, computing and science
Year 1 Curriculum Map
We will be naming and locating the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas before discussing their seasonal and daily weather patterns. We will build on our knowledge of weather charts learned in reception.
In Science, our first topic is Seasonal Changes. The children will build on their learning from Reception about weather charts by moving on to look at the different seasons and comparing the weather, the length of the days and how our clothes might even change. We even have a brand new weather station to play with!
Mathematics: In Mathematics, we will be begin by consolidating and recapping our knowledge of some of the concepts taught in reception: composition, shape, space and measure. We will then move on to learning to count to 100. We will be using lots of games and songs to support our learning in this area.
In history we will be building on our knowledge of transport learned in the early years. Our focus will be on trains, what transport was like before the invention of the train and why the train is important. The children will also learn who George Stephenson was and why he is significant.
* Link to science and geography
Art
ICT/Computing: The children will be using Project Evolve to explore: self-image & identity, online relationships, online reputation, online bullying, managing online information, privacy and security and copyright & ownership. They will further develop their mouse and Keyboard Skills using iLearn. Builds on EYFS computing skills.
Reading and Spellings at home:
Music: Pulse, rhythm, performing and listening and appraising
The children will begin the year by focussing on their Mental Wellbeing. They will learn through the Zones of Regulation curriculum how to recognise their feelings and regulate their emotions.
Text and Images
RE – How is belonging expressed and demonstrated?
We will start the year with Gymnastics. We will learn through a range of movements and exercises practise and develop our agility, balance and coordination.
Builds on EYFS fundamental skills.
PSHE: Physical Health and Mental Wellbeing
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.
In Autumn term, the children will play games, perform notation as body percussion, identify a variety of instruments by their sound and use them to play simple notations, listen to orchestral/folk/modern music, identify and compare the moods, emotions and genres of two songs. Their learning will culminate in a performance of a folk song.
Knowledge organisers which outline the key content covered in History, Geography, Science and R.E. will be uploaded onto Seesaw. Please take a look and quiz your child on their newly acquired knowledge
PE – Gymnastics:
The children will relate their own understanding of belonging to what believers from different traditions understand about belonging. They will look at how Christians in particular express their sense of belonging, community and identity and at how the church welcomes children into its family.
Homework: In Year 1 in the autumn term, children will receive one piece of homework each week. This will focus on their phonics learning and will be a consolidation of what we have been learning in class that week. Homework will be sent out on Friday afternoons and will be required back in school by the following Friday. Please encourage and support your child with their homework by making sure it is completed.
Maths Basic Skills:
Every Friday, we will be having a maths basic skills quiz alongside our spelling test. We will be improving our fluency with our addition and subtraction skills and working to really embed our number bonds.
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*Link to Geography (coastlines) and History (heroes)
Mathematics:
We will be working hard in Science to distinguish between objects, materials and properties and group them accordingly. We will identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials for particular uses such as building a house or making a raincoat. We will be discovering how the shapes of solid objects, made from some materials, can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.
Everyday Materials
How do you waterproof a hat?
What is special about our local coastline?
In Mathematics, we will begin by consolidating our knowledge of numbers up to 100 and recognising the place value of each digit in 2 digit numbers. We will revisit partitioning numbers into tens and ones so we are ready for the challenge of non-standard partitioning. We will become confident using numbers within in addition and subtraction calculations whilst mastering our fluency of number bonds to 10 and 20.
Geography
This unit builds upon our Year 1 knowledge of local landmarks, human and physical geographical features of the local area and use of aerial maps. We will develop our previous knowledge of the UK countries, capitals and surrounding seas using a map, atlas or globe to locate them. We will use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language [for example, near and far; left and right], to describe the human and physical features of our local coastlines.
English:
*Link to English and History
Ahoy there, me harties! In our English lessons this half term, we will be jumping aboard the Hispaniola to explore Treasure Island. We will be developing and embedding our writing skills from Year 1 (using correct sentence structure and letter formation) to write a meaty character description of a pirate. We will begin to explore the use of powerful adjectives and similes to make a piece of writing more detailed and descriptive. Our next adventure will lead us into the forest where we can enjoy one of our favourite author’s most famous stories – Superworm.
Design Technology
We will tap into our scientific knowledge to test and sort a range of everyday materials to determine which would be most suitable for a waterproof hat.
Year 2 Curriculum Map Autumn
*Link to Science
Homework:
In Year 2, children will receive homework through Seesaw every Friday that will consolidate their learning from the week. This is required to be completed by the following Friday.
Reading and Spellings at home:
We will be sharing special stories and interpreting what they mean to us and others. We will build on our understanding of different religions to reflect on the importance of beliefs. We will be introduced to Sikhism, where we can explore similarities and differences.
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, practising spellings or basic skills with your child, please remember to sign in their read record for a chance to win prizes.
Basic skills tests: Every week, we will be testing our maths basic skills on a Friday morning. We will send the focus each week out to you in reading record books.
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In Autumn, we will utilise the programmes iLearn2 and Project Evolve to discuss ways to stay safe online and be a responsible user of technology. We will build on our abilities to use digital art from Year 1 to create more complex designs and images.
This term, we are focusing on developing our gymnastics skills, performing basic actions with control and consistency at different speeds and on different levels. We will challenge ourselves to develop strength and flexibility.
We will build upon our knowledge of pulse and rhythm through active listening, appraising and & performing.
Music:
Phonics:
RE: How do religious people express their sense of community?
Please support your child with their homework, encouraging them to talk about similar tasks they have been doing in school, so that they become confident with articulating their learning.
This half term we will be discussing mental wellbeing. We will explore our emotions and gather tools to help us manage and regulate them.
We will start the year off by revisiting and embedding our pace and fluency with Set 2 and Set 3 sounds and continue to work on segmenting and blending words. The spelling test each fortnight will reflect the phonics sound we are working on in class.
PSHE: Zones of Regulation
Knowledge organisers which outline the key content covered in History, Science and R.E. will be uploaded onto Seesaw
Computing:
Children will enquire ‘How can you make a box out of cloth?’ They will select and apply solutions to stiffen fabric to ultimately make a box.
Children will use a range of materials including paint to create different marks. They will mix colours using a variety of both primary and secondary colours Using varying painting techniques, children will explore tonking and sgraffito.
Applying the VIPERS reading disciplines, children will broaden and deepen their understanding of vocabulary, inference, predictions, explanations, retrieval and summaries in our whole class reading sessions.
Science – Light: This half term c will learn about the concept of light and how darkness occurs in the absence of light. They will explore reflection and shadows as well how as to protect their eyes from sunlight.
They will use this to support their understanding of conversion and estimation of length.
Children will use their knowledge of place value to add, subtract, order and compare numbers up to 1000.
Year 3 Curriculum Map Autumn 1
English: The reading focus for this half term will be our whole school book ‘Treasure Island’ followed by ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ by Lynne Cherry. This links to our learning in geography lessons as we explore the Amazon Rainforest. Children will build towards a written outcome by describing the rainforest setting.
RE – How and why do we use signs and symbols in everyday life?
Mathematics: In mathematics, children will begin looking at adding and subtracting 3 addends. They will use appropriate vocabulary to write mathematical stories.
Geography – How significant is the Amazon Rainforest? This unit builds upon children’s learning of forests in Year 2 Spring term. They extend their knowledge of lines of latitude to include the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Children will also increase their understanding of climate by learning about the tropical climate zone and their understanding of climate change. New learning encompasses the layers of a rainforest, indigenous tribes and deforestation
Children will revisit their prior knowledge of signs and symbols in Christianity and Sikhism to support their new learning about the use of symbols in everyday life.
Art – Drawing and Painting
DT Textiles
History – How did human civilisation change during the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age? This unit builds upon children’s learning of innovation from Year 1 and 2. Children will explore the changes Britain over time and use chronological knowledge to order events. Using primary and secondary sources, they will compare everyday life in the Stone Age and explain the development of civilisations.
Reading and Spellings at home:
Times Tables and Basic Skills:
Homework: In Year 3, children will receive two pieces of homework each week. They will have one piece of English or maths homework and one piece focussed on times tables/basic skills practice. Homework will be sent out on Friday afternoons and will be required back in school by the following Friday morning! Please encourage and support your child with their homework by making sure it is completed on time. This will consolidate your child’s learning as well as helping them earn achievement stars.
Children will develop their understanding of mental health and well-being through the ZOR scheme. Over the coming weeks, children will regulate their own emotions using a bank of strategies.
French: Children will develop their greetings when meeting others, recognise four Paris landmarks and five classroom instructions. They will revisit French stories and songs from EYFS and KS1.
Knowledge organisers, which outline the key content covered in History, Geography, Science and R.E. will be uploaded onto Seesaw. Please take a look and quiz your child on their newly acquired knowledge!
PSHE – Zones of Regulation
Children should all be able to quickly recall addition and subtraction facts to 100 and the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. This year we will be catering our learning towards the 2, 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 for your weekly Friday tests!
Music: Children will create 4 bar rhythms using crotchet, quavers, minims and rests. They will perform rhythms at two different tempos (andante and allegro) using a backing track. Children will listen to music in 4/4 and 3/4 and tap along, keeping a steady tempo. They will identify ostinato patterns and be introduced to semibreves..
Computing: This half term, children will apply their prior learning to deepen their knowledge of online safety through the ProjectEVOLVE scheme. They will explore computer networks and systems to gain an understanding of how technology works.
PE – Invasion Games: Children will play competitive games in which they will combine speed and direction with stopping under control. They will travel with accuracy and judge when or where to move to receive a ball.
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.
Year 4 Curriculum Map
Children will begin this half term by recapping what they already know about column addition and subtraction. Children will consolidate their learning in this area with regrouping in the ones and tens columns and then apply these written methods to solve real life, contextualised problems. For the first time, children will look at 4 digit numbers and use these when identifying values, ordering, comparing and rounding.
Art: Drawing
Autumn 1
In history, children will understand how we know about the Greeks by linking to their knowledge of primary and secondary sources. Year 4 will look at the typical daily life of an Ancient Greek and decide whether they were treated equally in their society. This half term will end by looking at what the Ancient Greeks did for us in terms of inventions and how they have influenced events such as the Olympics.
This half term, children will use their prior knowledge of position and direction to describe land use in prehistoric times. We will explore hill forts, and other settlements using grid references and maps. Our new knowledge and understanding will help us to write an advert for a prehistoric cave dwelling!
English:
DT: Food and nutrition
Science (Biology): Living things and their habitats
Mathematics:
History: How have the Ancient Greeks influenced our society?
We will start the term by embarking on an adventure to desolate islands and pirate infested seas with ‘Treasure Island’ by Robert Louis Stevenson. The children will be writing an in-depth setting description of where their boat lands to kick of our writing this half term. Then, we will explore ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl. Year 4 will step into Charlie’s shoes to create scrumptious diary entry all about the marvellous factory, filled with treats as far as the eye can see!
Children will use classification keys to classify groups and animals and explore human impact on the environment. They will recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways and explore environments to see how they can change, and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things. We will research and explore the work of Gerald Durrell.
Year 4 will refine their drawing skills, focusing on lines and detail. They will select drawing materials based on their understanding of the possible marks that can be made and use a viewfinder to select a focal point.
Geography: Location, location, location – Where is your ideal home?
Throughout this term, we will explore the difference between freshly made food and mass- produced food. We will look foods that are part of a healthy diet but often bought pre made and can contribute to poor physical and mental health.
Children will consider how and why for religious people expressing their sense of identity is so important.
Homework: Homework: In Year 4, children will receive two pieces of homework each week. They will have one piece of English or maths homework and one piece focussed on times tables/basic skills practice. Homework will be sent out on Monday 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 on time.
In Year 4, children will continue to become more familiar with oral questions, answers and sentence building. In writing, they will use further adjectives such as colours. To describe masculine and feminine nouns. They will continue to recap classroom instructions as well as recall famous landmarks in the capital of France, Paris!
Year 4 will deepen their understanding of the four zones this half term and identify what methods they can use to help self regulate their emotions both in and out of the classroom.
Times Tables:
PE – Invasion Games:
French:
In Year 4, children will be exploring making sounds with a range of different instruments. They will create harmonies and compose their own musical outcomes to perform in small groups and whole class.
Using Project Evolve, Year 4 will be looking at a number of different strands in relation to the online world such as self Image & Identity, Online Relationships and reputation and Managing Online Information.
PSHE – Zones of Regulation
To reach their full potential, children must 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.
Children will build on their understanding of belonging to explore a sense of identity through their faith community.
Reading and Spellings at home:
In Autumn 1 term, Year 4 will become increasingly confident in their selection of basic sport specific skills. During games, they will develop tactics and apply them in competitive situations. By building on what they already know from Year 3, they will look to increase speed and endurance during gameplay.
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. Keep practising!
RE – How do religious people express their sense of identity with their faith community?
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!
Computing:
Music:
The ‘Treason’ unit will be linked to our History topic, The Battle of Newburn Ford.
Art Children. will be learning about the technique of subtractive drawing and will be using organic lines to create landscapes. They will explore this with a visit to the quayside and children’s work will be supported by local artist John Quinn.
Science – Biology
History – How did our local area affect the Battle of Newburn Ford? Children will travel back to the 1600s to understand what caused the battle and they will study key historical figures, such as Charles I, Oliver Cromwell and Henry VIII. Children will learn about the importance of religion during the 1600s and how it shaped society.
Year 5 Curriculum Map Autumn Term 1
Mathematics: In mathematics, children will build on their year 4 learning about fractions and decimals exploring tenths and hundredths. They will be linking their knowledge to money to solve a range of problems that involve addition and subtraction such as calculating totals and finding change. They will also investigate the links between decimals and converting units such as g to kg, ml to L and cm to m.
Living Things and their Habitats: Building on their knowledge of vertebrates, children will explore a range of life cycles for mammals, reptiles and amphibians. They explore the life cycles of plants and the difference between plants that reproduce sexually and asexually. The term will also include a plant dissection where children will be able to identify all of the parts of a flowering plant.
English:
Geography – Is all the world the same? Children will be taken on an adventure around the world building upon their understanding of biomes and climate zones that they studied in previous years. They will be able to explain why climate and biome maps may differ and be introduced to time zones.
RE – Why is worship so important to believers? Children will study the key features of worship and what worship means to believers. They will explore the place and importance of prayer in worship for faith communities.
In English, children will be reading ‘Treasure Island’ by Robert Louis Stevenson. By the end of this unit children will have written a setting description using the 5 senses (what they can see, hear, feel, smell, and taste) and figurative language. The children will also read ‘Treason’ by Berlie Doherty. By the end of this unit children will have written the answer to an essay question: What caused The Battle of Newburn Ford? We will study the importance of religion during the 1500 and 1600s and how this may have caused tension leading into the battle.
Design and Technology – Cooking and Nutrition: Why are our diets different today? Children will explore the diets of other countries and will make flatbread, Smørrebrød and a mezze bowl.
PE – Invasion Games (Basketball, Netball, Hockey)
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!
French:
Building on their learning about computing networks in Year 4, children will explore email, Bluetooth and online collaboration. This term, we will also cover online safety including understanding their online reputation and how to keep information secure and private.
ICT/Computing:
Knowledge organisers which outline the key content covered in History, Geography and Science will be uploaded onto Seesaw. Please take a look and quiz your child on their newly acquired knowledge!
PSHE: Physical Health and Mental Wellbeing
This half term, Year 5 will revise greetings, classroom instructions and introductions. They will learn the numbers 13-21 and explore telling the time (seconds, minutes etc). This knowledge will allow them to construct evermore complex sentences in French.
Now children can quickly recall all times tables up to 12 x 12 = 144 it is essential for children to practise so they do not forget and maintain their speed and accuracy. This will help them confidently access the full maths curriculum. We will have weekly times tables tests on Fridays to check children’s recall so keep practising regularly at home!
Reading and Spellings at home:
Children will consider how they can take care of their mental health. They will understand the importance of being active, eating well and making informed choices. Children will also explore online safety.
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.
Times Tables:
Children will select and apply a range of tactics and techniques to play with consistency. Children will work on both attacking and defensive tactics, learning how to apply them effectively. Children will use strength, agility and coordination when defending but will also practise passing to help build impactful attacks.
This half term, we will explore how Jesus has been presented through history and a variety of different places through parables and pictures.
DT – Does food affect the way you feel?
Art Pupils will continue to master their drawing skills by creating a self-portrait inspired by Frida Kahlo.
Geography Economy: In geography, we will be exploring how a country’s land use impacts their economy. Through a case study of one of the poorest economies in the world (El Salvador), children will examine the challenges they face due to their geographical location.
Year 6 Curriculum Map
Autumn 1
Science – Living Things and Their Habitat:
Children will develop their cooking techniques by exploring the difference between pre-made and processed foods. Deepening their understanding of nutritional balance.
History – World War Two: Building on our understanding of the concept ‘empire’ and ‘civilisation’, children will use a range of disciplinary knowledge to answer the enquiry question, “How did conflict affect society?’ Through exploration of different sources, children will discover how evacuation impacted everyday life in Britain, especially for children.
In this unit of study, we will be exploring the characteristics of living and non living things and how these characteristics help us the classify the animals, plants and rocks around us. As part of this, children will be introduced to Carl Linnaeus (a famous botanist) who created the taxonomic ranks. Using this, children will enjoy hands-on, interactive experiments that enhance their learning. One stand out investigation involves spooky pumpkins and microbes; you’ll need your goggles for this one!
Mathematics:
In Mathematics, we will be revising our understanding of place value with numbers up to ten million. Pupils will revisit writing and reading these numbers confidently as well as finding the value of individual digits. During this unit, children will practise rounding to a certain degree of accuracy. Additionally, we will utilise the formal methods of column addition and subtraction first in arithmeticstyle formats before translating the skills to word problems. As always, we will be putting times tables at the forefront of our maths learning.
RE – Representations of Jesus
English: For our reading focus this half term, we will be starting the year off studying the classic ‘Treasure Island’ by Robert Louis Stevenson. This well known novel centres on a character named Jim Hawkins, who goes on an adventure to discover lost treasure. As well as being a gripping read, this novel will allow us to develop our descriptive writing so that it is filled with figurative language. To coincide with our history unit this term, children will read the highly emotive and gripping book, Number the Stars’ by Lois Lowry. While developing key reading skills, children will begin to explore authorial choice and the impact this has on the reader. Revising key grammatical devices will also be a priority this half term.
PE – Invasion Games: Building on disciplinary learning in Year 5, where children began thinking tactically during invasion games, they will work as a team to plan their movements to be successful. During this unit, they will develop the key skills require to perform well within invasion games such as, netball, rugby, basketball and hockey.
In French, children will build on their knowledge of basic French greetings and continue to have conversations with partners.
ICT/Computing: This half term, children will continue to work with www.code.org to build on children’s coding and debugging skills. They will also build on their understanding of digital literacy, looking at how to be safe online and refreshing their knowledge and understanding of digital relationships; online bullying; and self image and identity.
Reading and Spellings at home:
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.
French:
As well as this, children will be reciting their numbers of 0 30 and practising the 2 times tables.
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.
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!
PSHE:Zones of Regulation
Children will be learning about their mental health and wellbeing as they learn how to regulate their emotions and recognise things that can trigger these.
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 practising!
Music: Building on their knowledge of rhythm and tempo, children will continue developing their drumming techniques. They will use call and response games, as well as steady beats to enhance their musical skills.