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Subject / Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
English |
The Railway Children, Edith Nesbit |
The Highwayman Alfred Noyes |
The Tempest, William Shakespeare |
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien |
Shackleton’s Journey, William Grill |
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Maths |
Place Value Number, Addition and Subtraction. Multiplication and division. |
Fractions, Equivalences. Adding and subtracting Fractions of amounts Mixed numbers to improper fractions. Decimals Place value of decimal X / 10,100,1000 Percentages (conversion between % decimals and fractions) Multiplying fractions |
Ratio and proportion Shapes (perimeter) and angles. Statistics (times tables and graphs) Solving measures and money problems Shape and symmetry Position and direction Reasoning with patterns and sequences 3-D shapes |
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History |
Autumn 1: The Rise of Islam, the Byzantine Empire, Arab conquests and the growth of the new born religion of Islam. |
Spring 1: The Vikings, migrations, raiding and trading, legacies. |
Summer 1: The Norman Conquest. |
Autumn 2: Anglo-Saxon England – Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England, local exploration of Sutton Hoo and the division of the kingdoms. |
Spring 2: England and the Vikings. |
Summer 2: Local History – Norwich Cathedral |
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Geography |
Oceans – World oceans, currents, human trade, plastic pollution and changing climates. |
Agriculture: Food supply and demand across the world, farming and the supply chain of different products, in depth study of the cocoa industry and fair trade. |
Brazil’s Population: megacities and favelas, population distribution across the world and across Brazil, inequality between the cities and favelas, rural to urban migration and in depth study of Curitiba. . |
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Tectonic Hazards: Earthquakes – Plate boundaries and earthquakes, an in depth study of California. |
Rainforests: the Amazon as a habitat, food growth in the Amazon, deforestation and human settlement |
Antarctica: climate exploration, human settlement and research. |
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Science |
Physics: Space and orbits. |
Anatomy and Physiology: Human organ systems. |
Summer 1: Python Programming Summer 2: Biology: Ecology, life cycles. |
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Physics: Forces and motion, changing forces. |
Chemistry: Changing Materials |
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Art & DT |
Formal elements: Shape Exploring the Cubism movement in art and the work of Picasso. |
Formal elements: Painting. Looking at the use of colour and paint in landscape paintings. Explore the art of Hundertwasser. |
Drawing unit based on human figures. Exploring the art of Leonardo Da Vincent. |
Printing unit -based on abstract art and artifacts. Exploring the art of Joan Miro. |
Sculpture unit - based on objects and abstraction/ use of negative spaces. Exploring the art of Anish Kapoor. |
Mixed Media unit -based on landscapeand abstraction. Simplifying images to a minimal form. Exploring the art of Piet Mondrian and Marc Chagall. |
PSHE |
Being me in my world. Celebrating difference. |
Dreams and goals. Healthy me. |
Relationships. Changing me. |
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P.E. |
Gym |
Invasion games |
Dance and team games |
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R.E. |
Christianity: Beliefs and Worldviews |
Religious and non-religious beliefs. |
Islam: A way of living. |
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Christianity: Morality and Action |
Islam: Authority, origins and texts. |
How to ‘read’ a church and how to ‘read’ a mosque. |
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Music (Year B) |
Canon: Superman Theme, John Williams Theory: Perfect intervals, ties, tonality, relative keys, major/minor 3rds, notes to 2 ledger lines |
Canon: Morning from Peer Gynt - Grieg Theory: 6|8 time signature, sequences (stepwise), E minor, 1st inversion of tonic triads, more intervals |
Canon: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (JS Bach) Theory: D minor, Harmonic & Melodic scales, working out the key of a piece, 2nd inversion of tonic triads, broken chords, primary chords, theme & variations |
Spanish |
x5 table & time Food/drink (likes and dislikes) Mealtimes |
Sports (likes/dislikes and describing sports), applying phonics to Spanish and using a Spanish dictionary. |
Musical instruments and types of music Verbs of opinion |