Teaching – Lesson Content

Teaching & Learning – Lesson Content
Year Group
5/6
Scientific Enquiry
Reversible changes
Identify which substances dissolve in
water.
Use missing, dissolving, filtering and
evaporation to separate materials.
Irreversible changes
Investigate the changes which take
place when things are heated or burnt.
Understand chemical changes which
occur when some materials are mixed.
Learn that a gas can sometimes be
produced when an irreversible change
takes place.
Art & Design
Name art
Research and practice different
lettering styles and line patterns.
Use the two together to produce
work based on their name, both 2D
and 3D.
Start date
Computing
Digital photography
Take and upload photographs
Use editing software
Display in a web-based gallery
3D modelling
Use Google SketchUp to create a
virtual gallery
07/09/16
History
What happened when the Vikings
attacked the monastery at
Lindesfarne?
What is the Danelaw?
Who were the Anglo Saxon Kings?
Anglo Saxons v Vikings
How were Viking longboats
designed and built?
Everyday life - houses, food,
clothes, burials
Parliament, laws and justice
Who were the Viking Gods?
Viking Sagas
End date
21/10/16
Geography
How did the political map of Britain
change in Viking times?
Where did the Vikings come from?
How far did they travel around the
world?
Who did the Vikings trade with?
Design Technology
Design and make a model of a Viking
Longboat.
Vikings
Investigate structures and how to make
them strong.
Use natural dyes to dye fabric.
Music
This term we will focus on beat,
rhythm and pitch, performing
musical tasks of increasing
complexity.
PE
Swimming
All children to learn to swim at least
25m using both front crawl and
backstroke.
Aerobics
To improve general fitness,
flexibility, balance and coordination.
PSHE & Citizenship
MFL
The French alphabet
* Qu’est ce que c’est – classroom
instructions – Il y a…
* La famille – J’ai et je n’ai pas
* Les mois et les saisons – verbs
and nouns
* Food and drink – je voudrais et je
ne voudrais pas, j’aime et je n’aime
pas.
* Quel temps fait il ? – Il fait
* Les numéros 1 à 100
New Beginnings
Why and how rules are laws made
and enforced?
What are the different kinds of rights
and responsibilities at home, in
school and in the community?
How it feels to start something new.
How do others feel in an unfamiliar
situation?
Coping with uncomfortable feelings
and calming strategies.