Silver Birch Class
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Year 5 & 6 Curriculum Map 2018/19
| Subject | Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
| Topic Focus | Living Things | Ancient Greece | Empire / WW2 |
| English | Botanicum
Just So stories A Christmas Carol |
The Odyssey
Percy Jackson Debate and persuasive writing
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Coram Boy Formal letters |
| Science | The human body
Classification of living things, plants and microorganisms Life cycles, including the human life cycle |
How we see
Electricity Forces |
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| History | Ancient Greece | British History beyond 1066 | |
| Geography | Land use in the local area
Map reading |
Rivers and Mountains
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European local study
Economic links and natural resources |
| Computing | Scratch coding
Website design |
Geometric art
Sketchup for architecture |
Cryptography
Blogging |
| Art | painting and textiles | Clay | sculpture |
| Design and Technology | Cooking a healthy meal
Preserving food |
Earthquake-proof structures
Electronic quiz games |
Play props |
| P.E.
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swimming
invasion games |
Gym
handball |
Cricket
biking |
| R.E. | Walk through the Bible
Christmas in the different gospels |
Islam (Five Pillars/ Holy Places) | Sikhism – Gurdwara
Christianity in the local community and beyond |
| Music | Singing | Musical theatre | Ukulele |
For maths we teach the Programmes of Study from the National Curriculum relevant to each year group. We also follow the Inspire Maths scheme which is based on the Singapore Maths Approach.