THEME 1:

Vikings

ENGLISH

Viking Boy

Writing to Entertain

Character/setting description - show not tell

Diary entry/retell

Writing to Inform

 Non-chronological report: Odin

Letter of Thanks

MATHEMATICS

White Rose Maths

Number

Place Value

Addition & Subtraction

Year 6: Multiplication and division

Year 5: Statistics

HISTORY

Vikings and Anglo-Saxons

The struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor

(793 - 1066)

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Understanding Christianity: God

What does it mean if God is holy and loving?

SCIENCE

Year 5: Properties and Changes of Materials

Grouping and comparing

Dissolving, mixing and separation

Reversible and irreversible changes

Year 6: Living things and their habitats

Classification

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

Structures

Bridges (History Link)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Year 5: Gymnastics

Year 6: Swimming & OAA (Residential)

COMPUTING

Year 5: Computer Science

Coding (Unit 5.1) 

MUSIC

Year 6: Entrust Music

MFL

Year 5: French

Do you have a pet?

PSHE

 Relationships

Families and people who care for me

Health

Physical health and mental wellbeing

THEME 2:

Mountains

ENGLISH

King of the Cloud Forest

Writing to Entertain

Quest narrative

Poetry

Narrative poems including personification

MATHEMATICS

White Rose Maths

Number

Year 5: Multiplication & Division

Year 6: Fractions

Year 5: Measurement

Perimeter & Area

Year 6: Geometry

Position & Direction

GEOGRAPHY

Mountains

Key features

Climate

UK/Himalayas

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Understanding Christianity: Incarnation

Was Jesus the Messiah?

SCIENCE

Year 5: Earth & Space

The Planets

Earth, Sun & Moon

Year 6: Animals including humans

The circulatory system

Exercise, diet, drugs and lifestyle

ART & DESIGN

Painting and Mixed Media

Portraits

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Year 5: Dance

Year 6: Swimming

COMPUTING

Year 5: Information Technology

Spreadsheets (Unit 5.3) 

Databases (Unit 5.4)

MUSIC

Year 6: Entrust Music

MFL

Year 5: French

What is the date?

PSHE

Respectful Relationships

Media Literacy and Digital Resilience

THEME 3:

Migration

ENGLISH

Windrush Child

Writing to Inform

 Letters/postcards home

Writing to Discuss

Balanced argument

Radio interview script

MATHEMATICS

White Rose Maths

Number

Year 5: Multiplication & Division

Fractions

Year 6: Decimals

Percentages

Algebra

HISTORY

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

RE Today: Islam

What does it mean to be a Muslim?

SCIENCE

Year 5: Living things and their habitats

Life cycles

Reproduction

Year 6: Evolution and inheritance

Changes over time

Environment and adaptation

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

Cooking & Nutrition

Could it be healthier?

(History Link)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Year 5: Swimming

Year 6: Gymnastics

COMPUTING

Year 5: Computer Science

Game Creator

Digital Literacy

Online Safety (Unit 5.2)

MUSIC

Year 6: Entrust Music

MFL

Year 5: French

My Home

PSHE

 Relationships

Safe Relationships

Health

Keeping Safe (Including Online)

THEME 4:

Volcanoes

ENGLISH

Into the Volcano

Writing to Persuade

Persuasive speech

Formal letter

Poetry

Cinquains

Writing to Entertain

Diary Entry

Flashback narrative

MATHEMATICS

White Rose Maths

Year 5: Number

Fractions

Decimals & Percentages

Year 6: Measurement

Converting units

Perimeter, area & volume

Number

Ratio

GEOGRAPHY

Volcanoes

Key features, Earth’s plates, eruptions, advantages and disadvantages 

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Understanding Christianity: Salvation

Year 5: What did Jesus do to save human beings?

Year 6: What difference does the Resurrection make for Christians?

SCIENCE

Year 5: Living things and their habitats

Life cycles

Reproduction

Year 6: Evolution and inheritance

Changes over time

Environment and adaptation

ART & DESIGN

Craft & Design

Photo Opportunity: Volcanoes

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Invasion Games

Year 5: Hockey

Year 6: Netball/Basketball

COMPUTING

Year 6: Computer Science

Quizzing (Unit 6.7)

MUSIC

Year 5: Entrust Music

MFL

Year 5: French

Do you have a pet?

PSHE

 Belonging to a community

Money and Work

THEME 5:

Earthquakes

ENGLISH

The Big Picture: Extreme Earth

Writing to Discuss

Balanced argument

Writing to Inform

How to stay safe during an earthquake

MATHEMATICS

White Rose Maths

Year 5: Number

Decimals

Year 6: Statistics

Geometry

Properties of shapes

GEOGRAPHY

Earthquake

Locations, famous, effects on land, help and preparation for earthquakes.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

RE Today

What difference does it make?

SCIENCE

Year 5: Animals including humans

Human Life cycle

Year 6: Light

 Sources, travel, shadow

ART & DESIGN

title

detail

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Athletics

COMPUTING

Year 6: Computer Science

Text Adventures (Unit 6.5)

MUSIC

Year 6: Entrust Music

MFL

Year 5: French

What is the date?

PSHE

 Citizenship

Brilliant Britain

Health

Growing and Changing

THEME 6:

Crime & Punishment

ENGLISH

Holes

Writing to Entertain

Setting Description

Narrative - alternative plot/ending

Writing to Inform

Historical punishments

MATHEMATICS

White Rose Maths

Year 5:

Geometry

Position & Direction

Measurement

Converting Units

Volume

Year 6:

Consolidation & Projects

History

Crime and punishment

Changes to crime and punishment over time

Rugeley: William Palmer

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Understanding Christianity: Kingdom of God

What kind of king was Jesus?

SCIENCE

Year 5: Forces

Gravity, air resistance, water resistance, friction; mechanisms.

 Year 6: Electricity

Voltage, switches, circuit symbols

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

Electrical Systems

Steady hand game (Science link)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Year 5: Outdoor and adventurous activities

Year 6: Strike & Field

Rounders

COMPUTING

Year 6: Information Technology

Networks (unit 6.6)

MFL

Year 6: French

My Home

MUSIC

Year 5: Entrust Music

PSHE

 Financial Capability

Health

Changing Bodies