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Long Term Plan 2016-17
Term 1
Maths
English
English
Cross curricular links
History
Geography
Term 2
Term 3
Place value and money, addition and
subtraction, shape and symmetry,
multiplication & division, time & data, fractions
(and decimals HA).
Place value (LA), negative number, addition &
subtraction, shape & symmetry, measures &
data, place value & division, time &
timetables, co-ordinates, position & direction,
money.
Place value & money, addition & subtraction,
multiplication & division, fractions, decimals &
lengths, measurement & data, addition,
subtraction & money, place value & sequences,
shape, area, perimeter, symbols ,angles &
polygons, graphs.
Wherever possible using cross-curricular models and themes for writing, students will be exposed to a variety of vocabulary, grammatical structures
and genres of writing in fiction, non-fiction and poetry. They will learn to have increasingly sophisticated opinions about what they have read and to
justify them.
In their writing, they will learn to write down their ideas with increasing effectiveness and fluency. They will make progress in word reading and
spelling using the Nessy phonics programme and in punctuation and grammar as per the National Curriculum for their current ability.
There will be opportunities to develop their spoken language skills in a variety of situations and for a variety of audiences and purposes.
Aesop’s fables: learn about Aesop’s fables and
write their own.
Research and write a report on Greek gods and
goddesses.
Ancient Greeks: a study of Greek life and
achievements and their influence on the
Western world. Gain and deploy a historicallygrounded understanding of abstract terms such
as ‘empire’ and ‘civilization’.
Children should construct informed responses
that involve thoughtful selection and
organisation of relevant historical information.
They should understand how our knowledge of
the past is constructed from a range of sources.
Compile a Bristol Tourist information leaflet.
Write a play script for shadow puppets.
Poems about light.
Write analytically about a variety of mountain
pictures.
Compose a diary of a mountaineer.
Local history study: Bristol people & places,
including Cabot, Wesley, Colston and Brunel.
Study significant historical events, people and
places in their own locality, and trace how
several aspects of national history are reflected
in the locality.
Sir Edmund Hillary & the race to climb Everest
Greece as a growing settlement: Locate the
world’s countries, concentrating on their
Bristol: Study and present the human and
physical features in the local area using a range
Rivers, Mountains and Coasts Discover what
mountains, rivers and coasts actually are, some
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environmental regions, key physical and human
characteristics, countries, and major cities.
Describe and understand key aspects of
physical geography and human geography,
including: types of settlement and land use,
economic activity including trade links, and the
distribution of natural resources including
energy, food, minerals and water.
Science
Science
Art
of methods. Use fieldwork to observe,
measure and record the human and physical
features in the local area using a range of
methods, including sketch maps, plans and
graphs, and digital technologies.
Understand geographical similarities and
differences through the study of human and
physical geography of a region of the United
Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a
region within North or South America .
(Bristol/Greece/Grand Canyon)
of the forces that help create and shape these
important features, and the effects they have
on the world around them. Learn about the
climates, human interactions, and lifestyles
shaped by the mountains, rivers and coasts of
the world.
Throughout the year students will also make progress in using a variety of approaches to answer relevant scientific questions. These types of
scientific enquiry should include: observing over time; pattern seeking; identifying, classifying and grouping; comparative and fair testing
(controlled investigations); and researching using secondary sources.
Rocks & fossils: describe rocks & compare their Light: shadows, light travels in straight
Explain the differences in the life cycles of a
properties. Learn how fossils are formed in
lines,reflection, light & colour. Take part in a
mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird.
sedimentary rocks. Discover soil facts &
Crime Lab light expert selection challenge.
Describe the changes as humans develop
consider different soil types.
from birth to old age.
Volcanoes & earthquakes
Yrs 5 & 6 : include a greater emphasis on
human reproduction and relationships.
Parthenon marbles: Learn about the great art
of the Ancient Greeks through the details on
the Parthenon Marbles, learn techniques to
help draw figures of people and animals as
realistically as possible, and use the marbles as
inspiration for creating drawings, paintings, and
sculpture.
Create sketch books to record their
observations and use them to review and
revisit ideas.
Improve their mastery of art and design
Pictures of Bristol and portraits using a variety
of techniques.
Make a class collage display of the journey of a
river from a mountain source to the sea.
Consider light and colour in Monet’s River
Thames series work and how his new style gave
rise to the term “Impressionism”. Learn about
the life and work of this great artist and create
their own river artworks.
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techniques, including drawing, painting and
sculpture with a range of materials.
DT
(National
Curriculum)
Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams and
prototypes.
Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose.
Select from and use a wide range of materials. Build structures, exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable.
Evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others.
DT
(Cross curricula
links)
Design and make a clay pot linked to a specific
period of Ancient Greece. Create sketch books
to record their observations and use them to
review and revisit ideas.
Make a clay sistrum.
Make a fossil model and earth cake showing
different layers and containing fossils.
e-safety, word processing skills, powerpoint
skills.
Make 3d models of Bristol landmarks.
Make a boat out of natural materials using
joining techniques such as lashing and pegging.
Computer science: algorithms and
programming.
Places of worship: visit a variety of places of
worship in Bristol.
Festivals: Harvest, Christmas.
Ancient Greek music: lyre and sistrum. Learn
Christmas carols.
Learn about people of faith with links to Bristol:
e.g. Wesley, Quakers.
Festivals: Easter
Music in Bristol: Where can you hear live music
in Bristol? What type of music is played in a
venue? Do any musicians of wider significance
come from Bristol?
Select, use and combine a variety of software
(including internet services) on a range of
digital devices to collect, analyse, evaluate and
present data and information.
Celebrate!: non-Christian festivals
British Values: Democracy , rule of law,
individual liberty & mutual respect .
Change: including transitions (between Key
Stages and schools), loss, separation, divorce
ICT (+ cross curricula
usage of ICT to
research and
present work)
RE
Music
PSHE
Appreciate and understand a wide range of
high quality live and recorded music drawn
from different traditions and from great
composers and musicians.
Listen and respond to a piece of classical music
‘The Moldau’ by Smetana that represents the
journey of a river.
Money: about the role money plays in their own
and others’ lives, including how to manage their
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Friends: How to make them & how to keep
them.
and bereavement.
Looking Outward: think about the lives of
people living in other places, and people with
different values and customs.
Emotions & what to do with them: Zones of
Regulation to help self- awareness and selfregulation of emotions.
P.E
money and about being a critical consumer.