Autumn 2
For the love of reading text
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief – An action-packed adventure filled with Greek mythology, mystery and danger. The story follows Percy Jackson, a young boy who discovers that he is the son of a Greek god and must embark on a dangerous quest to prevent a war between the gods. During this term, the children will be exploring Percy's exciting adventures, developing their descriptive writing and creating their own narratives and letters inspired by the characters, mythical creatures and events within the story. Our poetry focus will continue to be Sonnets.
White Rose Maths
The units we are covering this term are as follows: Fractions, Converting measures, Ratio and Geometry
Geography/ History
Our focus this half term will be a history focus – The Greeks. In this topic, children will learn about aspects of political, social and cultural Ancient Greek life. They will focus on some areas in depth, such as the systems of government, religion and the importance of the Olympic Games. They will examine the legacy of the Ancient Greeks, and will have opportunities for further study of areas of interest. While they will gain an overview of the time period, the main focus will be on the Classical period. Elements of the unit can also be used in a study of post-1066 British history and the legacy of Greek culture. The children will utilise a variety of sources of evidence to develop their knowledge and understanding of the time period. Links will be made to prior learning on the nature of empires, particularly Year 4 Unit 2: Roman Britain.
Science
Our focus for Science this term is Animals including humans.
Within this topic, children will look at the human circulatory system – the importance of the different parts and how they contribute towards the transportation of oxygen and carbon dioxide. The children will also carry out an investigation in regards to the lungs and their capacity to take in oxygen. In addition, the children will learn about the effects of drugs, alcohol and lifestyle on the body
Educational Visit
Greek Workshop
PSHE/RSE/ RE
Our RSE unit for Autumn Term 2 has a focus linked to Christianity. The children will define the terms ‘atheist’, ‘agnostic’ and ‘theist’. The children will also explain what religious and non-religious people believe about God and to understand where they get their ideas from. Finally we will look at the differing opinions of Genesis 1 and how it can be interpreted differently.
Our PSHE unit will look at how we can keep ourselves safe in the sun, the dangers of sleep deprivation and drugs (including legal and illegal).
Art/ D & T/ Music
Our artist for this term continues from last term and remains as ‘Andy Warhol’. Children will be looking to complete their own art in the style of Andy Warhol’s work.
In DT we are continuing our topic of ‘Creating a pop-up book’’ Children will use a range of mechanisms to create their own pop-up book based on the Mayans and The Greek which links to our history topics this term.
Our song for music this half term is “Classroom Jazz 2” by Ian Grey.
Spanish
In Spanish, we will look at eating at transport. The children will learn how to speak phrases related to modes of transport.
PE day
The children will take part in PE lessons on Wednesdays each week with a focus on dancing and boxercise.
Spellings/ Reading
This term we will have a focus on words from the Year 5 and 6 spelling list.
Autumn 1
For the love of reading text
Wonder by R.J Palacio
Our class text this half term - to promote a love of reading - will be ‘Wonder’ by R.J Palacio. Wonder tells the story of August, who was born with a facial deformity. He is about to start mainstream school. How will the children react to August?
Writing to describe: Character/Dialogue
Writing to persuade: Diary Writing
Writing to discuss: Balanced argument
Poetry: Sonnet
White Rose Maths
In maths this half term, we will start by exploring place value for the first 2 weeks of Year 6. We will then move onto addition, subtraction, multiplication and division for the remaining 5 weeks of the half term. Each topic will recap previous learning, and move our learning on using problem solving and reasoning, linked to the end of KS2 SATS.
Geography/ History
In this unit, the children will explore the world of the Maya, and debate whether they should continue to be remembered today as a significant culture. The children will begin by learning about the lives of the Maya today, before focusing on ancient Maya architectural achievements, their religion and surviving writings. They will also study the possible reasons why the Maya city-states declined after 900 AD, looking at conspiracy theories and considering whether everything they read online is reliable. They will consider the issues faced when studying a culture where only limited types of evidence are available, predominantly archaeological evidence.
Science
Our topic for Science this half term will be ’Living Things and Their Habitats. In our learning this half term we will be describing how living things are classified, are similar and different, including microorganisms, plants and animals. We will also be giving reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics.
Educational Visit
N/A
PSHE/RSE/ RE
In PSHE we will be basing our learning on the following question: ‘How can we keep healthy as we grow?’.
In RE will be looking into ‘Creation and science: conflicting or complementary’.
Art/ D & T/ Music
In Art, we will be basing our work on the artist Andy Warhol. We will be delving into the different techniques to express feelings, exploring screen-printing and create patterns for purposes.
In Design and Technology, we will be designing and making our own ‘Pop-up book’. During music this half term, we will focusing our learning on the song: ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams. We will be focusing on the style of Pop and Motown.
Spanish
In Spanish, we will be learning numbers 31-50. We will be repeating and saying numbers 31-50.
PE day
Invaders, boot camp and healthy body – inside and out.
Spellings/ Reading
Recap of year 5
Homophones – words that are confused
Statutory list
Words ending in –able and -ible