Key Stage 2 Long Term Plan
Autumn 2016
Subject
Literacy
Maths
Science
Art and Design
Computing
Design and Technology
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Year 3/4
Year 5/6
Stories by the same author
 Recounts
Stories from other cultures
 Significant authors
Instructions and explanations
 Letters
Information texts
 Historical stories
Letters
 Biographies and autobiographies
Creating Images
 Slam poetry
Humorous poems
Number and place value
 Place value and written addition
Addition and subtraction
 Decimals and written addition
Properties of shapes
 2D Shape and mental multiplication
Multiplication and division
 Subtraction
Money
 Fractions, multiplication and division
Time, bar charts and pictograms
 Measures
Fractions
Plants
 Living things and their Habitats
Sound
 Evolution and Inheritance Biology
Silk paintings
Sketch different types of Art from Shang Dynasty
Investigate the Shang bronze manufacturing process and the amazing Shang bronze vessels.
Create own vessels and set up own museum to explain how bronze vessels were made in the
Shang period; write museum labels and information boards and make presentations to visitors
to our classroom.
Create own Gods
Make replica dings, jade figurines and pots to go into a replica of Fu Hao's grave.
Investigate the Shang bronze manufacturing process and the amazing Shang bronze vessels.
Create your own vessels and set up your own museum to explain how bronze vessels were made
in the Shang period; write museum labels and information boards and make presentations to
visitors to your classroom.
Describe ingredients. Devise a Shang recipe of our own using a selection of ingredients that
the Shang farmers would have grown.
Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of
ancient civilisations; characteristic features of past non-European societies. Prepare and cook
a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques. Demonstrate
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Geography
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History
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Music
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that dissolving, mixing and changes of state are reversible changes.
Retrieve information from non-fiction and name some of the Shang cities; develop some design
criteria for a board game.
Designing the board, cards and figures. Apply information learned about the Shang to the
design of a role-playing game; discuss ideas collaboratively; create sketches and prototypes
for a design.
Use a wide range of appropriate materials for building and creating a Shang Dynasty game.
Give good descriptions, explanations and narratives to explain the nature of Shang cities and
society; evaluate the game design based on design criteria.
Locate China on a map; identify the extent of the Shang Dynasty on a map; label some major
places and features.
Produce a timeline of significant Shang rulers.
Learn about some Shang rulers and discuss which are facts and which are possibly fiction.
Play the game ‘Would I Lie to you’ using descriptions of real Shang rulers and some we have
invented; score points for outwitting friends and points for detecting the fakes.
Learn about farming and cookery of the Shang Dynasty. Explore farming practices,
ingredients, and the importance of the silk worm in this early civilisation.
Learn how Chinese writing works and investigate Shang texts and calendars as the children
build towards a presentation.
Research different sources and consider what makes a historical source valid and reliable.
Learn about the Shang army and generals as we investigate the Battle of Muye and the rise
and fall of the Shang.
Learn about the Shang beliefs regarding death, burial rituals, divining the future, folk religion
and ancestor worship. Learn about the tomb of Fu Hao, leader and priestess and create our
own time capsule.
Research the cities and societies of this dynasty, as well as the lives and roles of the people.
Find out about the instruments (bells, pipes, cymbals, flutes) and music made by the Shang
people – make simple instruments and compose a piece of instrumental music about the final
days of the Shang Dynasty.
PE
Cross Country
Football with Shrewsbury Football Club Coach
Cross County
Netball
RE
PSHE
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Would celebrating Divali at home and in the
community bring a feeling of belonging to a
Hindu child?
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What is the best way for a Hindu to show
commitment to God?
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Has Christmas lost its true meaning?
 New beginnings
 Staying Safe online
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Is the Christmas Story True?
Drugs Education
Relationships/being coerced/saying no
Philosophy