Cabot Primary School Year 5/6
Year Group Curriculum Map – Cycle B
Autumn
Theme: ANCIENT CHINA
RS Y5 topic 2: “Material world” – properties
and changes of materials.
RS Y5 topic 6: “super scientists”
Spring
Theme: CYCLES
RS Y5 topic 3: “Circle of life” living things and
their habitat.
RS Y6 topic 2: “staying alive” circulatory system
in humans.
Summer
Theme: NEW DISCOVERIES, NEW WORLD
RS Y5 topic 1: “out of this world” Planets in the
solar system
RS Y5 topic 4: “let’s get moving” forces.
ICT
Y5 iProgram
Unit 1
Sessions 5 -8
Designing and developing computer games
Y6 iProgram
Sessions 5 -6
Designing and developing computer programs
UKS2 iSafe
Sessions 5 -9
Staying safe in a digital world
Y5 iWeb
Sessions 3 -5
Remixing and creating web content using HTML
Y6 iNetwork
Sessions 4 -5
Networks, data and creating web content
Y5 iProgram
Unit 2
Sessions 5 -8
Designing and developing multi -level X -Box games
Y6 iApp
Sessions 4 -6
Designing and developing mobile apps
History
The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China.
Ancient Greece
Space Race
Geography
China – Describing geographical features.
Use maps, atlases, globes to locate and
describe features.
Cycles
Water cycle – rivers and oceans.
The world’s countries.
Locate the world’s countries using maps to
focus on Europe, including the location of
Russia and N/S America.
Art
Blue Chinese plates
Willow plate –printing? Sculpture
Andy Warhol
(link to famous print of Andy Warhol’s
endangered animals) focus on non-mammals.
Sketching, painting and blending
Linked to space and the planets.
DT
Chinese food
Prepare and cook savory dishes using a variety
of methods
Food- Understand seasonality, and know
where and how a variety of ingredients are
grown, reared, caught and processed.
Moving toys
Science
Cabot Primary School Year 5/6
Year Group Curriculum Map – Cycle B
Music
Music Express
EXPLORING ROUNDS (QCA)
Unit 12 (QCA)- Dragon scales
(play and perform in solo and ensemble
contexts, using their voices)
Holst’s The Planets/QCA 18 Journey into space.
Pupils to compose music for the planets in
response (appreciate music, develop an
understanding of the history of music)
WHO KNOWS? (QCA)
CYCLIC PATTERNS (QCA)
(Improvise and compose music for a range of
purposes using the inter-related dimensions of
music)
Songwriter (QCA)
Listen to and compose pop songs
(music from different traditions, appreciate
and understand a range of high-quality live and
recorded music)
UNIT 6 How do we make moral choices?
Focus Areas: A & F
Featured religions: Christianity & Hinduism
RE
UNIT 3 Why do religious books and teachings
matter?
Focus Areas: C & F
Featured religions: Christianity & Islam
UNIT 5 Why are some journeys and places
special?
Focus Areas: C & E
Featured religions: Christianity & Islam
PHSE
New beginnings
Anti bullying (1 week unit)
Getting on and falling out
Going for goals
Relationships
Good to be me
Changes
PE
Real PE
Unit 1 and 2
Real PE
Unit 3 and 4
Real PE
Unit 5 and 6
French
Animals
Questions
Making sentences
Animals and colours
Masculine and feminine nouns
Verbs and adverbs
French phonics
The Solar System
Adjectives