Communication, Language
and Literacy
Text Focus: The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes –
narrative poetry
Writing
 Definitions of unfamiliar words
 Analysing the narrative
 Character profiles and hot seating
 Features of the poem
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Writing Letters
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Exploring and re –writing the story in a
modern day setting
Grammar
 Build cohesion between paragraphs
 To use commas and clarify meaning
Spellings
 Ly/ily and ally/fully
 Er/ier and ment/plurals
 Iest/ing and ing/ded
 In/ies and lling/led
 Ied/d and year 5 spelling words
 Ed/HFW and 5 spelling words
Class Novel
 Hacker by Malorie Blackman
Mathematics
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Negative numbers and Roman numerals
Adding and subtracting large and small
numbers
Long multiplication and division with
remainders
Working with fractions
Diagonals and problems involving angles
Volume, time and money
Curriculum Planner
Expressive Arts and Design
Art
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Music
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In art we will be improving our skills by
creating pictures linked to the
Highwayman. They will use chalk,
zooming in on a part of the picture,
figure drawings and 3D
representations of a character.
Soundtrack with illustrations
Exploring percussion instruments
Creating a soundtrack
To play and perform in solo and
ensemble context
The
Highwayman
Mrs Kaur-Griffiths
and Miss Bolger
Religious Education
R.E-
Pentecost-Tranformation
 To understand how the Spirit of God is
active in each person
 To understand the work of the Holy
Spirit and how it enables peoples to
hear Gods message
 The feast of Pentecost is a
celebration of the gift of God’s Spirit
and its transforming power.
Reconciliation-Freedom and responsibility
 To understand how Christians believe
that God has given to each person the
free will and power to choose.
 To understand the gift of God’s Spirit,
is the foundation of Christian faith.
Understanding the World
Science
The children will act as Scientists to complete
several experiments and answer scientific
questions
Building a pyramid
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Experimenting with breakages
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Wildlife investigation
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Making a den
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Making electric dough
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Making a food chain using computing
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Testing colours
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Making their own toothpaste
Computing
The pupils will learn to create a website
To plan the website
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To learn how the search works
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To
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To
curate website contents
add media to the website
review and improve the website
publish the website
Physical Development
Outdoor P.E Gaelic football
 Tennis
 Rounders
Curriculum Enrichment
Robin Wood-22nd April-24th April