Unity Federation of Church of England Primary Academies working in partnership with Little Snoring Primary School
Subject PLANNER
Academy: Colkirk
Subject
Key Skills
Class: Seahorses
Week 1
2
Year Groups: 5/6
3
Reading
Writing
SATs preparation – revision
activities, including Pixl
4
5
6
SATs week Ford Castle
Term: Summer
7
HALF
TERM
Yr5/6
residential
Vocab,
Spelling,
grammar,
punctuation
For children not on residential –
Pie Corbett’s
Magnificent machines – non-fiction
writing about inventions
Speaking
Listening
Weekly news sharing, Book of the
Week recommendations, hotseating and drama activities linked
to writing.
1
2
Guided reading activities linked to The
Caravan.
Pie Corbett’s The Caravan – writing a
‘warning’ story.
Use of adjectives, adverbs and expanded
noun phrases in descriptive writing.
Spellings in line with Yr5/6 national
curriculum requirements
3
4
Guided reading activities linked to
Tales from other Cultures
Story writing inspired by Tales from
other cultures – Ali Baba and Sinbad
- Hamilton Trust
Use of dialogue, subjunctive verb
forms and informal language.
5
6
Guided reading activities linked to
Monster poems
Pie Corbett’s poetry – writing a
gruesome monster poem
Use of imperative verbs in
instructions. Uses of commas.
Rhythm and rhyme.
Spellings in line with Yr5/6 national
Spellings in line with Yr5/6 national
curriculum requirements
curriculum requirements
Weekly news sharing, Book of the Week recommendations, hot-seating and drama activities linked to writing.
Arithmetic
Data handling –
own survey .
Collection of
data and
recording in
table and graph.
Skills
teaching
Length and
converting
lengths.
Problem
solving
Computing
Understanding computer networks and the internet using
http://barefootcas.org.uk/programme-of-study/understand-computernetworks-including-internet/ks2-activity-modelling-the-internet/
http://barefootcas.org.uk/programme-of-study/understand-computernetworks-including-internet/ks2-network-hunt-activity/
Appreciate how internet search results are selected
http://barefootcas.org.uk/programme-of-study/appreciate-how-searchresults-selected/ks2-selecting-search-results-activity/
Appreciate how search results are
ranked
http://barefootcas.org.uk/program
me-of-study/appreciate-searchresults-ranked/ks2-ranking-searchresults-activity/
Scientific &
Technological
Understanding
Science
Forces: weight
and gravity
(Plan Bee Yr 5)
Forces:
friction
Forces: air resistance
Forces: water
resistance
Forces: levers
Forces: gears
Humanities
History
Shang dynasty:
what do we
know? Plan Bee
Yr5/6
Evidence of
Shang kings
Shang royal burials
Life for ordinary
people
Shang writing
and calendars
Why the Shang
dynasty ended
Geography
RE
The Arts
Art
and DT
Drama
Music
:
The Big Question Understand
Judaism: I
significance
wonder what it
of prayer for
means to be
Jews
Jewish.
Art of the Shang dynasty – linked
with history
Junk Band samba
:
To find out meaning
of Jewish rituals
To find out
meaning of
Jewish festivals
Make a kite - linked with Forces in
science
Arithmetic practice 3 x per week as early morning activity to revise / reinforce skills.
Improper fractions
and mixed numbers
Converting
capacity
Volume
Sound: what is it?
Plan Bee: Yr 4
Can sound travel
through different
materials?
Extreme Earth:
climate extremes
Water cycle
Calculating
percentages
Symmetry and
co-ordinates
Money and
money problems
Data handlinginterpreting data
in tables and
graphs.
Guided and independent problem solving activities using Badger Maths resources, Nrich, White Rose, mathematical
challenges booklet and skills-related word problems.
Relationship
between
distance and
volume
Sound-proofing
Pitch and
volume
Investigation
into string length
and pitch
Extreme
weather
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
What
happens in a
synagogue?
Make a balloon-powered buggy linked with Forces in science
Weather art including Hokusai’s Great Wave and Monet’s snow paintings – linked
with geography
Unity Federation of Church of England Primary Academies working in partnership with Little Snoring Primary School
Social &
Emotional
Wellbeing
PE
Variety of activities organised by Top Sport coaching
PSHCE
Discuss prejudice – linked to RE Judaism – why do we
dislike difference?
FRENCH
Lightbulb
languages –
telling the time –
o’clock
Lightbulb
languages –
telling the time –
half past
Lightbulb
languages –
journeys to
school
Variety of activities organised by Top Sport coaching
Lightbulb
languages – local
area
Lightbulb
languages –
healthy eating
Lightbulb
languages –
sports
Lightbulb languages –
places in schools
Lightbulb
languages – tour
of school