Subject |
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 5 |
Term 6 |
Topic/
History |
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Geography |
Our Changing World |
Sow, Grow and Farm |
Geography revision and retrieval practice: interpreting geographical sources. |
English |
Freedom by Catherine Johnson

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The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell

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Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian

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Spellings |
- Suffixes 1: Revise instances where the root word does not change when adding a suffix
- Suffixes 2: Revise Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y to words ending in -e with a consonant before it
- Words containing the letter-string “ough”
- Learn words from the Y5/6 word list
- Revise the suffix –“ment” -“ness”, “ful”, “less”, “ly”
- Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words with more than one syllable.
- Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in – “fer”.
- Homophones and other words that are often confused
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- Suffix 5: Revise Adding -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y to words ending in -e with a consonant before it
- Learn words from the Y5/6 word list
- Revise the suffix “cious” or “tious”
- Homophones and other words that are often confused
- Endings spelt “tion,” “sion,” “ssion,” and “cian”
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- Learn words from the Y5/6 word list
- Words with ‘silent’ letters
- words with the “i” sound spelt “ei” after c (and other ie/ei words)
- Use of the hyphen (to spell words)
- Words ending in –“able” and “ible”
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- Common mistakes: homophones and other words that are often confused
- Revise adding “es” to nouns and verbs ending in y. (Plural nouns)
- Learn words from the Y5/6 word list
- Homophones and plural nouns 2
- Homophones and other words that are often confused
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- · Practise and check any problematic homophones from Y5-6 Spelling Appendix·
- Revise all previously learned homophones
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- Use dictionaries to check the spelling and meaning of words.
- Know when and when not to use an apostrophe for possession in given examples
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Punctuation |
- Discuss idea of ambiguity, when meaning is not clear
- Edit deliberate punctuation errors
- Revise use of possessive apostrophe for singular plural nouns
- Model and practise punctuating parenthesis, using pairs of commas, dashes or brackets;
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- Use a colon to introduce a list
- Discuss and use commas, semi-colons and colons to separate clauses effectively
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- · Identify and model use of hyphen
- Use a single dash
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- Use comma for all its purposes
- Use bullet points where appropriate
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- Revise use of apostrophe
- Make decisions about punctuation, sometimes including dash, semi-colon and colon
- Discuss, highlight and analyse range of punctuation in texts.
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Grammar |
- Types of nouns
- Identify synonyms and antonyms
- Expanded noun phrases
- Possessive pronoun
- Relative Clauses
- Read and enjoy poetry, comparing its use of sentence structure and punctuation with that of prose
- Write different types of poems
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- Revise four types of sentences
- Modal verbs
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- Determiners
- Revise preposition phrases in sentences, including prepositions of place and time
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- Use fronted adverbial ensuring correct placement of comma
- Verb forms-Active and passive
- Subjunctive verb forms
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- Revise word class, including pronouns, prepositions and determiners
- Strengthen and improve verbs in writing
- Write formal and informal sentences, selecting conjunctions and cohesive devices to suit level of formality
- Compare sentences in simple past with perfect past verb form
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Mathematics |
Number
- Place value
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
- Fractions
Geometry
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Number
- Decimals
- Percentages
- Algebra
- Ratio
Measurement
- Converting units
- Perimeter, area and volume
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Geometry
Statistics
Consolidation and themed projects |
Science |
The Circulatory System |
Electrical Circuits and Components |
Light Theory |
Computing |
Coding |
Spreadsheets |
Online Safety |
Blogging |
Text Adventures |
Quizzing |
PE |
Invasion Games
Health Related Fitness |
Sports Hall Athletics
Invasion Games
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Gymnastics
Multi skills |
Net and wall games
Invasion games
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Athletics
Striking and Fielding
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RE |
Judaism
Passover
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Sikhism
Guru Arjan Gurpurab
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Buddhism
Dharma Day
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Islam
Ramadam and Eid al-Fitr |
Hinduism
Holi |
Christianity
Pentecost
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PSHE |
Being me in my world |
Celebrating difference |
Dreams and goals |
Healthy me |
Relationships |
Changing me |
Art |
- Tints, Tones and Shades – Colour in Landscape
- Taotie
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- Inuit
- Environmentalist artists
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- Distortion and abstraction
- Bees, beetles and butterflies
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DT |
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Music |
Hey, Mr Miller
Swing music, syncopation, swing rhythm, big band instruments, scat singing, social and historical context (WWII, segregation) progression snapshot 1. |
Shadows
Artists and their influences, compare musical genres (country, electronic dance music, rock, classical, soul).
Composing for protest!
To create music inspired by Ethel Smyth and a picture of the suffragettes, composing using a non-musical stimulus, lyrics, melody, steady beat, tempo, ostinato, coda.
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Instrumental Unit
Calypso solèy lev
Calypso clave rhythm, hand drumming, hand-to-hand sticking, tuned playing within I-IV-I-V chord structure, ensemble performance, learning to play by ear. |
You to me are everything
1970s soul music, comparing cover versions.
You to me are everything
To use Twinkle, twinkle little star as a composing tool, theme and variations form, passacaglia, improvisation. |
Year 6 production |
French |
What’s the time?
School |
Places in towns
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That’s a date
Then and now |
A guide for tourists |
The café song |
Food
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