‘Bringing Learning To Life: No Limits. No Barriers.’

For further details on specific learning per year group, please refer to our learning journey maps page.

At Ocean Academy, our inclusive curriculum will challenge and nurture each child to develop a strong sense of self through a purposeful, engaging and authentic learning journey; preparing resilient and confident learners who have the knowledge, skills and cultural awareness to embrace an ever-changing world.

Our curriculum ensures the development of the knowledge, skills and qualifications required for success by ensuring that all children at Ocean Academy learn in a challenging and supportive environment through a well-developed, progressive curriculum which encourages creativity, celebrates diversity and utilises knowledge, skills and cultural experiences to become active citizens in modern Britain.

Our curriculum has been designed to:

Ocean Academy, as part of the Aspirations Academies Trust, shares a common philosophy and a distinctive approach to education. There are three guiding principles that all Aspirations Academies adhere to and are central to the curriculum:

If you wish to contact any curriculum leads to discuss any further information, please email our school office.

Curriculum Overview 2026–27

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Year 3 Curriculum Overview 2026–27
Year 3Autumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
3 Guiding Principles

Self Worth

Engagement

Purpose

8 Conditions of learning

Belonging
Fun & excitement

Heroes

Spirit of adventure
Sense of accomplishment

Curiosity & creativity

Leadership & responsibility

Confidence to take action

Whole School Power Skills

Introduction to Power Skills

Creativity

Communication

Collaboration

Critical Thinking

Character

No Limits Topic, Driving Question & AL Assignment

Time Cop: Stone Age Britain
How can we collect and present evidence of Stone Age archaeology?

Communication:
In small groups, create a floor plan of a Stone Age home and excavation site of that home. Then, present their work as a group effectively.

Water, water everywhere!
How can we find solutions to the problem of coastal erosion in Dorset?

Critical Thinking - Problem Solving
Use our understanding of structures and coastal erosion to build a coastline defence

Fantastic Forces
How can I clearly report my findings about magnetic force?

Communication:
Use communication skills to present data in a variety of ways (linking to Maths and Science).

Destination: Poole
How can we develop, improve and attract tourists to a specific area of Poole?

Collaboration & Creativity:
Apply knowledge of Poole, tourism and local issues to identify an area for improvement and come up with solutions.

Ready, Steady, Grow!
How can we investigate and present our understanding of growing and caring for plants, while exploring the wider impact of sustainable practices?

Critical Thinking - Problem Solving:
Draft, edit and redraft the back of a seed packet with instructions for the care of a plant.

Time Cop: Ancient Egypt
How does archaeological evidence shape our understanding of the Ancient Egyptians?

Collaboration & Creativity:
Create a powerpoint based on archaeologist finds in Egypt eg. Tutankhamun, hieroglyphics, pyramids etc.

Reading Lesson Text

Stig of the Dump, Stone Age Boy, DK Find Out (Non Fiction Text)
Extension Texts: Ug, The Wild Way Home

National Curriculum Focus:
Check that the text makes sense and discuss understanding of words
Retrieve and Record information from nonfiction texts
Predict what might happen from details stated
Discuss words and phrases that captures the reader's interest and imagination
Identify how structure, language and presentation continue to meaning
Justify inference using evidence

Viper Focus:
Retrieve, Summarising, Vocabulary and Inference

Oracy Focus
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume
Role play & Hot seating

The Hodgeheg, The Girl Who Became a Fish, The Wind in the Willows

National Curriculum Focus:
Check that the text makes sense and discuss understanding of words
Participation in discussions about books & poems
Identify how language contributes to meaning
Identify main ideas drawn from within one paragraph and summarise these
Playscripts
I can discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination (e.g. figurative language)

Viper Focus:
Vocabulary, Predict & Inference

Oracy Focus
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume
Discussion on plastic pollution

Leonora Bolt, Ada Twist Scientist, Troll Stinks, Sir Isaac Newton (biography)

National Curriculum Focus:
Check that the text makes sense and discuss understanding of words
Participation in discussions about books & poems
Draw inferences with evidence

Viper Focus:
Summarise, Inference, Retrieve, Predict, Explain, Vocabulary

Oracy Focus
Hot Seating - Acting out different characters
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

The Twits and Dorset Folk Tales for Children & Stone Girl, Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning of Lyme Regis

National Curriculum Focus:
Check that the text makes sense and discuss understanding of words
Participation in discussions about books & poems
Predict what might happen from details stated
I can discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination (E.g. Figurative language and its effect)
Draw inferences such as inferring characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions and justifying inferences with evidence

Viper Focus:
Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Retrieval, Summarise, Explain

Oracy Focus
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

The Boy Who Grew Dragons, It Starts with A Seed and Under the Canopy, The Wild Robot

National Curriculum Focus:
Explain the meaning of the word in context
Using dictionaries
Read aloud and perform poems using intonation, tone and volume
Participation in discussions about books & poems

Viper Focus:
Vocabulary and Inference

Oracy Focus
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

Tutankhamun (Non Fiction Text), The Legend of Osiris and Iris, Fables, Egyptian Fact File, The Boy Who Stole the Pharaoh's Lunch

National Curriculum Focus:
Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning
Retrieve and record information from non-fiction texts
Identify themes and conventions
Draw inferences with evidence
Ask questions to improve my understanding

Viper Focus:
Summarise, Inference, Retrieval and Prediction

Oracy Focus
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume
Drama and Acting

Writing

Stone Age Boy
To entertain: To write an alternative ending including a problem.

Grammar Focus
Nouns (proper, common, collective, pronoun)
Adjectives
Verbs
Compound sentences
Past Tense
Expanded Noun Phrases

Oracy Focus
Reading our writing aloud
Retelling and sharing parts of the story with one another.
Story mountains
Discussing and building character descriptions
Hot seating
Role play
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process
Link to applied learning presentations in Topic

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs: Jon Scieszka
To entertain: To retell a small section of the story and to create their own new character.

Grammar Focus
Adverbials (How, when, where the verb happens)
Using and punctuating direct speech.
Revise sentence structures (simple and multi-clause)
Past Tense

Oracy Focus
Reading our writing aloud
Retelling and sharing parts of the story with one another.
Discussing and building character descriptions
Hot seating
Role play
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process

The Day the Crayons Quit: Drew Daywalt
To persuade: A letter in the role as a piece of stationery about changing our behaviour.

Grammar Focus
Multi clause sentences (compound sentences) including coordinating conjunctions
Multi clause sentences (complex sentences) including subordinating conjunctions
Modal Verbs
Paragraphs
Expanded noun phrases
Apostrophes for contraction
Present Tense
Standard English (e.g a or an)

Oracy Focus
Persuading and debating as a stimulus for our book
Role play
Drama and acting
Hot seating
Book discussion
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process

The Twits: Roald Dahl
To entertain: To write a character description.

Grammar Focus
Prepositions (for example, before, after, during, in, because of)
Apostrophes for possession (singular)
Revise sentence structures (simple and multi-clause)
Present Perfect Tense

Oracy Focus
Reading our writing aloud
Retelling and sharing parts of the story with one another.
Discussing and building character descriptions
Hot seating
Role play
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process

The boy who grew dragons: Andy Shepherd
To inform: A letter to a friend about having a pet dragon.

Grammar Focus
Standard Forms of English
Revisions of Year 3 Grammar as required
Revisions and Proof reading corrections in own writing

Oracy Focus
Reading our writing aloud
Retelling and sharing parts of the story with one another.
Discussing and building character descriptions
Hot seating
Role play
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process

Ancient Egyptian Texts Covered in Reading Lessons
To inform: Non-chron reports on Egyptians

Grammar Focus
Revise prepositions (for example, before, after, during, in, because of)
Revise adverbials (How, when, where the verb happens)
Revise apostrophes for possession
Past Tense

Oracy Focus
Reading our writing aloud
Retelling and sharing parts of the story with one another.
Discussing and building non-chronological reports
Recalling Ancient Egyptian Facts
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process
Drama and acting
Debate
Link to presenting Egyptian presentations in Topic

Spelling

words with <aigh> and <eigh>
words with <augh>
words with /o/ spelled <a> after /w/
words with /u/ spelled <ou>
words with <ear>

words with /j/ spelled <g> <ge> and <dge>
words with /s/ spelled <c>
words ending with /s/ spelled <ce> and <se>
words ending with /z/ spelled <se> and <ze>
words ending with /m/ spelled <mb> and <mn>

words beginning with /n/ spelled <kn> and <gn>
words ending with /ul/ spelled <le>
words ending with <al>, <el>, <il> and <ol>
words ending with <our>
words ending with <et> in which /i/ is spelled <e>
words beginning with <un>

words beginning with <re>
words beginning with <dis>
words beginning with <mis>
words with <ar> <er> and <or>

words ending in <tion>
words ending with <age>
words ending with <ist>
words ending with suffixes <ed> <ing> <y> <er> <est> and <ly>

words ending with suffixes <ed> <ing> <y> <er> <est> and <ly>
words ending with <ure>
words ending with <ment>
words ending with <ous>

Maths

Place Value
Addition and Subtraction

Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication & Division

Measurement

Fractions
Measurement

Fractions
Measurement: Time and Money

Measurement: Time
Geometry
Statistics

Science (weekly)

Rocks & Fossils

Animals inc Humans

Forces and magnets

Animals inc humans

Plants
Soils

Light

History

Stone Age Britain

Local History: Poole Then and Now

Ancient Egypt

Geography

Coastal Erosion and Management

Poole in the UK (local study)

Geography including fieldwork

Religious Education

Christian Beliefs

Christian Beliefs - Advent

Sikh Beliefs

Sikh Beliefs

Sanatana Dharma (Hindu)

Sanatana Dharma (Hindu) Beliefs

Computing

Digital basics and Chromebook Skills

What is the internet? How does technology help us?

Staying Safe, searching and communicating online.

Music

Beginner Ukulele Introduction

Ukulele Development - First Access (C, G, Am and F)

Ukulele Development (3 chords Am, C G) - Shake it Off

Art

Painting - Blending colour
Peter Dorey (Dorset based artist) - Landscapes

Pencil and charcoal - shade and tone
Still life (vases)

Natural materials - shape, pattern and colour
Andy Goldsworthy - Land art

DT

Structures - 3D nets - dice.

Simple mechanisms - pop-up books

Textiles - Bookmark

STEM (Creator Space)

KNEX: Mechanical systems - flying disks - build with lego

TinkerCAD and 3D printing -

Incorporating electrical circuits

PE

Throwing and Catching Invasion games
Gymnastics

Kicking and Dribbling Invasion games
Gymnastics

Dodging and Running games
Gymnastics

Net and wall games
Gymnastics

Athletics and Outdoor Adventurous Activities
Dance

Striking and Fielding Games
Dance

MFL

Alphabet & Sounds
Greetings
Introductions; Introduction to Spain; Importance of learning a language

Countries
Numbers to 10
Feliz Navidad

Days of the week
Spanish cuisine

Months of the year
Euros & cents (identify and compare to pounds and pence)

Classroom objects
La Tomatina

Classroom commands
Links to secondary school?

PSHE

Being me in my world

Celebrating difference

Dreams and goals

Healthy me

Relationships

Changing me

RSE

Online relationships
Being safe

Respectful relationships
Caring friendships

Families and people who care for me

Being safe

Respectful relationships

Relationships and sex education

SMSC

Social
Create class charters
Conflict resolution
National Poetry Day (oracy focus)
British Values
Developing and learning together through play
Applying and voting for leadership roles

Moral
Leadership Groups
Classroom responsibilities
British Values
PSHE (Celebrating Difference)

Spiritual
Local Church Visit
Sikhism
Holi Festival

Cultural
Cultural Day
World Book Day
British Values

Moral
Building respectful and healthy relationships
British Values - importance of rules and laws
To develop Y3s responsibility as they enter Summer term.
To discuss empathy - linked to PSHE and relationships.

Social
Leadership groups
Classroom responsibilities.
Sports Day
Presenting our writing in the form of a presentation to others.
Discussing and reflecting in Newsround and PSHE lessons.
Evaluating artwork and DT projects
Transfer day and meeting Year 4 team

Safeguarding in the curriculum

Staff who can help me
Rights and Responsibilities
Democracy - having a voice and participating
Safeguarding - Healthy relationships assembly
Road Safety Assembly
ICT - Online Safety
Halloween Safety PANTs Rule

Anti-bullying week
Managing family conflict - child-centred
Bullying and how to solve it
Respectful relationships and friendship
Knife Crime Assembly
9 Protected Characteristics
Rail Safety
ICT - Online Safety

Firework Safety

Safety provided by forces (e.g. brakes)
British Values: Democracy
Respect
Keeping healthy inc. healthy eating
Online Safety Week
Safer Internet Day

Healthy choices including food choices, drug awareness and attitudes
Being a global citizen linked to racism and British Values
Mean moments vs. Bullying
Keeping healthy inc. healthy eating
Young Carers - Understanding others
Debate: Why should I be good?

Building healthy relationships
How to tackle peer pressure
Keeping safe in the sun
Rail Safety
Recap of mean moments v. bullying
Internet Safety
Water Safety
Autism Awareness - Understanding others
Debate: The use of the internet

Beach Safety
PANTs rule
Understanding age restrictions (games and apps)
Moving up and moving on
Family stereotypes
External and internal body changes
Coping with change
Online safety
Knife Crime

Trips, Visits and Enrichment
Employability focus: Gatsby 2 & 4
(Linking curriculum learning to careers)
Employability: Gatsby 5
(Encounters with employers/employees)

Ukulele Taster Sessions
School Bird Boat Project Visit

Wessex Water
Christmas Carol Performance
West African drumming workshop

Gatsby 2 & 4 - Local Church Visit

World Book Day
Cultural Day
Road Safety Workshops
Fire Safety Workshops

Careers Day
RNLI Workshop

World Music Day
Sports Day
Archaeologist & Historians Discussion in History Lessons Science Museum Visit

Year 4 Curriculum Overview 2026–27
Year 4Autumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
3 Guiding Principles

Self Worth

Engagement

Purpose

8 Conditions of learning

Belonging
Fun & excitement

Heroes

Spirit of adventure
Sense of accomplishment

Curiosity & creativity

Leadership & responsibility

Confidence to take action

Whole School Power Skills

Introduction to Power Skills

Creativity

Communication

Collaboration

Critical Thinking

Character

No Limits Topic, Driving Question & AL Assignment

Electricity
How can we use our knowledge of electricity and circuits to solve a problem?

Critical Thinking - Problem Solving:
Investigating insulators and conductors to create an electrical game

Destination: Italy
How can we present a persuasive argument to encourage potential tourists to visit Italy?

Communication & Creativity:
‘Come and visit Italy’ TV presentation to others

Timecop: Romans in Britain
How can we collate work to design a new Roman exhibition for Poole Museum?

Collaboration:
Design a Romans exhibition for a museum in pairs, considering the importance of artefacts in explaining Roman life in Britain.

Extreme Survivors

How can we solve survival problems using our knowledge of volcanoes ?

Critical Thinking - Problem Solving & Creativity:
Create a comic strip which demonstrates a solution for surviving a volcanic eruption.

Time Cop: Ancient Greece and its legacy
To what extent can we rely on archaeology to understand Ancient Greek civilisation?

Collaboration & Creativity:
In small groups create a Ancient Greek style play about one of the legacies of Ancient Greece.

Wanted: Scientists!
How can we clearly explain our understanding about what happens to food after we swallow it?

Communication:
Create diary entry in role of a piece of food travelling through the digestive system.

Reading Lesson Text

Marcus Rashford information text (non fiction)
Chocolate Cake (poetry)
The Worst Witch (fiction)
Thomas Edison (non-fiction)
Marie Curie (non-fiction)

National Curriculum Focus:
Retrieve and record information (Thomas Edison)
Draw and justifying inferences with evidence clearly taken from the text (Marie Curie)
Retrieve and record information (The Worst Witch - Chapter 1)
Draw and justifying inferences with evidence clearly taken from the text (The Worst Witch - Chapter 2)
Recognise different forms of poetry (Chocolate Cake)
Identify how structure and presentation contribute to meaning (Marcus Rashford)

Viper Focus:
Retrieval
Inference,
Sequencing (Chocolate Cake)
Explain (Marcus Rashford)

Oracy Focus:
Presenting poem - Chocolate Cake
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

Italy (non-fiction)
Remembrance information text (non-fiction)
Paddington (fiction)
Talking Turkeys (poetry)
Oliver Twist (fiction)

National Curriculum Focus:
Discussing and explaining the meaning of words (Oliver Twist)
Recognise different forms of poetry (Talking Turkeys)
Identify themes (Talking Turkeys)
Retrieve and record information (Remembrance Day)
Identify how structure and presentation contribute to meaning (Italy)

Viper Focus:
Vocabulary
Sequence (Paddington)
Summarise (Paddington)

Oracy Focus
Presenting poem - Talking Turkeys
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

A Gladiator Stole My Lunch Box (fiction)
Roman Britain (non-fiction)
Boudicca information text (non-fiction)
If (poetry)

National Curriculum Focus:
Retrieve and record information (A Gladiator Stole My Lunchbox / Roman Britain)
Draw and justify inferences with evidence from the text (A Gladiator Stole My Lunchbox)
Discussing and explaining the meaning of words (Boudicca Information Text)
Recognise and perform different types of poetry (If)

Viper Focus:
Vocabulary
Retrieval
Inference

Oracy Focus
Presenting poem - If
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

Ice trap: Shackleton's Incredible Expedition (fiction)
Learners’ Labyrinth – Non-Fiction Texts: Polar Bears, Penguins, Deserts, Rivers (non-fiction)
The Abominables (fiction)
Majesty of Spring (poetry)

National Curriculum Focus:
Retrieve and record information (The Abominables)
Identify how structure and presentation contribute to meaning (Learners' Labyrinth)
Draw and justify inferences with evidence from the text (Majesty of Spring)
Recognise and perform different types of poetry (Majesty of Spring)

Viper Focus:
Sequencing (Ice Trap)
Sequencing (The Abominables)

Oracy Focus
Presenting poem - Majesty of Spring
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (fiction)
Revolting Rhyme - Red Riding Hood (poetry)
A Greek Myth (fiction)
Beasts of Olympus: Beastkeeper (fiction)

National Curriculum Focus:
Draw and justify inferences with evidence from the text (The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe)
Identifying main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarising these (Greek Myth)
Predicting what might happen from details stated and implied (Beasts of Olympus)
Asking questions to improve my understanding of a text with increasing complexity (The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe)
Performing Playscripts (Links to the Ancient Greeks)

Viper Focus:
Inference
Predict
Explain (Red Riding Hood)
Summarise (Greek Myth)

Oracy Focus
Presenting poem - Revolting Rhymes - Red Riding Hood
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

How to Train your Dragon (fiction)
The Dentist and the Crocodile (poem)
Butterfly Lion (fiction)
Adventures of Isobel (poetry)
Women in Science extract (non-fiction)

National Curriculum Focus:
Draw and justify inferences with evidence from the text (How to train your dragon)
Recognise and perform different types of poetry (The Dentist and the Crocodile)
Draw and justify inferences with evidence from the text (Butterfly Lion)
Record and retrieve information (Adventures of Isobel)
Identify how structure and presentation contribute to meaning (Women in Science)

Viper Focus:
Explain (Butterfly Lion)
Inference
Retrieval

Oracy Focus
Presenting poem - Adventures of Isobel
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

Writing

Thomas Edison - Nonfiction Text
To inform
Biography

Grammar Focus
Simple sentences
Using a range of co-ordinating conjunctions
Using a range of subordinating conjunctions
Standard and non-standard English
Commas in a list
Use paragraphs or sections to organise and structure according to purpose and audience
To evaluate and edit by proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary

Oracy Focus
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process
Reading speeches aloud

The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan

To entertain
Character description
Setting description
1st person short story

Grammar Focus
Using a range of subordinating conjunctions
Use paragraphs or sections to organise and structure according to purpose and audience
Adverbs expressing time, place and cause
Apostrophes for contraction and possession

Oracy Focus
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process
Discussions to build up characters and setting descriptions

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K Rowling

To inform
A non-chronological report
A newspaper article
Instruction writing

Grammar Focus
Choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion
Using a range of subordinating conjunctions
Use past tense verb forms accurately
Use past perfect verb forms accurately
Use paragraphs or sections to organise and structure according to purpose and audience
Imperative verbs

Oracy Focus
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process

Ice Trap: Shackleton's Incredible Expedition by Meredith Hooper

To entertain
Diary entries from the point of view of different characters

Grammar Focus
Use fronted adverbials (including commas to punctuate them)
Use perfect tense verb forms accurately
To evaluate and edit by proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary

Oracy Focus
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process
Hot seating characters

The Olympic Games – are they worth it?

To persuade
Letters to different recipients

Grammar Focus
Use paragraphs or sections to organise and structure according to purpose and audience
Revisions of Year 4 Grammar as required (including use of a different sentence structures)

Oracy Focus
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process
Play script practice and performances

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

To entertain
Dialogue between characters
3rd person short story

Grammar Focus
Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech
Apostrophes for plural possessions
Use past progressive verb forms accurately

Oracy Focus
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process
Role play - discussion between characters

Spelling

words with elision
words with /s/ spelled <sc>
words with /ch/ spelled <t>
words with /k/ spelled <ch>
words with /sh/ spelled <ch>
words with /s/ spelled <st>
words with /i/ spelled <y>

words with /ar/, /or/ and /a/ spelled <al>
words with /g/ spelled <gh> or <gu>
words ending with <gue> or <que>
words ending with /ae/ spelled <et>
words with <ain>
words beginning with <de>

words beginning with <pre>
words beginning with <pro>
words beginning with <il>. <im>, <in> and <ir>
words beginning with <inter>
words beginning with <over> and <super>
words beginning with <sub> and <under>

words beginning with <e> and <ex>
words beginning with <anti> and <auto>
multi-syllable words with doubled consonants
words beginning with <o> and <es>
words beginning with <ic>
words beginning with <ness>

words beginning with <ship>
words beginning with <ee> and <eer>
words ending with <ive>
words ending with <ian>
words ending with <ation>
words ending with <sion> in which /zh/ is spelled <si>

words ending with <sion>, <ssion> and <tion>
words meaning 'one'
words meaning ‘two’ and ‘three’
words with <dec>, <cent>, <kilo> and <milli>
words with <circ> and <cycl>

Maths

Place Value

Addition, subtraction and multiplication

Division and fractions

Decimals, measures, perimeter and area

Money and time

Statistics, Properties of shape, position and direction

Science (weekly)

Electricity

Sound

States of Matter

States of Matter

Living Things and Their Habitats

Animals incl. Humans

History

Iron Age

Roman Britain

Ancient Greece and Theatre as a historical theme

Geography

Europe: Italy

Mountains & Volcanoes

Geography: Fieldwork

Religious Education

Jewish Beliefs

Jewish Beliefs

Christian Beliefs

Christian Beliefs

Islamic beliefs

Islamic Beliefs

Computing

Online Communication and Digital Behaviour

Technology makes decisions and spotting fake information.

Password Security and Digital Footprints

Music

First Access - Ukulele

Creating Music through Technology - Charanga - YouStudio

Ukulele Performance skills - Counting Stars

Art

Paint - colour & emotion
Picasso - expressionism

Pencil - crosshatch, stipple, scribble, circle hatch
Animal portraits

Clay - balling, rolling, pinching, coiling
Barbara Hepworth & Henry Moore - Natural sculptures

DT

Food technology - Pizza

Structures - Photo frame

Mechanisms-hinges

STEM (Creator Space)

KNEX: Building and testing a golf club to complete a set criteria

TinkerCAD and 3D printing -

Incorporating electrical circuits -

PE

Throwing and Catching Invasion games
Gymnastics

Kicking and Dribbling Invasion games
Gymnastics

Dodging and Running games
Gymnastics

Net and wall games
Gymnastics

Athletics and Outdoor Adventurous Activities
Swimming and Dance

Striking and Fielding Games
Swimming and Dance

MFL

Age; Numbers to 20
Spanish-speaking countries across the world

Numbers to 30
Day of the Dead (Mexican celebration)

Seasons & Weather
Spanish artists

Colours; Euros & Cent (counting and making whole amounts)

Body parts
San Juan (Saint John's Day)

Common words
Job opportunities with the Spanish language

PSHE

Being me in my world
*Spiritual: Reflective about own beliefs
*Cultural: Appreciation of the influences around them

Celebrating difference

Dreams and goals

Healthy me

Relationships

Changing me

RSE

Online relationships
Being safe

Respectful relationships
Caring friendships

Families and people who care for me

Being safe

Respectful relationships

Relationships and sex education

SMSC

Social
Create class charters
Conflict resolution
Applying and voting for leadership roles
National Poetry Day (oracy focus)

Cultural
Judaism visitor
Christmas carols to parents
Remembrance Day - minute silence
Children in Need

Moral
PSHE: Setting goals
Online Safety - making the right choice

Spiritual
Exploring Christian beliefs through RE and Church visit
Exploring the observation of Ramadan

Social
Understanding the role of Wessex Water
Understanding the role of RNLI volunteers
Developing knowledge of different careers

Spiritual
Exploring Islamic beliefs through RE

Safeguarding in the curriculum

Staff who can help me
Rights and Responsibilities
Democracy - having a voice and participating
Kitchen Safety
Electrical safety
Halloween safety

Firework safety

Anti-bullying week
Road Safety
Kitchen Safety

Online Safety - Internet Safety Day

Being safe whilst on trips, including residentials.
Drugs and alcohol awareness
Keeping healthy including healthy eating
How to tackle peer pressure

Building healthy relationships
Online safety - who to go to go for help
How to tackle peer pressure
Keeping healthy including tooth care
Keeping safe in the sun
Beach Safety (RNLI)
Water Safety (swimming)

Understanding consent
Understanding age restrictions (games and apps)
Moving up and moving on
Family stereotypes
External and internal body changes
Coping with change
Online safety

Trips, Visits and Enrichment
Employability focus: Gatsby 2 & 4
(Linking curriculum learning to careers)
Employability: Gatsby 5
(Encounters with employers/employees)

Hengistbury Head

Gatsby 2 & 4 - Judaism visitor
Christmas Carol Performance

Gatsby 2 & 4 - First Access Music

Gatsby 5 - Visit to local church
Hooke Court Residential
Cultural Day
World Book Day
Gatsby 2 & 4 - First Access Music
Gatsby 2 & 4 - Road Safety Visitor (BCP council)
Fire Safety Visit

Gatsby 2 & 4 - Wessex Water visit
Gatsby 2. 4 and 5 - RNLI visit

World Music Day
Sports Day
Careers afternoon

Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2026–27
Year 5Autumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
3 Guiding Principles

Self Worth

Engagement

Purpose

8 Conditions of learning

Belonging
Fun & excitement

Heroes

Spirit of adventure
Sense of accomplishment

Curiosity & creativity

Leadership & responsibility

Confidence to take action

Whole School Power Skills

Introduction to Power Skills

Creativity

Communication

Collaboration

Critical Thinking

Character

No Limits Topic, Driving Question & AL Assignment

Destination: South America (Rainforests)
Can we use evidence to clearly debate our opinions about deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest?

Communication:
Debate about deforestation and global warming

Timecop: Ancient Maya
What can archaeological evidence tell us about the lives, beliefs, and achievements of Ancient Mayans?

Communication & Creativity:
Create the exhibit for a living museum

Rocketman: Fly me to the moon!
How can we design, develop and refine a rocket which will defy the laws of gravity?

Critical Thinking - Problem Solving:
Design and create a water rocket

Rocketman: Life on Mars
How can we take on specific roles in a group to demonstrate our understanding of the solar system?

Collaboration & Creativity:
Create a television programme about space

Wateraid
How can we apply our scientific knowledge to help find solutions to water problems around the world and explain them clearly?

Communication & Critical thinking - Problem Solving:
Pitch to a board

Timecop: Invaders or Settlers?
How can we use evidence to decide whether the Vikings were bloodthirsty invaders or civilised settlers?

Critical Thinking - Problem Solving
Debate with a focus on constructing an argument supported by researched information

Reading Lesson Text

Ocelots non-fiction text
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - JK Rowling
A Dangerous Game - Malorie Blackman
Macbeth extract (witches scenes) - William Shakespeare

National Curriculum Focus:
Identify and discussing themes and conventions in writing
Make comparisons within a book (Harry Potter)
Prepare plays to read aloud (Macbeth)
Discuss words and phrases that captures the reader's interest and imagination

Viper Focus:
Retrieve, Infer, Predict

Oracy Focus
Presenting playscript - Macbeth extract
Poetry Day - Performance to parents
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

Hero Twins myth
In Flanders Fields poem - John McCrae
Spinner by - Gwen Dunn
Puja information text
The Dreamsnatcher - Abi Elphinstone

National Curriculum Focus:
Prepare poems to read aloud and to perform (Spinner)
Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives
In increasingly complex texts be able to predict
Distinguish between statements of fact and opinion (Puja)

Viper Focus:
Vocabulary, Explain, Inference, Predict

Oracy Focus
Presenting poem - Spinners, In Flanders Fields
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

The River - Valerie Bloom
When the Sky Falls - Phil Earle
War Horse - Michael Morpurgo

National Curriculum Focus:
Identify and discussing themes and conventions in writing (When the Sky Falls)
Prepare poems to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone and volume (The River)
Checking that the text makes sense to me, discussing my understanding, of words and explore the meaning of words in context
Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions and justifying inferences with evidence

Viper Focus:
Vocabulary, Retrieve, Inference, Summarise

Oracy Focus
Presenting poem - The River
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

Tim Peake biography
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis
Kensuke's Kingdom - Michael Morpurgo

National Curriculum Focus:
Discuss and evaluate how authors use language
Distinguish between statements of fact and opinion
Retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction texts
Identify and discussing themes and conventions in writing

Viper Focus:
Explain, Inference, Summarise

Oracy Focus
Presenting Diaries - Kensuke's Kingdom
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

Rivers of the World non-fiction text
Night Mail poem - WH Auden
The Shark Caller - Zillah Bethell

National Curriculum Focus:
Prepare poems to read aloud and to perform
Asking questions to improve my understanding of complex texts
Make comparisons within a book
Recommending books that I have read to my peers

Viper Focus:
Retrieve, Explain, Summarise

Oracy Focus
Presenting poem - Night Mail
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

Eyewitness Viking - DK
The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
Beowulf poem snippet and non-fiction summary
We Refugees - Benjamin Zephaniah
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame

National Curriculum Focus:
Distinguish between statements of fact and opinion
Retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction texts
Prepare poems to read aloud and to perform

Viper Focus:
Retrieve, Explain, Predict

Oracy Focus
Presenting poem - Beowulf, We Refugees
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

Writing Purpose

To Entertain

To Entertain

To Inform

To Persuade

To Entertain

To Inform

English

To Entertain
Revising sentence types
Including conversation and dialogue writing

Grammar Focus
Simple sentences
Multi clause (compound sentences) including coordinating conjunctions
Multi clause (complex sentences) including subordinating conjunctions
Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech

Oracy Focus
Reading our writing aloud
Retelling and sharing parts of the story with one another.
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process

To Entertain
Setting descriptions
3rd person short stories
Diary entries

Grammar Focus
Expanded Noun Phrases including Identifying and selecting determiners.
Fronted Adverbials including using adverbials of time to link ideas across paragraphs
Tense Consistency / Apostrophes for contraction

Oracy Focus
Reading our writing aloud
Retelling and sharing parts of the story with one another.
Discussing and building setting descriptions
Role play
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process

To Inform
Factfiles
Explanations

Grammar Focus
Commas to clarify meaning, enable pauses in sentences or avoid ambiguity.
Begin to use punctuation for parenthesis: brackets, commas, dashes.

Oracy Focus
Reading our writing aloud
Practising explanations aloud to each other
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process

To Persuade
Adverts
Arguments
Formal Letters

Grammar Focus
Using semi-colons to mark boundaries between clauses
Indicate degrees of possibility using adverbs e.g. perhaps, surely; and modal verbs e.g. might, should, must.
Choose vocabulary and grammar to suit formal and informal writing, with guidance.

Oracy Focus
Reading our writing aloud
Performing adverts
Debating practice and development
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process

To Entertain
Character descriptions
1st person short stories

Grammar Focus
Understand ‘relative clause’ which begins with relative pronouns: who, which, where, when, whose.
Integrating dialogue to advance the action

Oracy Focus
Reading our writing aloud
Retelling and sharing parts of the story with one another.
Discussing and building character descriptions
Role play
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process

To Inform
Product reviews
Biography
Newspapers

Grammar Focus
Colons / Colons to introduce a list
Apostrophes for possession
Passive Verbs to affect the presentation of a sentence
Oracy Focus
Reading our writing aloud
Retelling and sharing parts of a life story with one another.
Role play
Reading and sharing writing to our partner through the editing process

Oracy

Debate: Deforestation is necessary to maintain the lifestyle of the current population of the world. It can't and shouldn't be stopped.

Discussion: What did the discovery of Chichen Itza teach historians about the Ancient Maya?
Debate: Which God do you think was most important to the Maya?
Presenting: Creating and communicating information learnt about the Mayans as a living museum to a different year group or parents.
Poetry day - performance to parents
Christmas singing songs and performance

Explaining our designs and justifying the design decisions we have made

Presenting television programmes, recorded in front of green screens

Presenting pitches to the board for their solution to a water problem
Debate: Children from Year 5 upwards should be able to use their mobile phones in class to support their learning.

Debate: Were Vikings civilised settlers or bloodthirsty invaders?

Spelling

words with /oo/ and /yoo/ spelled <eu>
words with /ee/ spelled <ei> and <ie>
words with /w/ spelled <u>
words with /r/ spelled <rh> and <wr>
words with /k/+/s/ spelled <cc> and <xc>
words ending with /n/ spelled <gn>

words ending with <re>
words ending with <the>
words ending with <i+consonant+e> in which /i/ is spelled <i>
words ending with <ine> in which /ee/ is spelled <i>
words beginning with <fore>

words beginning with <ab>
words beginning with <com> and <con>
multi-syllable words ending with <l>
words ending with <ice> and <ise> in which /ie/ is spelled /i/
words ending with <ette>
words ending with <ty>

adjectives ending with <ant> and <ent>
nouns ending with <ant> and <ent>
words ending with <ically>
words ending with <ual>
words ending with <ually>
words ending with <able> and <ible>

words ending with <ary>, <ery> and <ory>
words ending with <eous> and <ious>
words with <meter> and <metr>
words with <mal>
words with <ject>
words with <man>
words with <fin>

words with <trans>
words with <form>
words with <graph>
words with <port>
words with <scrib> and <scrip>
words with <vis>

Maths

Place Value
Addition and Subtraction
Problem Solving

Statistics
Short and Long Multiplication
Measuring Length and Finding Perimeter

Short Division, remainders & problems
Equivalent fractions, comparing, ordering,
Converting decimals, fractions & percentages

Adding, subtracting & multiplying fractions
Working with decimals
Reading scales and converting between units of measure, plus intro to ratio.

Angle measuring and calculating
Properties of 2D and 3D shapes
Coordinates, translation

Revision of issues from the year
Introductions to algebra, percentages and long division

Science (weekly)

Living things and their habitats

Changes of Materials (Separating mixtures & dissolving)

Forces

Oracy Focus
Explaining our designs and justifying the design decisions we have made

Earth and Space

Oracy Focus
Presenting television programmes, recorded in front of green screens

Properties of Materials (insulators, conductors etc) and revision of changes

Animals incl. Humans
(also taught through RSE)

History

Ancient Maya

Oracy Focus
Discussion: What did the discovery of Chichen Itza teach historians about the Ancient Maya?
Debate: Which God do you think was most important to the Maya?
Presenting: Creating and communicating information learnt about the Mayans as a living museum to a different year group or parents.

Local History - Smuggling in Poole

Anglo Saxons & Vikings in Britain up to 1066

Oracy Focus
Debate: Were Vikings civilised settlers or bloodthirsty invaders?

Geography

South America: Brazil (Amazon Rainforest)

Oracy Focus
Debate: Deforestation is necessary to maintain the lifestyle of the current population of the world. It can't and shouldn't be stopped.

Geography: Fieldwork

Rivers and the water cycle

Oracy Focus
Presenting pitches to the board for their solution to a water problem

Religious Education

Christian Practices

Christian Practices

Sikh Practices

Sikh Practices

Sanatana Dharma (Hindu) Practices

Sanatana Dharma (Hindu) Practices

Computing

Research Skills - Comparing Sources

Fake news, Media Literacy & Introduction to AI.

Online Identity, Reputation, Privacy and Data.

Music

Creating music in a digital world.

Ukulele development - (Ho Hey - The Lumineers)

Ukulele performance- (Walk the Moon - Shut up and Dance)

Art

Paint - Tint, shade and tone
Chiaroscuro artists - Still life

Pencil - Proportional drawing (faces)
Frida Kahlo - Self-portraits

Collage - Variety of materials to deliver a message
Hannah Hoch - Photo and text montage

DT

Structures - Bridges

Textiles - bag

Mechanisms - pulley systems

STEM (Creator Space)

KNEX: Building and testing a car to complete a set criteria

TinkerCAD and 3D printing -

Incorporating electrical circuits -

PE

Throwing and Catching Invasion games
Gymnastics

Kicking and Dribbling Invasion games
Gymnastics

Dodging and Running games
Gymnastics

Net and wall games
Gymnastics

Athletics and Outdoor Adventurous Activities
Dance

Striking and Fielding Games
Dance

MFL

Family
Spanish towns & locations

Places
Semana Santa (Holy Week)

Numbers to 50
Spanish musicians

Clothes
Euros & Cent (paying totals and receiving change)

Hobbies
El día de los Inocentes

Food & Drink
Native speaker?

PSHE

Being me in my world

Celebrating difference

Dreams and goals

Healthy me

Relationships

Changing me

RSE

Online relationships
Being safe

Respectful relationships
Caring friendships

Families and people who care for me

Planetarium - Awe and Wonder / Spirituality

Respectful relationships

Relationships and sex education

SMSC

Moral
Debating the positive and negative impacts of deforestation on our world and what we believe is the right thing to do in Geography.
By exploring what is right and wrong and to work out what we need to do in our School and local community to make sure everyone thrives in PSHE and in our class charters.
Belonging week, creating class culture within our 4 behaviour values, leadership voting

Cultural
Remembrance Day, Anti-Bullying week, Children in Need, Carol singing, Music performances, Christmas celebrations.
Exploring the meaning of culture and how this builds a civilisation eg. Pok-ta-Pok in History.

Cultural
Exploring the development of scientific theories in both Europe and the UK

Spirituality
By exploring the historical relationship between science and religious belief in Science.
Visiting the planetarium opens up questions about the size of the universe and how it might have been formed in Science.
Exploring Sikhi in RE.

Moral
When learning about water problems around the world, reflecting on our moral obligation to help others who are less fortunate

Social
Considering questions about social structure in the past eg. Danelaw in History.
Links with the wider community, Sports Afternoon, Music busk

Safeguarding in the curriculum

Staff who can help me
Rights and Responsibilities
Democracy - having a voice and participating

Types of bullying and managing them
How to tackle peer pressure
Firework safety
Anti-bullying week

Online safety

Dangerous substances and age restrictions
Smoking and alcohol
Anti-social behaviour
Relationships with food
Keeping healthy inc. healthy eating
Fire safety
Sun safety (linked to science work on sun and shadows)

Understanding consent
Understanding age restrictions (games and apps)
Online safety (CEOP)

Puberty and Feelings
Conception
Self image
Body image
Coping with change

Trips, Visits and Enrichment
Employability focus: Gatsby 2 & 4
(Linking curriculum learning to careers)
Employability: Gatsby 5
(Encounters with employers/employees)

Lighthouse Poole Performance - Armonico Consort Choir
Gatsby 2 & 4 - Visit to Marwell Zoo, study of tropical environments
Gatsby 5 - Debating deforestation
Church trip

Living Museum creation and delivery
Gatsby 2 & 4 - Visit Local church
Christmas Carol Performance

Gatsby 2&4 - Design cycle (rockets)
Gatsby 5 - AFC Bournemouth visit, healthy schools

Gatsby 2 & 4 - Planetarium visit, exploring careers involved in STEM
Gatsby 5 - Fire Safety Visit
Cultural Day
World Book Day
Road Safety Workshops

Gatsby 2 & 4 - Wessex Water visit
Bikeability
Careers afternoon
RNLI

Viking experience at school
World Music Day
Sports Day

Year 6 Curriculum Overview 2026–27
Year 6Autumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
3 Guiding Principles

Self Worth

Engagement

Purpose

8 Conditions of learning

Belonging
Fun & excitement

Heroes

Spirit of adventure
Sense of accomplishment

Curiosity & creativity

Leadership & responsibility

Confidence to take action

Whole School Power Skills

Introduction to Power Skills

Creativity

Communication

Collaboration

Critical Thinking

Character

No Limits Topic, Driving Question & AL Assignment

Earthquakes
How can we research and analyse information to explain the types of plate boundaries and their impact?

Communication:
Articulate your understanding of earthquakes and what could be put in place to make living near fault lines safer

Timecop: World War Two
How can we investigate and use evidence from World War Two to compare how our world has changed over time and the lessons might we learn for the future?

Communication & Creativity:
Short performance pieces which demonstrate a changing theme of history over time, inspired by the key details of WW2

Evolution and inheritance
How can we use careful researching to categorise an animal based on their evolutionary traits?

Critical Thinking - Problem Solving:
Categorise a given unusual animal based on its traits and justify why they think it is that animal

Timecop: The English Civil War
How can I respond to opinions and persuade others to agree with mine when debating the English Civil War?

Communication:
Debate 'Was Oliver Cromwell protecting democracy or stealing the throne? Having prepared questions and answers

Enterprise: Make £5 grow
How can we develop a successful business plan to make profit from an initial investment?

Critical Thinking - Problem Solving & Creativity:
Sell their products to parents to make money for their end of term treats

Trade & Economics
How can we teach others how the global system of trade works?

Collaboration & Creativity:
Use knowledge and understanding of trade in the US to create a card game in small groups relating to trade

Reading Lesson Text

The Alps fact-file (non-fiction)
Tsunami Information Text (non-fiction)
The Railway Children - Edith Nesbit
Boy in the Girls' Bathroom - EXT

National Curriculum Focus:
Explain and discuss my understanding of what I have read, including through presentations (The Alps, Tsunami)
Fiction from our literary heritage (Railway Children)

Viper Focus:
Inference, including justifying conclusions about characters, using evidence from the text (Railway Children, Boy in Girls' Bathroom)
Language and how it contributes to meaning / Authorial intention in word choices (Railway Children)

Oracy Focus
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

Secrets of the Staffroom (fiction)
The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
Bob Marley Biography (non-fiction)

Benjamin Zephaniah - Talking Turkeys (poem)
Michael Morpurgo - Friend or Foe - EXT
Michael Morpurgo - War Horse

Remembrance Day Information Text (non-fiction)

National Curriculum Focus:
Themes and conventions - discuss and compare characters (Friend or Foe)
Make comparisons across books - events, issues (Friend or Foe compared to Warhorse - same author)
Participate in discussions about books that are read to me (Friend or Foe)
Summarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph (Bob Marley)

Viper Focus:
Inference, including justifying predictions and conclusions about events and actions of characters (Friend or Foe)
Inference, including justifying conclusions about characters, using evidence from the text (Secrets of Staffroom)
Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language (The Hobbit)
Retrieval (Bob Marley)

Oracy Focus
Poetry: Tyger - William Blake
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

The Legend of Podkin One-Ear - Kieran Larwood
Holes - EXT
Beethoven's Hard Life (non-fiction)
Jabberwocky - Lewis Carroll (poetry)
Revision: SATS Practice Papers

National Curriculum Focus:
Facts and Opinions (Beethoven's Hard Life)
Learning a range of poetry by heart (Jabberwocky)
Themes and Conventions in Writing (Holes)
Make comparisons within books (Holes)
Books that are structured in different ways (Holes - use of flashbacks in some chapters)
Make comparisons across books (Boy in Girls' Bathroom compared to Holes - same author)

Viper Focus:
Inference, including providing reasoned justification, using evidence from the text (Podkin One-Ear, Holes)
Identify how language contributes to meaning (Jabberwocky)

Oracy Focus
Poetry: Invictus - William Ernest Henley
Guided Reading Lessons: Monday prediction, Tuesdays reading partners and Wednesday intonation, tone and volume

Revision: SATS Practice Papers
My Shadow - Robert Louis Stevenson (poetry)
Charles Darwin Biography (non-fiction)
The Evolution of an Idea (non-fiction)
Holes - EXT

National Curriculum Focus:
Fiction from our literary heritage (Treasure Island)
Make comparisons across books (Boy in Girls' Bathroom compared to Holes - same author)

Viper Focus:
Inference, including justifying conclusions about characters, using evidence from the text (Boy in Girls' Bathroom)
Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language (Treasure Island)
Authorial intent, Summaries and Structure of text (The Evolution of an idea)
Language and how contributes to meaning, Impression of personality, Author's opinion (My Shadow)

Oracy Focus
Debate: King Charles I had the divine right of kings and, therefore, was wrongly executed
Poetry: The lost words: Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris

Revision: SATS Practice Papers
Clockwork - Philip Pullman - EXT
Siberian Tiger Fact Guide (non-fiction)

National Curriculum Focus:
Ask specific questions to improve my understanding (Clockwork)
Traditional Stories (Clockwork)

Viper Focus:
Inference, including justifying predictions and conclusions about events and actions of characters (Clockwork)
Retrieval (Siberian Tiger)
Language and how contributes to meaning (Siberian Tiger)

The Short and Bloody History of Pirates - John Farman (non-fiction)
The Great Lizards - Dave Calder (poem)
Matt Goodfellow - The Final Year - EXT

National Curriculum Focus:
Books written in different voices (The Final Year)
Listen, read and discuss as fiction / books structured in different ways (The Final Year)
Participate in discussions about books that are read to me (The Final Year)
Perform my compositions to a range of audiences (Great Lizards, and own work)

Playscripts - Year 6 Production

Viper Focus:
Inference, including justifying conclusions about characters, using evidence from the text (The Final Year)

Oracy Focus:
Rehearse and Perform Year 6 Production

Writing purpose & focus text / English

To inform: guide; newspaper report; non-chronological report

Grammar Focus
Multi clause sentences including coordinating conjunctions (within SPAG lessons)
Multi clause sentences including subordinating conjunctions (within SPAG lessons)
Fronted adverbials
Informal vs. formal
Using modal verbs or adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility
Use of the passive to affect the presentation of information in a sentence
Parenthesis

Oracy Focus
Performing Invictus - William Ernest Henley

To describe and entertain: diary; flashback; letter

Grammar Focus
Using semicolons, colons or dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses
Using hyphens to avoid ambiguity
Revise similes and metaphors. Introducing personification
Using a colon to introduce a list
Revision of previous SPAG

Oracy Focus
Performing The Tyger - William Blake
Reciting a variety of poems

To persuade: creating an advert for Camp Green Lake; letter writing; debating whether school uniform should be banned

Grammar Focus
Figurative language - oxymoron, hyperbole
Using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied (i.e. omitted) relative pronoun
Recognising vocabulary and structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing, including subjunctive forms
Ellipses

Oracy Focus
Debating whether school uniform should be banned

Various purposes: Building a writing anthology of different genres

Writing to Describe
Pandora - Setting Description

Writing to Entertain
Wolfblood - Dialogue to Enhance Characterisation

Writing to Inform
Review of Talent show
Sandwich Recipe

Oracy Focus
Performing a selection from The Lost Words - Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris

Various purposes: Building a writing anthology of different genres

Writing to Describe
Character Description

Writing to Entertain
Mystery Narrative
Conversation Piece

Writing to Persuade
Argument - Should homework be banned

Writing to Inform
Guide - Looking after a Miptor

Oracy Focus
Debate: All businesses should be made by law to donate a minimum of 10% of their income to charity.

Various purposes: Building a writing anthology of different genres

Writing to Entertain
Sailor diary

Writing to inform
Global transportation of goods - Non-chronological report

Writing to Persuade
Should Zoos be Banned?

Oracy Focus
Debate: Using animals as a form of entertainment like zoos, circus acts and theme parks should not be allowed and all of the animals should be freed from captivity to the open wild.

Performance: Year 6 end of year show

Spelling

Basic Homophones
Words beginning ad...
Words beginning a... (different consonant)
Words beginning su...
Words ending in ...ate
Heteronyms ending in ...ate
Words ending in -ibly, -ably

Words ending in -ise
Words ending in -cious, -tious
Words ending in -tial, -cial
Words ending in -ent / -ence
Words ending in -ant / -ance
Words ending in -sure, -ture
Words ending in -ally

Words ending in -ing / -ed / -er / -est, including when to double consonant
Words ending -ous, -ious
Words ending in -tion, -ation
Words ending in -sion, -ssion
Words containing sc
Words containing ei, eigh, ey

Words ending in -ible, -able
Words ending in -gue, -que
Words containing ch as k or sh
Words containing ough or ou
Words containing silent letters

Words containing 'i' spelt 'y'
Words beginning with Dis / Mis / Re prefix
Words containing 'fer'
Words ending in -ary
Words ending in -ism

Words containing spec, spect, spic
Words containing cede, ceed, cess
Words containing mise, miss, mit

Maths

Place Value
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication and division
Fractions

Fractions
Shape: Position and direction
Properties of shape / Geometry

Ratio
Algebra
Decimals
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Measure: converting units
Perimeter, area and volume
Statistics

Revision
Problem solving

Life Skills Maths - Budgeting, Salaries, Best value shopping
Preparation for Secondary School, incl calculator work - Pi, Powers, Factorials, Square Root, Graphing Equations

Science

Living things and habitats

Light

Evolution and inheritance

Electricity

Animals including humans

Revision of science taught in years 3, 4, 5 and 6

History

Beyond 1066: World War Two

Local History Study: English Civil War

Local History - Trade triangle including links to Victorians

Geography

Plate boundaries and earthquakes

Geography: Fieldwork

Geography: Trade and global commerce

Trade and global commerce

Religious Education

Christian Practices - Parables

Christian Practices

Humanist Beliefs and Practices

Humanist Beliefs and Practices

Islamic Practices

Islamic Practices (Hajj)

Computing

Online safety (4)
Assignment: video editing software

Create a digital presentation using Google Slides (3)
Assignment: Using Google slides for earthquakes presentation

Coding with microbit (3)

Music

Develop our singing voice whilst learning more chords on ukulele (Count on Me - Bruno Mars)

Creating a track using digital technology using multiple instruments for a purpose.

Ukulele development for performance. (Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver)

Art

Paint - blending, colour for a purpose, tint/shade/tone
Renaissance, Impressionism, Pop Art - self-selection

Clay - using tools to carve
Clay tiles

Pencil - Proportional drawing (bodies)
Disney - cartoon animation

DT

Food technology

Mechanical - Moving toy (cams)

Mechanical - Moving toy (cams) continued
Assignment: Creating products to sell (structures and food technology)

STEM (Creator Space)

KNEX: Bridging the gap to match a set criteria

TinkerCAD and 3D printing -

Incorporating electrical circuits

PE

Throwing and Catching Invasion games
Gymnastics

Kicking and Dribbling Invasion games
Gymnastics

Dodging and Running games
Gymnastics

Net and wall games
Gymnastics

Athletics and Outdoor Adventurous Activities
Dance

Striking and Fielding Games
Dance

MFL

Animals
Spanish landmarks

Transport
Nochevieja/El día de Reyes

Numbers to 100
Spanish literature

Time
Popular culture

Revision
Euros & Cent (exchange rates)

Holiday & Beach
Magna secondary link

PSHE

Being me in my world

Celebrating difference

Dreams and goals

Healthy me

Relationships

Changing me

RSE

Online relationships
Being safe

Respectful relationships
Caring friendships

Families and people who care for me

Being safe

Respectful relationships

Relationships and sex education

SMSC

Moral
Creating class behaviour charters, leadership voting, Newsround and discussion of World events, Healthy Relationships and keeping safe

Spiritual
Exploring Christianity in RE
Christmas carols to parents
Remembrance Day - minute silence

Cultural
Humanist speaker

Moral
PSHE: Future thinking, setting goals and making healthy choices

Social
Exploring the impact of healthy eating and the effect of drinking/smoking/drug-taking in Science.

Spiritual
Many Faiths visit

Safeguarding in the curriculum

Staff who can help me
Rights and Responsibilities
Stranger danger

Fire safety
Firework safety
Anti-bullying week
Bullying and how to solve it
Respectful relationships and friendship
Knife Crime Assembly
9 Protected Characteristics
ICT - Online Safety
PANTs Rule

Keeping healthy inc. healthy eating
Safety on the coast
Emergency services
People we can trust
Online safety - Internet Safety Day

Mindfulness and wellbeing
Understanding our emotions
Road safety

Rail safety
Building healthy relationships
Understanding consent
Dangerous substances and age restrictions
Keeping safe in the sun
Kitchen safety

Bikeability (cycling proficiency)
Basic first aid training
Moving up and moving on
Understanding age restrictions (games and apps)
How to tackle peer pressure
Water and beach safety

Trips, Visits and Enrichment
Employability focus: Gatsby 2 & 4
(Linking curriculum learning to careers)
Employability: Gatsby 5
(Encounters with employers/employees)

Digital presentations
Earth scientists

Bovington Tank Museum Visit
Historian
Christmas Carol Performance

Online Safety Day
Humanist speaker
Poetry appreciation
Environmentalist
Biologist

World Book Day
Historian
British Science Week
Road Safety Workshops
Fire Safety Workshops

Careers afternoon
Entrepreneur
Business
Marketing
RNLI Workshops
Cultural Day
Make £5 grow

Future Thinking - Trip to Bournemouth University
Trip: Residential
World Music Day
Sports Day
Import and export/trade
Global commerce
End of Year show