English
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Stories from another culture:
Compare a range of genre texts.
Infer how characters are feeling.
Support opinions with evidence from the text.
Use semi-colons to mark clauses.
Create complex sentences with simile starters.
Persuasion:
Evaluate a range of sources.
Use devices to persuade and build cohesion.
Use brackets and dashes to add detail.
Use hyphens to avoid ambiguity.
Mathematics
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Place value, sequences and coordinates
2D shapes with coordinates (translation and reflection)
Measurement (temperature and mean)
Calculating with fractions
Mental and written division
Mental and written multiplication
Science
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History
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Interdependence and adaptation including classification:
Describe how living things are classified.
Give reasons for classifying plants and animals.
Identify how animals and plants are adapted for their
environment.
Describe how adaptation may lead to evolution.
Geography
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Events, people and changes:
Begin to recognise and describe the nature of diversity, change
and continuity for different communities.
Suggest causes for changes across a period of time.
Climate zones and biomes:
Describe and understand climate zones, biomes and vegetation
belts.
Use a wide range of maps, atlases and globes to locate countries
and features.
Create a biome in a bag.
Year 5/6 Curriculum Plan
Cycle A
Computing
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RE
Spring 1
Programming:
Scratch.
Understand the meaning of the terms: selection, variable and
decomposition.
Understand the term procedure and use this is scratch.
Use a range of variables to enhance the quality of a game.
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Biomes
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MFL
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Je suis le musician:
Recognise a range of instruments in their feminine and masculine
form.
Say which instrument they play.
Discuss which instrument they prefer.
Create a song for a performance.
Art
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Painting:
Landscape painting.
Develop a painting from a drawing.
Explore colour mixing and blending techniques.
Mix and match colours to create atmosphere.
Celebrating the Eucharist:
Know why Christians celebrate the Eucharist.
Make links between the Eucharist service and the Last Supper.
Describe similarities and difference between Christian
denominations.
Link Christian beliefs about belonging, trust and purpose to the
words and actions of the Eucharist service.
Passover:
Highlight links between Passover and Eucharist.
Show an understanding of the story of Passover.
PE
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Dance:
To explore the qualities of different characters in a story.
To convey a range of emotions and moods using levels, turns and
gestures.
To create a sequence of movements.