St Raphael’s Long Term Planning

2016 - 17 `

Overview of the Cross-Curricular Themes

Our themes listed below primarily include history, geography, art and design, design technology and cross-curricular literacy. Other subjects may be included in the themes as appropriate over the year.

Year

Group A1 A2 Sp1 Sp2 Su1 Su2

Year One What makes me special?

What is a season? What a wonderful

World!

Animal magic! Who lives in a house like this?

How does your garden grow?

Year Two

Planet Earth

Do you believe in magic? (Father

Christmas/reindeer/elf link)

Dinosaurs! Ahoy there,

matey! Who is Lowry?

Year Three Is the Croods based on

fact?

What makes Levenshulme different

to Millbrook?

What makes the Earth angry? Why is Boudicca a

British Legend?

Why do so many people go to Italy on their holiday?

Year Four Would you rather be a

child now or in Ancient Egyptian

times?

How does Climate affect our daily lives

and across the globe?

What makes Manchester so

amazing?

How are rivers

important to us?

How did WWII affect Manchester?

How has leisure and

entertainment changed?

Year Five Where does our energy come from?

Why did the Anglo-Saxons invade Britain?

How can we be

inspirational?

How can we help to save

our environment?

Why is London cool?

What have the Greeks done

for us?

Year Six Can someone

really change?

Is it safe to have a dartboard in class?

How has justice

changed?

How can I train my dragon?

Where in the world is Carmen

Sandiego?

What is needed to plan the summer ramble?

Year 1 – Long Term Planning Overview – Thematic Links

Subject A1 A2 Sp1 Sp2 Su1 Su2

Key Themes What makes me special?

What is a season?

What a wonderful

World!

Animal magic! Who lives in a house like this?

How does your garden grow?

English

Stories with familiar settings Stories from a range of stories

with predictable & patterned language

Recount Instructions Poetry - Using the senses

Stories from a range of cultures/stories

Information texts Instructions Poetry-Pattern & rhyme

Traditional & fairy tales- Stories about fantasy

world Recount Information texts Poems on a theme

Spoken Language

· I can speak clearly and confidently in front of people in my class. · I can re-tell a well known story and remember the characters. · I can hold attention when playing and learning with others. · I can keep to the main topic when we are talking in a group. · I can ask questions in order to get more information. · I can start a conversation with an adult I know well or my friends. · I listen carefully to the things other people have to say in the group. · I join in with conversations in a group. · I join in with role play.

Speaking and Listening

Negotiation Talk

Persuasive Talk

Persuasive Talk Discussion Talk

Explanation Talk

Reasoning Talk

General Talk Narrative Talk (Continual)

Mathematics Number, place value, length, mass/weight, addition and subtraction, 2D and 3D shapes.

Sequencing and sorting, fractions, capacity, volume, money, time.

Number, place value, mass, weight, 2D shape, 3D shape, counting, money, multiplication, division.

Length, mass, weight, addition, subtraction, fractions, position, direction, time.

Number, place value, addition, subtraction, capacity, volume, fractions, position, direction, time, 2D and 3D shape.

Time, multiplication, division, subtraction (difference), measurement, sorting.

Science

How does my body work? (Ourselves)

Where do the leaves go in winter? (Seasonal changes)

Why are some people afraid of the dark? (Light and dark)

Why are humans not like tigers? (Animals including humans)

Which materials should the three little pigs use to build their house? (Materials)

How does your garden grow? (Plants)

History

Who made the poorly soldiers better in the first world war? (Significant people -Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole)

Where do, and did, the wheels on the bus go? (changes in living memory/

locality)

Oh do I like to be beside the seaside? (changes in living memory/

locality)

Geography

What’s the weather like?

Why can’t a Meerkat live in the North Pole?

R.E

God’s Great World Mary, Mother of God

Families and Celebrations

Following Jesus Resurrection

Miracles

ICT

We are Painters We are Celebrating

We collectors We are story Tellers

We are Treasure Hunters

We are TV chefs

Art

Painting Monet Cezanne

Drawing

Printing Henri Rousseau

Textiles Tony Cragg

Sculpture

Digital Media Jean Miro Jackson Pollock

D.T What do we eat to be healthy?

Can I make a toy with moving parts?

What makes a house strong?

PSHE

New Beginnings Myself & others My family & friendship

Relationships: getting on & falling out Community & Local Environment – Recycling, money

Going for goals

Good to be me Healthy lifestyles -Healthy eating, personal hygiene, keeping safe

Relationships Body awareness – the senses, growing & changing

Changes

Music

Hey You!

Little Angel Gets Her Wings

In the Groove Rhythm In The Way We Walk and Banana Rap

Round and Round

Reflect, Rewind and Replay

P.E

volleyball hockey tennis dance football cricket

Suggested Visits out or visitors to school

School grounds

Millbrook walk

Visits for nurse / doctor / optician

Visits from Grandparents/Museum.

Wild road show visit. Zoo visit.

Bus ride

Airport trip

Topic Texts / film links

Sun – Steve Turner

Four seasons make a year – A Rockwell

Skip through the seasons – S Blackstone

Funny Bones

My Five Senses

Hoorah for Mary Seacole – Trish Cooke

Florence and the Drummer Boy – Penny Dolan

The owl who was afraid of the dark

The tiger who came to tea – Judith Kerr

Meerkat mail – Grevett

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jasper’s Beanstalk – Nick Butterworth

Oliver’s vegetable Oliver’s Fruit Salad

Key year group texts

My Uncommon Senses – David Bateman

The Bear – Darrell Wood Brown Bear, Brown Bear – Bill

Martin

Handa’s Surprise – Eileen Browne

Handa’s Hen - Eileen Browne

The Three Little Pigs

Whatever Next – Jill Murphy

Polar Bear, polar bear – Bill Martin

Where’s My Teddy? – Jez Alborough

Author focus Jill Murphy (Peace at last) Handa’s Surprise/Hen Traditional tales

USP Harvest

Willow Wood CAFOD

Year 2 – Long Term Planning Overview– Thematic Links

Subject A1 A2 Sp1 Sp2 Su1 Su2

Key Themes

Planet Earth

Do you believe in magic? (Father

Christmas/reindeer/elf link)

Dinosaurs! Ahoy there,

matey! Who is Lowry?

English

Stories with familiar setting (Not Now, Bernard)

Traditional stories (The Tiger that came to tea)

Descriptive Writing (Design and describe pet & Design and describe elf)

Instructions (Snack for a pet/animal)

Information texts (Pet/Animal of choice)

Letter Writing (Letter to Father Christmas)

Non-Chrological report (Design your own elf)

Poetry (Riddles- What am I? animal link)

Fantasy Stories (Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs)

Traditional tales (3 Little Pigs- Science Link)

Non-chronological reports (Dinosaur)

Instructions (How to… ) Recounts (Find an

egg/find fossils?) Poetry (Repetitive Poetry) Poetry (Acrostic)

Quest Stories Stories by the same

author Non-chronological

reports Recounts Instructions Poetry

Spoken Language

· I can ask questions to get more information and clarify meaning. · I can talk in complete sentences. · I can decide when I need to use specific vocabulary. · I can take turns when talking in pairs or in a small group. · I am aware that formal and informal language situations require different language (beginning). · I can retell a story using narrative language and linking words and phrases. · I can hold the attention of people I am speaking to by adapting the way I talk. · I understand how to speak for different purposes and audiences (beginning) · I can perform a simple poem from memory.

S&L Persuasive Talk –

Should the school have a

pet _______?

Narrative Talk Narrative

Talk/Role Play

Role play - GFoL

. Explanation – growing vegetables

Persuasive Talk –

School Trip

Mathematics Number, place value,length, mass/weight,addition and subtraction, 2D and 3D shapes.

Counting, multiplication and sorting, fractions,

Number, place value, mss, weight, 2D shape, 3D shape, counting,

Length, mass, weight, addition, subtraction, fractions,

Number, place value and statistics, addition, subtraction, capacity,

Time, multiplication, division, statistics including difference,

capacity, volume, money, time.

money, multiplication, division.

position, direction, time.

volume and temperature, fractions, position, direction, time, 2D and 3D shape.

measurement, sorting.

Science

Habitats and All Living Things Challenge Curriculum- instructions for trapping a _____ and Non-chron about

an animal (real/made up)

-

What is the best material for houses?

-Materials -Ice Trolls Investigation

How can we grow

vegetables for soup?

- Plants

How will 5 a day help me to

be healthy? *MacMillan

Nurses*– Animals, inc

humans

History How can we find out about the

past? (Archaeology) Myths vs Legends

What is an explorer?

– Neil Armstrong, Christopher Columbus

Who is LS Lowry and what did he

tell us about Manchester and

Salford?

Geography

Where do different animals live? Compare to

locality

Can you draw a map for Father

Christmas?

What is an Island?

(Islands off UK)

Locational knowledge

(Short focus)

R.E

Who did God choose?

Why is it a Mystery?

What Good News did Jesus

share?

What happens at Mass?

Eastertide The Church is

Born

ICT

We are game testers

We are photographers

We are Zoologists

We are Researchers

We are Astronauts

We are detectives

Art

Digital Media What can we use to print a

picture?

Sculptures – junk modelling

of GFoL

Artist study Lowry –

drawing and painting

D.T Design and make a musical

instrument

Papier mache dinosaurs

PSHE

New Beginnings

Healthy Lifestyles –

Safety in local environment

Relationships:

Healthy Lifestyles –

Safety in the home

Community – People who have made a

difference

Going for goals

Myself & Others – Feelings &

Emotions, Bullying

Good to be me

Healthy Lifestyles –

Healthy eating & exercise,

personal hygiene

Body awareness –

Life processes

Relationships Community &

local environment:

Changes

Myself & Others –

Feelings & Emotions, Bullying

Music 6 themed

units building on Y1

experience, skills &

Sounds Interesting-environmental sounds

The long and the short of it Exploring duration

Exploring pulse & rhythm

Exploring pitch

What's the score? Exploring instruments and symbols

Rain, rain, go away-timbre &

dynamics

knowledge indifferent

contexts

P.E

volleyball hockey tennis dance football cricket

Topic texts / film links

Dogs by Emily Gravett

Matilda’s cat by Emily Gravett

The Tiger that came to tea by Judith Kerr

My Little Pet Dragon by Scott Jordan

The Jolly Christmas Postman by Janet and Alan Alhberg

Dear Father Christmas by Alan Durant

The Elf on the shelf

Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs – Ian Whybrow

Literacy Shed

The Usborne big book of dinosaurs

Dinosaur time – Foreman

The Littlest Dinosaur– Foreman

Dinosaur who lost his roar -

Dinosaur’s diary – Donaldson

Tom and the island of dinosaurs - Beck

Tom and the dinosaur egg - Beck

Film – ‘Dinosaurs’ Disney / The Good Finosaur

Mungo Picture Book Pirates by Timothy Knapman

(More TBC)

Key year group texts

Not Now, Bernard – David McKee

The Tiger who Came to Tea – Judith Kerr

The Three Little Pigs

Up and down – Jeffers

The Dragon Machine – Helen Ward

George and the drgaon – Chris Wormell

The Paper Bag Princess – Robert Munsch

Lost and Found – Oliver Jeffers

Toys in Space – Mini Grey

How to catch a Star – Oliver Jeffers

Suggested Visits out or

visitors to school

Visit from/to the fire brigade

Visit to Staircase House - Stockport

Visit to Lowry art gallery

Author focus Roald Dahl - Julia Donaldson Anthony Browne

U.S.P MacMillan Nurses – Assembly Autumn 1 October (week after St Raphael’s Day Mass)

CAFOD - Lent

Year 3 – Long Term Planning Overview – Thematic Links

Subject A1 A2 Sp1 Sp2 Su1 Su2

Key Themes Is the Croods based on fact?

What makes Levenshulme

different to Millbrook?

What makes the Earth angry?

Why is Boudicca a

British Legend?

Why do so many people go to Italy on their holiday?

English

Stories with familiar settings: 3 weeks (The Hodgeheg)

Instructions: 2 weeks (How to wash a woolly mammoth)

Diary Writing (diary of a daft dog): 1 week

Letter writing (crowcroft buddies) : 1 week

Persuasive Letter Writing: 1 week (Linked to Christmas)

Poems to perform: 1 week

Myths & legends: 4 weeks (Creation Myth- weather link)

Adventure & mystery: 3 weeks (Cloudland)

Information texts: 2 weeks Newspaper Report: 2

weeks Persuasive poster

(Hinduism): 1 week non-chronological reports

(Deadly 60) : 2weeks Poetry ( magic box) :2

weeks

Imaginary World Stories: (Fantastic Mr Fox): 3 weeks

Instructions: 2 weeks Persuasive Leaflet

Writing (Disaster charity): 2 weeks

Letter writing (crowcroft buddies): 1 week

Animal poetry: 1 weeks Recount- 1 week

Spoken Language

· I can sequence and communicate ideas in an organised and logical way, always using complete sentences. · I vary the amount of detail and choice of vocabulary, depending on the purpose and audience. · I take full part in paired and group discussions. · I show that I know when standard English is required and use it (beginning). · I can retell a story using narrative language and add relevant detail. · I can show that I have listened carefully because I make relevant comments. · I can present ideas or information to an audience. · I recognise that meaning can be expressed in different ways, depending on the context. · I can perform poems from memory adapting expression and tone as appropriate.

S & L Instructions- Chn orally perform instructions

Conscience Alley- debate/share different views

Class Assembly- presentation of learning

Weather Presenters- formal, informative speaking Hot

Seating-history/literacy characters

Presentation- promote a holiday to Italy

Mathematics Place value, mental calculation, 2D shape, length including perimeter, statistics, written addition, written subtraction

Counting, multiplication tables (x3, x4), written and mental multiplication, written and mental division, time, 3D shape. Roman Numerals

Place value, mental addition and subtraction, fractions, division, volume, capacity, mass, multiplication table (x8), multiplication (statistics, measures, money)

2D and 3D shape, addition and subtraction, fractions, position and direction, time.

Multiplication facts, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, 2D shapes, decimal addition and subtraction, 3D shape.

Place value, mental calculation, fractions, measures, statistics,.

Science

Plants - How did the blossom tree

become an apple?

Animals, including

humans - How can Usain Bolt

move so quickly?

What can a rock tell me?

Light – What if there was no

light?

Investigation - How did

the Romans...?

Magnets – Are you attractive

enough?

History

Stone age to ice age

Famous Disasters

British Resistance to

roman invasion

Geography

Are we nearly there yet?

Volcanoes , Tsunamis and Earthquakes

Italian study

R.E

God’s Family Mary Our Mother

Called to Change

Eucharist Celebrating Easter and Pentecost

Being a Christian

ICT

We are Network Engineers

We are Programmers

We are Bug Fixers

We are Communicators

We are Presenters (Geog link)

We are Opinion Pollsters

Art

Portraits

Cave art

Pastel drawings-

Food groups

Sculptures Historical building

sketching

Digital Media- Holiday

brochure

D.T Bread bake off Healthy eating Shell structures Levers and shadow puppets

Textiles

PSHE

SEAL- New Beginnings

Getting on and Falling out

Going for goals Good to be me Relationships

Changes

Music Three Little Birds Ho, ho, ho! Glockenspiel Stage 2

Benjamin Britten- There was a monkey

Let your spirit fly

Reflect, rewind and play

P.E

volleyball hockey tennis dance football cricket

Visits

&Visitors

Setting up a time team archaeological dig

Archaeologist to visit

Crowcroft Exchange

Skype interview with school in Iceland

Visit to Chester/Roman solider visit

Crowcroft Exchnage

Topic texts / film links

The Wild Girl – Wormell

Stone Age Boy – Kitamura

Prehistoric Britain – Usborne history of Britain

Savage Stone age – Horrible Histories

The stone Age – Dr Brian Knapp

Stone Girl Bone Girl – the story of Mary Anning of Lyme Regis – Anholt

The Fossil Girl - Catherine Brighton

Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age- Raymond Briggs

Film: Ice Age, The Croods, Extracts from Indiana Jones film

Tertius and the Horrible Hunt -

Planet Earth- DVD (Volcanoes)

Jungman (simple text)

Dream Master: Gladiator - Berlin

Film clips: The Icelandic eruption, David Tennant’s Vesuvius, Volcano Day – Dr Who

Film: Volcano, Pompeii, Gladiator / Spartacus,

Deadly 60- CBBC Clips

Violent Volcanoes (Horrible Geography) - Ganeri & Phillips Volcanoes (Usborne Beginners) - Turnbull

Volcano (Eye Wonder) by DK

Hurricane- David Weisner

Buried Alive – The last days of Pompeii

Escape from Pompeii

Roman Mysteries - The Complete Series One – children’s programme about Roman adventures

Across the Roman Wall (Flashbacks) - Breslin

showing them how archaeologists work,

Down with the Romans! (Flashbacks) - Ross

The Fatal Fire (Roman Tales) -Deary

Young Roman Girl (History Diaries) – Butterfield

Key year group texts

Dick King Smith (The Hodgeheg)

David Weisner ( Hurricane, Flotsam)

John Burningham (Cloudland)

Mini Grey (Traction Man)

Roald Dahl (Fantastic Mr Fox)

Author focus

U.S.P

St Vincent De Paul

Crowcroft Park Initial

Exchange

Sacramental Program Crowcroft Park Summer

Exchange- Ramble

Link with Iceland

Year 4 – Long Term Planning Overview – Thematic Links

Subject A1 A2 Sp1 Sp2 Su1 Su2

Key Themes Would you rather be a

child now or in Ancient Egyptian

times?

How does Climate affect our daily lives and across the

globe?

What makes Manchester so

amazing?

How are rivers important to

us?

How did WWII affect

Manchester?

How has leisure and

entertainment changed?

English

Stories about imagined worlds: 4 weeks

Information texts: 2 weeks

Persuasive texts-GG/Hi: 2 weeks

Poetry: Creating images. 2-3 weeks (Christmas linked)

Stories from other cultures: 3 weeks

Stories which raise issues/dilemmas: 2 weeks

Information texts: 2 weeks Recounts: 3 weeks

Historical stories and short stories: 3 weeks

(Classical fiction) Plays: 2-3 weeks Explanation texts 2-3

weeks Persuasive texts:2 weeks Poetry: Exploring form. 2 weeks Plus 2 weeks flexibility

Spoken language

· I ask questions to clarify or develop my understanding. · I can sequence, develop and communicate ideas in an organised and logical way, always using complete

sentences. · I show that I understand the main point and the details of a discussion. · I adapt what I am saying to the needs of the listener or audience (increasingly). · I show that I know that language choices vary in different contexts. · I can present to an audience using appropriate intonation; controlling the tone and volume so that the

message is clear. · I can justify an answer by giving evidence. · I use standard English when it is required. · I can perform poems or plays from memory, conveying ideas about characters and situations by adapting

expression and tone. S&L Explanation

talk Persuasive talk Taking &

giving instructions

talk

General talk Class assembly

Narrative talk Reasoning talk

Mathematics Place value including decimals, written addition and subtraction, 2D shape, time.

Mental calculation (x9, x9 tables), mental division, written multiplication, length including perimeter, statistics.

Place value, roman numerals, counting including negative numbers, fractions, decimals, position, direction, area, multiplication.

Mental multiplication (x7, x11 tables), place value, written multiplication, 2D shape, position, addition, subtraction.

Counting, sequencing, fractions, decimals, written division., measures, volume, capacity, mass, position, area, multiplication facts ( x12).

Place value, statistics, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, shape.

Science

Animals including humans -

What happens to the food we

eat?

How could we cope without electricity for

one day?

States of matter - Is the

temperature the same all over

the world? What has

happened to my water?

Sound - Why is the sound one

direction makes enjoyed by so

many?

Living things and their habitats.

Which wild animals and

plants thrive in your locality?

Which wild animals and

plants thrive in your locality? What is a food

chain?

History

Who were the Ancient

Egyptians? What faith

and festivals did they follow?

How was WWII a turning point

in British History? How did this affect

our local area?

What was leisure and

entertainment like in the 20th

Century, especially in Manchester?

Geography

What is a climate Zone?

What is cool about

Manchester? How does

Manchester promote British

values?

How are rivers important to

our local area?

R.E

What is The Bible? What are the Old and New Testaments? How do Jews worship?

How can we learn to trust

in God?

How does Jesus teach us how to live and help others? How do Muslims worship?

Can you explain how Jesus is our

Saviour?

What is the Mission of the Church? How do Hindus worship?

Who belongs to the church?

ICT

Can develop your own software?

Are you a meteorologist?

Can you make your own toy?

Can you create some digital music?

Can you edit HTML?

Can you work as a co-author?

Art

Can you draw buildings and places?

Can you paint a landscape? Can you use digital media to record and create your own pop

portraits?

D.T Can you create a pop-up?

Healthy Schools week

PSHE

SEAL – New beginnings

Getting on and falling out

Going for goals Good to be me Relationships Changes

Music

Mamma Mia Five Gold Rings

Glockenspiel Stage 3

Benjamin Britten – Cuckoo!

Lean on Me Reflect, rewind and replay.

P.E

volleyball hockey tennis dance football cricket

Visits &Visitors

Bolton Museum – Ancient Egypt

Lego City Halle Trip Young Voices choir (Manchester Arena)

WW2 – Oral historian visit

Pond dipping and min-beast hunt

Topic texts / film links

Princess of Egypt – Cross

Egyptian Diary – Platt

The Egyptian Cinderella – Shirley Climo (picture book)

The plot of the pyramid – Deary

The time travelling Cat and the Egyptian Goddess – Jarman

Horrible histories – Awesome Egyptians – Deary

Who built the pyramids? – Cox

The Egyptian Echo – Dowswell

Egypt in spectacular cross section – Biesty

A time traveller’s field notes and observations of ancient Egypt – Gray

Egyptian things to make and do – Usborne activity books – Bone

The Egyptians – Crafts

Spend the day in ancient Egypt: Projects and activities - Honan

Mummy linked texts:Top 10 worst creepy, Egyptian mummies – Stewart, Mummies – Sloane, Mummies – Carney, Uncovering mummies – Raintree (graphic novel)

The actor, the rebel and the wrinkled queen - Deary

Physical geography:Oxford Connections – Mountains

Oxford Connections – Water and rivers

Wales (Horrible Histories) - Deary& Brown

Holes

Iggy Peck, Architect – Beaty

In the city – Our scrapbook of souvenirs – Harvey

See Inside Great Cities (Usborne See Inside)

Lloyd Jones

See Inside Famous Buildings - Lloyd Jones & Barry Ablett

The Aspiring Architect: An Activity Book for Kids

o Kelly Wilson

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Scribble boy – Philip Ridley Grafitti texts

Children’s History of Manchester – Holroyd

In the city – Harvey www.literacyshed.com www.bbc.co.uk rivers

Running Wild – Morpurgo

Scouting Skills: A Complete Guide by Various -

Survival handbook – Jungle – Could you get out alive? – Kelly

Explore Your World: Jungle Survival Handbook – Green

Children's Survival Guide – Connell

TV: Bear Grylls, Ray Mears

The Daily Life of a world War II Evacuee – Childs

Children in Wartime (Creative Curriculum) – MacDonald

World War II Children in history – MacDonald

Avoid being second World War Evacuee – Smith

Britain at war – Evacuation - Parsons

The Blitz - Replica Newspaper (Resources for Teaching - World War 2)

by Mempack

The Blitz: Memorabilia Pack

Home Front: Memorabilia Pack

Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magoran

My secret war diary– Flossie Albright - Williams

Timetrain to the blitz - McKenzie

War boy –Foreman

Machine Gunners – Westall

Blitz –Swindells (chapter book)

The prince, the cook and the cunning king - Deary Charlie and the chocolate factory – Dahl

Film:Shakespeare in love, The prince and the pauper,

www.literacyshed.com

www.mythsandlegends

www.nhm.ac.uk (Natural History Museum)

Key year group texts

Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl

The Owl Tree by

The Great Paper Caper by Olive Jeffers

Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl

Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravet The day I swapped my dad for two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman

Jim by Hilaire Belloc

The Green Ship by Quentin Blake

Dolphin Boy by Michael Morpurgo

Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magoran

Year 5 – Long Term Planning Overview – Thematic Links

Subject A1 A2 Sp1 Sp2 Su1 Su2

Key Themes How do forces affect movement?

Why did the Anglo-Saxons

invade Britain?

How can we be inspirational?

How do we fit into our Solar

System?

What have the Greeks done for

us?

Can we find our way using

maps?

English

Traditional stories (1 weeks)

Novels and stories by significant children’s authors-G.Bass. (4 weeks)

Older literature (3 week) Recounts (2 weeks) Instructions (1 week) Poetry: Poetic style (2 weeks)

Film Narrative (2 weeks) Dramatic conventions -

(2 weeks) Recounts (1 week) Persuasive writing (3 weeks) Poetry: Classic narrative (2

weeks) Traditional tales from

Wales. (2 weeks)

Traditional stories, myths, legends and fables (3 weeks)

Stories from other cultures (3 week)

Instructions (2 weeks) Persuasive writing (2 weeks) Poetry: Choral &

performance (1 week)

Spoken Language

· I can engage the listener by varying my expression and vocabulary. · I adapt my spoken language depending on the audience, the purpose or context. · I can develop my ideas and opinions, providing relevant detail. · I cam express my point of view. · I show that I understand the main points, including implied meaning in a discussion. · I listen carefully in discussions. I make contributions and ask questions that are responsive to others’ ideas

and views. · I use standard English in formal situations. · I am beginning to use hypothetical language to consider more than one possible outcome or solution. · I can perform my own compositions, using appropriate intonation and volume so that meaning is clear. · I can perform poems and plays from memory, making careful choices about how I convey ideas. I adapt my

expression and tone. · I begin to select the appropriate register according to context.

Speaking and

Listening

Instructions Performance Debate Persuasion Presentation Discussion

Mathematics Place value including decimals, written

Mental multiplication and

Place value, roman numerals, counting

Mental and written division, 2D

Place value, fractions, measures (time),

Place value, written calculations,

addition and subtraction, geometry (angles, perimeter), statistics.

division, factors, multiples, fractions (compare, order, equivalence) multiplication, measures, area, time.

including negative numbers, addition and subtraction, mental and written multiplication, measures (length, mass, capacity), geometry (reflection, translation and angles)

and 3D shape, calculating with fractions, measures (area and volume), statistics.

statistics, geometry, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division.

fractions, measures (mass, volume, capacity), area and volume of shapes.

Science

Understanding forces – how do

pulleys and levers work?

Exploring properties of

materials

Investigating resistance and gravity.

A mission into space.

Understanding life cycles of animals and plants

Exploring changes of state

in materials.

History

Anglo-Saxons- Why

did the Anglo-Saxons

invade Britain?

Ancient Greeks Ancient Greeks

Geography

Where does our energy come

from?

How can we look after our

world?

Map skills

R.E

Gifts from God Commandments

Inspirational People

Reconciliation Life in the Risen Christ

Other Faiths

Computing

We are Cryptographers

We are Bloggers

We are Artists We are Web Developers

We are Developers

We are Architects

Art

Exploring colour Industrial Landscapes-

LS Lowry

Textiles in nature

D.T Investigating Cog Rotation

Creating an Anglo-Saxon

Village

Designing eco-tools

Design a moon buggy

Create a Greek statue

How do the materials we choose affect

our work?

PSHE

SEAL: New Beginnings Myself & Others – Relationships & their difficulties, Bullying

Getting on & Falling Out Healthy Lifestyles

Going for Goals Community & Local Environment – Money matters

Good to be Me Myself & others – Keeping Safe & focus on feelings

Relationships Body awareness – Preparing for puberty, The skin

Changes Sex Education: Special relationships, Changes during puberty, how babies are born and made

Music

Pop-rock . Storytelling in music

Five Gold Rings

Classroom Jazz – a history

Classroom Jazz – improvisation and composition

BBC’s 10 pieces – listen and critique

Reflect, Rewind, Replay

P.E

Basketball Badminton Gymnastics Dance Tennis Rounders/Cricket

Visits

&Visitors

Jodrell Bank trip –to link with space topic £8 per pupil plus coach costs

Visit University of Manchester and Music Centre

Topic texts / film links

The Tunnel- Anthony Browne

Grandpa Chatterji- Jamila Gavin

Blabbermouth-Morris Gleitzman

Way Home-Gregory Rogers

The Lost Happy Endings-Carol Ann Duffy

Smashing Saxons – Horrible Histories – Deary

Stranger at the gate - Time Chronicles (ORT)

Real lives – Boudica – The story

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Illustrated Classics) - Marcia Key year group texts Williams

Favourite Classics: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - Sasha Morton

Beowulf (Young Reading (Series 3) - Lloyd Jones & Tavares

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

The Highwayrat – Donaldson

The invention of Hugo Cabret - Selznick

Framed – Cottrell Boyce

Legend of Gelert (Beddgelert)

Carrie's War - Bawden

The Time-Travelling Cat and the Viking Terror - Jarman

The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings - Crossley-Holland (well written myths)

Illustrated Norse Myths (Usborne Illustrated Story Collections) – Frith

10 Best Viking Legends Ever (10 Best Ever) - Cox &Tickner

Greek myths and legends (Usborne) – Claybou

The Orchard Book of Greek Myths – McCaughrean&Chichester Clark

Greek myths & legends (Usborne)

Greek Myths - Williams (cartoon version of the myths)

Percy Jackson and the lightning thief - Riordan

Author focus Guy Bass

Michael Morpurgo

Brian Selznick

Frank Cottrell-

Boyce (Framed)

Aesop

USP Remembrance Day

Remembrance Assembly-November

Eco –make our environment better school

CAFOD-linked to

Lent

Year 6 – Long Term Planning Overview – Thematic Links

Subject A1 A2 Sp1 Sp2 Su1 Su2

Key Themes Can someone really change?

Is it safe to have a

dartboard in class?

How has justice

changed?

How can I train my dragon?

Where in the world is Carmen

Sandiego?

What is needed to plan the summer ramble?

English

Fiction genre (3 weeks) There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom – Additional text based narrative unit (diaries from characters – viewpoints from different points in the story. Character study/descriptions from the book.

Extended narrative (2 weeks) – Dialogue and show not tell through ‘missing chapter’ of the book (or sequel)

Biography and autobiography (Bradley’s story and link to WW1 soldier Walter Aspinall)(2 weeks)

Discursive writing – linked to dart board safety/risk assessments/Anti bullying discussions (can a bully change?) (3 weeks)

Non chronological reports (3 weeks) (Science linked –

adaptations of animals, inheritance etc.. and also reports on the local area)

Journalistic writing (2 weeks) – Anglo saxon invasion and the Lighthouse keeper (start of crime and punishment topic)

Short story with flashbacks

(3 weeks) (the piano – linked to the life journey of the man)

Argument (1 week) – Anglo saxon vs modern justice.

Formal and informal writing Rights of children now linked to magna carta and Unicef

(2 weeks) Letter to King about justice in 810AD and then King John 1215AD Healthy lifestyle letters/posters/diaries Instructions and non

chron linked to dragons theme.

Poetry: The Highwayman. Quest stories – 4 weeks (Barrowquest) Extended narrative (MA to have alternate chapters)

Instructions (1 week) Instructions for the summer ramble

Persuasive writing (2 weeks) Why should we save the rainforest?

Comparative reports (3 weeks) Geog – how has the area changed? Comparison of South America and European history/ culture. Contrast to UK/Europe

Introduction to Shakespeare-summer presentation – 2 weeks

Macbeth

Spoken Language

· I talk confidently and fluently in a range of situations, using formal and Standard English, if necessary. · I ask questions to develop ideas and take account of others’ views. · I explain ideas and opinions giving reasons and evidence. · I take an active part in discussions and can take on different roles. · I listen to, and consider the opinions of, others in discussions. · I make contributions to discussions, evaluating others’ ideas and respond to them. · I can sustain and argue a point of view in a debate, using the formal language of persuasion. · I can express possibilities using hypothetical and speculative language. · I engage listeners through choosing appropriate vocabulary and register that is matched to the context. · I can perform my own compositions, using appropriate intonation, volume and expression so that literal

and implied meaning is clear. · I can perform poems and plays from memory, making deliberate choices about how to convey ideas

about characters, contexts and atmosphere. S & L Computing –

Pitch ideas for their Kodu game.

Debate – Pro’s and con’s of a dart board in class

Debate – Historical Vs

Modern Lawyers

Performance poem

Speech for Sports

Speech – save the rainforest

Play at the end of year

Speech for roles and responsibilities around school

Presentation – Computing, present final game and sell it!

role play - trials

Captains.

Mathematics Place value including decimals, mental and written addition, multiplication, subtraction and division, “d and 3d shape.

Fractions, percentages, ratio, proportion, geometry (angles), statistics (pie charts), measurement (length, perimeter, mass, area, volume).

Place value, sequences, co-ordinates, 2D shape, translation, reflection, measurement (mean), calculating with fractions, mental and written division and multiplication.

Mental and written addition and subtraction, measurement, ratio and proportion, 2D and 3D shape, area, perimeter, volume of shapes, statistics (line graphs and pie charts.

Place value, decimals and fractions, mental and written calculations, fractions, ratio, proportion, co-ordinates, translation, reflection, algebra, sequences, measurement (length and time), statistics (mean).

Measurement (volume and capacity), written and mental calculations, fractions, place value, decimals, 2D shape, 3D shape. Maths challenge – How long have I been at school? What percentage have been in assembly? Lined up? Hours in numeracy?

Science

Adaptation and inheritance

Forces/ Gravity/Mass

Healthy Lifestyle

Light and shadow – The

eye

Electricity Classification/ micro

organisms

History

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Non Eu civilization -

Mayans

Geography

How has our local area changed?

UK local study – mapwork

South America study

R.E

Kingdom of God Justice Jesus: Son of God

Jesus: Bread of Life

The work of the apostles

Called to serve

Computing

We are programmers

We are market researchers

We are project managers

We are game developers

We are game developers

We are marketeers

Art

David Hockney –

landscapes – colour and

effect - drawing and

painting

Still life – colour and

tone.

Rainforest art – collage - Rousseau

D.T Moving animals (science link)

Structures – prison design (history link)

Structures – prison design –

eco theme and role in society

eco theme and role in society

PSHE

SEAL – New Beginnings

Getting on and Falling out. Can someone change? – links to class text.

Going for goals

Good to be me Relationships Changes

Music (Musical style &

notation/ performing & composing)

Livin’ on a prayer

Benjamin Britten – New Year Carol

Classroom Jazz 2

Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Make you feel my love

Reflect, Rewind and Replay

P.E

volleyball hockey tennis dance football cricket

Visits &Visitors

Portland Basin Fieldwork – mapping the local area

Hour of code (computing)

Summer ramble Wild Roadshow – rainforest animals

London/Rock and River

Topic texts / film links

Boy in the Girls Bathroom – Louis Sachar

Barrowquest The Piano – Aiden Gibbons

Tarragon the Dragonslayer (literacy Shed) The Great Kapok Tree – Lynne Cherry The Vanishing Rainforest – Platt Stanley saves the Amazon rainforest - Frais

Key year group texts

Boy in the Girls Bathroom – Louis Sachar

Barrowquest

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – John Boyle

Author focus Clockwork – Phillip Pullman Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster

U.S.P. Worship Leaders in Advent

CAFOD – linked to Oscar Romero

Leadership and roles and responsibilities e.g. Raphael’s Reader, Librarians, Maths Challenge, House Captains

Amnesty International and Unicef Children’s Charter linked to History topic

Lent Leaders – Justice Day part of Holy Week

FEB – Assembly linked to Unicef children’s charter.

Summer Ramble - CAFOD