Annual overview of topics 2017-2018; Team 4

Literacy / Science / D & T / ICT / History / Geography / Art and design / Music / Physical education / PSHCE / MFL / RE / Class book / Other
Autumn term
(6 ½ + 7 ½ )
Changes / News report from the Alhambra
Letters home from Granada
Argument - Bullfighting
Travel Writing –Madrid & Spain
Instructions – cookery
Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol
Sherlock Holmes – mystery / Travel guide to Madrid / Spain:
Granada
Conquistadors
Phillip II
Armada
Civil War / European Country: Spain.
Explore via La Vuelta cycling race.
(links to lit, PE, Art & history) / Spanish artists e.g. Picasso, Miro, Dali
Gaudi mosaics
Christmas Activities / Superstars / Latin Dance (Tues) Volleyball (Wed) / Learn 4 Life Yr. 5/A:
Our Happy School / Bon Appetit (food & drink) / Islam – beliefs and practices / Conan Doyle – Hound of the Baskervilles / PGL
Properties of Materials. Changes in materials (link to DT) / Food & Cookery (link to science) / E-Safety week (Nov.) / Book Week:
GB Legends: King Arthur
Robin Hood
Dick Whittington / Badminton (Tues)
Netball (Wed) / Learn 4 Life Yr. 5/A:
Healthy Bodies & Minds (link to DT) / Monter un café / Christianity – what would Jesus do? / Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol / Pizza Express
Spring term
(5 + 6)
The Amazing Amazon / Classic Literature
– Shakespeare & Macbeth
-Jungle Book
Poetry – villainous characters
Reference Texts – Believe it or not! Explanation – science
SATs preparation. / Living things & their habitats. / Seasonality of foods (link to Geog) / Research / Scientists in history – Charles Darwin / The Amazing Amazon –The Amazon Basin &
Brazil
Climate Zones/ natural resources / Dance Festival
Yoga. / Learn 4 Life Yr. 5/A:
Out & About / Le quatre saisons / Creation & science
-conflicting or complementary? / Journey to the River Sea – Eva Ibbotson
Evolution, inheritance adaptation
classification
Sex Ed. / Presenting Information / Native Americans of South America. Quick links to European exploration. / Dance
Outdoor Advent. / Learn 4 Life Yr. 5/A:
My Friends and Family
(Sex Ed) / On y va travel & weather / Salvation: what difference does the resurrection make for Christians? / Longleat
Summer term
(6 + 7 ½ )
The Ancient World / SATs preparation.
Short Story – spooky!
Poetry - colours
Myths & Fables – Greek Myths
Bio/Autobiography – Cleopatra/ Alexander The Great / Structurepyramids, tombs & Greece
Design a new stadium (World Cup)
Famous designers e.g. James Dyson, Sir Norman Foster / Databases/
spread-sheets (linked to PE/ Olympics) / Earliest Civilisations of the World:
Ancient Egypt.
Ancient Greece / Countries & cities of the Med. Area through history learning.
River Nile.
Countries, atlases & maps / Heiroglyphics, pyramids (link to maths)
Structures = columns.
Buildings of Ancient Greece / Gym.
Striking Games (cricket) / Learn 4 Life Yr. 5/A:
Looking Forward / Scene de la Plage / Beliefs & moral values - Islam / Rick Riordon – Heroes of Olympus
Coding / Carnival themed week
Famous designers e.g. Harry Beck, Kinnear & Calvert / Mini World Cup
Athletics (link to ICT & Greece/
Olympics) / Learn 4 Life Yr. 5/A:
Ready Steady Go / Quoi de neuf? (French news) / British Museum