Kingfishers
Class
Year 5/6
Topic Title
Literacy
Numeracy
Science
Computing
History
Year A
Year B
Autumn (14wks)
Spring (10wks)
Summer
(12+SATs)
Autumn (14wks)
Spring (10wks)
Summer
(12+SATs)
Walk Like an
Egyptian
Rainforest?
Norfolk Coast
It’s all Greek to me
Tudors – William
Shakespeare
Theme Parks
Classic Fiction – The Jungle
Book (Ham 3 weeks)
Poetry – Just-So stories – 2
weeks
Rainforest layers report – 2
weeks
Deforestation –
discussion/debate – 2
weeks
Poetry – cinquain
Rainforests – 1 week
Mystery and suspense –
3/4 weeks
(Laura Marlin Dead
Man’s Cove)
Norfolk information
leaflet – 2 weeks (Broads
vs beach)
Debate – 2 weeks
SATs Week
Poetry – imagery – 2
weeks
Poetry – vocab – Norfolk
Dialect – 1/2 weeks
Take 1 book – 2 weeks
Traditional Tales – Greek
Myths – 3 weeks
Historical Fiction – 3
weeks
Instructions – Flatbread –
1 week
Explanations – The Solar
System – 2 weeks
Poetry – Figurative
language –2 weeks
Take 1 book – 2 weeks
(Percy Jackson?)
Fiction from Literary
Heritage – William
Shakespeare – 4 weeks
Poetry – Sonnets – 2
weeks
Newspaper Recounts – 3
weeks
Poetry – Performing
monologues – 1 week
Take 1 book – 2 weeks
Classic Fiction –
Pinocchio? 3weeks
Author Study – Michael
Morpurgo – 3 weeks
Persuasive writing –
theme park
leaflet/poster – 3 weeks
Poetry – Haikus – 2 weeks
SATs Week
Take 1 book – 2 weeks
Place value and negative
numbers,
mental
addition/subtraction
of
money, adding decimals,
co-ordinates and statistics,
mental
multiplication/division,
written
multiplication,
fractions, decimals and
percentages,
written
division,
multiplying/dividing
fractions, perimeter, area
and volume, scaling/ratio,
algebra,
written
calculations
Number, place value
and time, subtraction,
area and perimeter,
multiplication/division in
percentages, geometry
and data, fractions and
subtraction,
mental/written
calculations, time, line
graphs
and
rates,
decimals
and
subtraction,
written
multiplication
and
patterns, 4 operations
Place value and written
addition,
decimal
addition,
subtraction,
shape
and
angles,
mental
multiplication/division
and fractions, written
multiplication, measures,
probability, ration and
proportion, mental vs
written calculations
Place value and negative
numbers,
mental
addition/subtraction
of
money, adding decimals,
co-ordinates
and
statistics,
mental
multiplication/division,
written
multiplication,
fractions, decimals and
percentages,
written
division,
multiplying/dividing
fractions, perimeter, area
and
volume,
scaling/ratio,
algebra,
written calculations
Number, place value
and time, subtraction,
area and perimeter,
multiplication/division in
percentages, geometry
and data, fractions and
subtraction,
mental/written
calculations, time, line
graphs
and
rates,
decimals
and
subtraction,
written
multiplication
and
patterns, 4 operations
Y5 – Human Life Cycles
Y6 – Human body
Y5 – Animal life cycles
Y6 – Evolution and
Inheritance biology
Y5 – Changes in
Materials
Y6 – Light
Y5 – Forces
Y6 – Classifying organisms
Y5 Block 1 – Intro to
modelling
Y5 Block 2 – Datalogging*
Ancient Egypt + Howard
Carter
(Egyptologists)
Y5 Block 3 – Scratch Pt2
Y5 Block 4 – Scratch Project
Y5 – Earth and Space
Scientific Enquiry –
independent
experiments
Y5 Block 5 – Evaluate
websites
Y5 Block 6 – Make a music
video
Local History – exploring
maps – click
Y6 Block 1 – What is the
internet?
Y6 Block 2 – Lego
Mindstorm*
Ancient Greece
Y6 Block 3 – Games Lab Pt
1
Y6 Block 4 – Games Lab Pt
2
Tudors – William
Shakespeare
Y6 – Electricity
Scientific Enquiry –
independent
experiments
Y6 Block 5 – Google
Sketchup
Y6 Block 6 – e-safety
databases
Travelling Fairs
Biographies and
Autobiographies –
Howard Carter – 2/2
weeks
Stories from Other
Cultures – 2 weeks –
Egyptian Cinderella
Explanation Text – Rivers
– 2 weeks
Poetry –
Choral/Performance – 2
weeks
Take 1 book – 2 weeks
(There’s a pharaoh in my
bath?)
Place value and written
addition,
decimal
addition,
subtraction,
shape
and
angles,
mental
multiplication/division
and fractions, written
multiplication, measures,
probability, ration and
proportion, mental vs
written calculations
Mayans - cultural
SATs Week
Geography
Art and Design/
Design and
Technology
Music
RE/SEAL
PE
MFL
Educational Visit
Opportunities
River Nile
Rainforests/conservation
Coasts - click
Mountains
Tudor Exploration
Theme Parks around the
UK
Make an Egyptian tomb
Clay cartouche
Tomb treasures
Mayan Masks – modroc
and wire
Henri Rousseau – jungle
scenes
Labyrinths – ball bearing
mazes
Greek Flatbread and
other Greek foods
Portraits
Sewing – Marian
Hangings
Pulleys, gears and levers
@ Chessington
Make a sistrum and
Ancient Egyptian music
Sounds of the Rainforest
Local food – sea food,
Kettle Chips, Mustard?
Meals?
Lighthouse – electrical
circuits
Water colours of the sea
Learn to play the
recorder
BBC – Heroes of Troy
BBC – The Tempest
Honda Civic
How does being a
Christian affect your life?
Who works for the church?
SEAL – Going for Goals
SEAL – Good to be Me
How does being a
Buddhist affect your life?
SEAL – Relationships
SEAL – Changes
What is the purpose of
life?
How did 12 people
change the world?
SEAL – New Beginnings
SEAL – Getting on/Falling
out
Why do people of
different faiths go on a
pilgrimage?
Christianity focus
Islam focus
SEAL – Relationships
SEAL – Changes
Real PE
Exploring the Island –
orienteering
Cross Country
How old are you, months of
the year, numbers 13-31,
days of the week, when is
your birthday,
French
culture
Real PE
Netball
Athletics
How does having a faith
affect
the
lives
of
Muslims?
What can art tell us
about the Muslim view of
the world?
SEAL – Going for Goals
SEAL – Good to be Me
Real PE
Gymnastics
Football
Real PE
Cricket
Badminton
Real PE
Netball
Athletics
Please and thank you,
school, weather, where
do you live, animals, food
Basic
Greetings,
Goodbye, How are you,
my name is, colours,
numbers 1-12
Food cont’d, culture –
French food, do you like,
write a personal profile,
Spanish story, Bastille Day
Oxburgh/Bickling Hall
Chessington World of
Adventures
SEAL – New Beginnings
SEAL – Getting on/Falling
out
Real PE
Dance – the River
Tag Rugby
Country
introduction,
basic
greetings,
goodbye, how are you,
my name is… colours,
numbers to 12
Swaffham
Museum/Castle Museum
Please and thank you,
brothers
and
sisters,
culture, write a personal
profile,
French
story,
French culture
Bridewell Museum
Residential –Flatford Mill?
France?