Oak Class Autumn Timetable Sept 2015
Literacy
Fiction
Children will identify spellings of irregular past tense words and learn
how to use a thesaurus to select powerful vocabulary. They will write
descriptive sentences to describe story characters and extend sentences
using the conjunctions because and when. The children will explain what
they have learnt about characters from their reading, identify adjectives
to help describe characters in a story and explain reasons for the actions
of characters in a story.
Theme: Investigating Forces and
Materials
Numeracy
Exploring, Understanding and applying
the number system
Counting (whole numbers and in
multiples; negative numbers; fractions)
and algebra. Place value; Roman Numerals
Identify, represent and estimate: Rounding
Read, write, order and compare (whole
numbers and fractions). Properties of
number; Solve problems multiply mentally
Number problems
Securing numerical fluency and
understanding geometry (properties of
shape)
Add, subtract (mentally and written) to
solve problems. Estimate using inverse and
check. Order of operations
Multiply, divide mentally. Ratio: relative
sizes, similarity, scale factors and algebra:
missing number problems expressed in
algebra (Y6). Recognise, describe
properties and classify shapes.
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Draw and make shapes: 2-D
DT
Ancient Times
Children will be
taught what a
labyrinth is and its
links to ancient
Greece? Children will
design and plan their
own model Labyrinth,
evaluate their finished
products and say what
they think and feel
about them? Children
will investigate
different ways of
strengthening
Materials, design and
create a model of the
Parthenon and
evaluate a finished
product according to
design
criteria?
History
The Ancient Greeks
The children will find out about the way people
lived in the ancient Greek empire. They will use a
range of archaeological and written sources, select
and record information and interpret the past in
different ways. Children use a wide range of
sources, including archaeology, to find out about the
ancient Greeks and compare a past society with
society today.
Computing
Data Matters
Children will
investigate the
concept of “big
data” sharing its
application in
the world for
such areas as
meteorology,
mapping, traffic
flow, etc. They
will review how
data and
information are
stored and
searched on
computer
networks. The
children will use
search operators
and linked
queries to obtain
research results
efficiently.
Religious Education
Rules for Living
The Ten Commandments
Laws from Deuteronomy
Light as a Symbol
Hannukah (Judaism)
Advent and Christmas
PHSCE
New Beginnings, Say No to
Bullying.
Children will have opportunities to
appreciate and celebrate
differences and similarities
between themselves, and to
experience and explore how it
feels to belong to and be valued in
a group. They will have the
opportunity to work with everyone
in the class. They will also
consider how it feels to do or start
something new. They will continue
to build on their capacity for
empathy and on their awareness
and management of feelings.
Science
Properties and changes of
materials
Children will revise the three
states of matter & properties
of materials. Introduce further
properties: solubility &
thermal conductivity.
Separate materials using a
range of methods &
understand that some changes
are irreversible. Discuss the
formation of new materials.
Music
Our Community and Solar
System
Listening to music with focus,
and analysing its composition
using musical vocabulary
Interpreting images to create
descriptive sound sequences.
P.E. Competitive
Games/Gymnastics
Children will investigate a
range of team balls games and
apply basic principles for
attacking and defending. They
will explore basic gymnastic
actions on the floor and using
apparatus. They will copy or
create short movement phrases
of linked actions developing
flexibility, strength, control
and balance.