The Magdalen Church of England / Methodist School
Fishes
Fishes
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Term 5
Horticulture Show
Harvest Festival,
Book fair
Lincolnshire Day
Parents evening
Children in Need
Remembrance Day
Christmas tree chapel
Carol Service
Christmas plays
Epiphany
Easter service,
Sports relief,
Lent service
Book fair
Parents evening
Sound
How sounds are made
associated with vibrations.
Recognise vibrations travel
through a medium to the ear.
Find patterns between pitch
of a sound and the object
which produces it.
Find patterns between
volume of sound and the
strength of the vibration
which produces it.
Recognise that the sounds
get fainter with the distance
of the sound source.
Athletics Day
Sports day
Term 6
Overarching theme:
Whole school events:
Science
Humanities
History
Living things and
Animals inc. Humans.
their habitats.
Describe simple functions
Recognise that living of basic parts of digestive
things can be
system in humans.
grouped in a variety
Identify different types of
of ways.
teeth in humans and their
Classification keys
simple functions.
to help group and
Food chains – identify
identify a variety of
produces predators and
living things in local prey.
and wider
environment.
Recognise that
environs. Can
change and pose
dangers.
Changes in Britain from the Stone age to the
Iron Age.
Late Neolithic hunter gatherers and early farmers –
Skara burae.
Bronze age religion – Stonehenge, technology and
travel. Iron age hill forts, tribal kingdoms, farming
art and culture. Trip (Hull Museum)
Final assessments 15 – 22 June
States of Matter.
Compare and group
materials according to
solids, liquids and
gases.
Observe changes of
state when heated or
cooled.
Measure and research
temperature at which
this happens.
Identify evaporation
and condensation in
the water cycle
associated with
temperature.
Victorians:
An aspect of British history beyond 1066
Changes in an aspect of social history, such as crime
and punishment, leisure and entertainment. Musical
halls
Brunnel / Bridges etc - mapping the Empire
Electricity.
Identify common appliances that run on
electricity.
Construct simple circuits.
Identify and name basic parts.
Identify whether or not a lamp or light in
a simple light in a simple circuit
showing whether their is a complete
circuit.
Recognise that switches open and close
circuits.
Recognise common conductors and
insulators.
Trip (Lincolnshire Life Museum)
Trip (Old Bollingbroke)
Local history: Civil War Old
Bolingbroke
In depth study linked to one of the areas
above. Study over time, reflected in
locality beyond 1066, history of site
significant in the locality.
Creative
Development
Geography
Skills and
fieldwork-use of
maps atlases and
globes, digital
mapping, local
countries and
features studied.
8 points of the
compass, 4 figure
grid references, keys
and symbols on a
map and build
knowledge of UK
and wider world.
Art and Design
Design and
Technology
Music
PE
Across P.E. children
to develop an
understanding of
how to improve in
different physical
activities and sports.
Learning how to
evaluate, compare
their performances
with previous ones
and demonstrate
improvement to
achieve their
personal best.
Skills:
Develop running,
jumping, throwing
and catching in
isolation and
combination
MFL
Understand key aspects
of physical geography
inc. Climate zones,
biomes and vegetation
belts.
Location knowledge.
Locate world’s
countries using maps
to focus on North
Human & Physical:
Describe & understand aspects of physical geography,
including rivers, mountains including water cycle.
Trade links / distribution of natural resources
including energy, food, minerals & water (link to
industrial revolution)
Locational Knowledge:
South America
Locate worlds countries using maps to
focus on South America contrast with
British location – key physical aspects
Charcoal: cave pictures hunting scenes / cavemen
Paint oils:
Water colours
Sketching : ruins / castles
Pablo Picasso
Marcel Duchomp
Design, make, evaluate through creative & practical activities. Cooking & nutrition – working with food to learn nutritional values & healthy eating a
varied diet Prepare & cook variety of predominantly savoury dishes using range of cooking skills / techniques.
Understand seasonality & where food comes from –grown, reared, caught & processed.
Taught to sing & play musically with
confidence & control. Develop musical
composition, organising & building ideas within
musicals structures , reproducing sounds
Dance
Gymnastics
Ball skills / badminton
Swimming
Swimming?
Games:
Netball
French units to be identified
Quicksticks
Athletics
Athletics
Outdoor Adventure
Activities
Personal, Social
and Emotional
Development
RE
PSHE (SEAL)
Communication,
Language and
Literacy
Literacy
Problem solving,
Reasoning and
Numeracy
Mathematics
Christian Journeys Unit 4B: Christmas
journeys, journey of life. Journey of Wise men –
why Jesus is so important to Christians.
Christian beliefs & lifestyles, celebration
New beginnings
It’s good to be me
The Twits
Recount
Speech punctuation
Instructions
Information Texts
Grammar- subordinate
clauses
Poetry
Fractions and decimals
Calculation and
number
Place value
Symbolism in Worship at cathedrals / Mosques Unit 3A
Exploring building – What makes the place sacred?
What importance do we give to stillness, quietness,
reflection or worship.
Christians, Muslim beliefs & celebrations
Goals, aims and
Bullying
ambitions
Oliver Twist
Iron Man
Narrative
Narrative- building tension
Character description
Reading with writer’s eye
Grammar- fronted
Grammar- similes and
adverbials
personification
2D and 3D Shape
Column addition and
Measure
subtraction, including
Time
decimals
Handling data
Muslim Beliefs & lifestyles
Islamic practices in worship & in action.
Beliefs & values – What do actions of
Muslim prayer & worship mean. What
does the Qur’an teach?
Relationships
Moving on
with others
Robin Hood
Rainforest
Legends
Information texts
Newspaper reports
Poetry
Multiplication
of decimals
Division
Place value
Decimal, fractions,
percentage equivalents
Mental multiplication
and division
Written multiplication
and division
Computing
Design & write debug programmes to
accomplish specific goals – including control,
solving problems by decomposing into smaller
parts.
Use sequences, repetition in programmes. Understand
the internet, world wide web, offers communication &
collaboration. Evaluation of digital content.
Use combine software –range of diital
services. Understand acceptable &
unacceptable behaviour of technology.