This term our learning will be as follows:

English

Maybe - whole school text - 'All About Me' writing and poetry

Brightstorm - setting description and portal story. 

River Story

The start of the Mayans - information text 

The Three Peaks - report writing 

Maths 

Year 5-Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Fractions 

Year 6- Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication, Fractions, Converting Units 

History - Civilisation - Era and period – 250BC – 900AD - Mayan Civilization 

Here are some of the areas we will be covering:

• Identify significant people in the Mayan civilisation. - Ahau Pacal Votan ruler, Sun God, Maize God, Sky
• Identify significant changes and events in the Mayan civilisation over time. - 900AD end of Classical Period, collapse of some Mayan cities.
•  Identify significant landmarks in the Mayan civilisation. - The Great Pyramid built at city of Venta, El Castillo Pyramid, Kukulcan in Chichen Itza (at which during the spring and autumn equinox a shadow is cast resembling a snake).

Science - Biology - Animals including humans – Teeth and digestion 

• describe the simple functions of the basic part of the digestive system in humans 
• identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions.
• construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey

Geography - Place - English counties - Significant cities in England - Locate significant English landmarks 

        • Identify characteristics of the England (famous landmarks both physical and human e.g. Dover Cliffs, River Thames, Peak District, Dover Cliffs, Blackpool Tower, Windsor Castle, Lake District, Angel of the North, Hadrian’s Wall)

       • Identify the hemisphere (northern), latitude, longitude and time zones in relation to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Art and DT

Discipline -Drawing 

Artist - Hong Chung Zhang 

Discipline – Painting 

Artist - Lucy Austin 

DT - Structures - Self – supporting 3D buildings 

RE

2a.2 What is it like to follow God?

AMV- What do people believe about life? (Humanism)

PE

Invasion Games and Gymnastics

Music

Compose with your friends

Feelings through music

Computing

Strategic searching online

Coding 

Online safety 

RSHE

Being me in my world 

Celebrating difference