BRIERLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM PLANNING
MAIN / MINI CURRICULUM
SUBJECT FOCUS
Main focus – Literacy
Mini –Science and DT
HOOK
Pirate dress up day
Pirate maths day
Pirates/Kensuke’s Kingdom year 5/6
TAKE HOME TASKS
Pirate rap
Pirate crossword
Pirate powerpoint
Island game
Island rules
Island description
Island research
Poster survival
Island song
HIGH QUALITY OUTCOMES
Making periscopes
Kensuke kingdom writing.
SKILLS COVERAGE
SCIENCE
Light
recognise that light appears to
travel in straight lines
use the idea that light travels in
straight lines to explain that
objects are seen because they
give out or reflect light into the
eye
Explain that we see things
because light travels from light
sources to our eyes or from light
sources to objects and then to
our eyes
use the idea that light travels in
straight lines to explain why
shadows have the same shape
as the objects that cast them.
MUSIC
perform, listen to, review and
evaluate music
create and compose music on
their own and with others, have
the opportunity to learn a
musical instrument
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Judaism
Identify identity and belonging
including places of worship
PSHE
To talk and write about their
opinions and explain their views.
Recognise their worth as
individuals,
Learn about the range of jobs
carried out by people.
Why and how rules are made and
enforced
To resolve differences.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Handball - play competitive games,
modified where appropriate and
apply basic principles suitable for
attacking and defending
Dance perform dances using a range of
movement patterns
SKILLS COVER
HISTORY
Not taught in this topic.
ICT
Create apps for phones or
tablets.
Design writes and debug
programs that accomplish specific
goals, including controlling or
simulation physical systems
Solve problems by decomposing
them into smaller parts.
GEOGRAPHY
Use atlases to locate countries that
Pirates travelled to and from
Explain economic activity
including trade links and the
distribution of natural resources
linked with piracy.
Identify the position and
significance of latitude, longitude,
the equator, N/S Hemisphere,
Tropics of cancer Capricorn, Artic
and Antarctic circle. The prime.
Greenwich meridian and time
zones.
Mission Statement: Value,
Nurture, Succeed
LEARNING VALUE
OPPORTUNITIES-
Team work- setting up
science investigations.
PHSE/ PE/ Music
Independent – writing
tasks
Creativity – Periscopes
CURRICULUM DESIGN
English
Children on a daily basis will listen to Kensuke’s kingdom and discuss the text.
Children will continue the story using a range of complex sentences
Moving up – children will focus on some subordinating clauses
Moving on - children will use many subordinate clauses and manipulate them with the
sentence.
Children will create diary entries from characters perspective
Moving up – children will write one diary entry in role
Moving on Children will write two diary entries and create links between both diary
entries
Children will continue the story using a range of high level punctuation.
Moving up – children will begin to use some high level punctuation.
Moving on – children will use all high level punctuation within their writing
BRIERLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM PLANNING
ENGLISH OPPORTUNITIES
MATHS OPPORTUNITIES
Opportunities to link topic with English Skills:
Opportunities to link topic with Maths Skills:
Children on a daily basis will listen to Kensuke’s kingdom and discuss the
text.
Children will continue the story using a range of complex sentences
Children will create two diary entries from characters perspective
Children will be able to create links between both diary entries
Map reading skills
TEXTS TO BE USED:
Kensuke’s Kingdom
ENRICHMENT Opportunities:
TEXTS TO BE USED: Guided reading
Pirate dress up day
Pirate maths day
Y6 residential to Colomendy
Revision comprehension books CGP book 2
Michael Morpurgo books