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ENGLISH: Poetry Fiction – Friend or Foe Non Fiction Texts – Animals on the

Move. Raps – writing own raps Reading for Comprehension Character analysis Spellings Grammar Punctuation Long composition Story writing – structure and

characterisation.

SCIENCE: AUTUMN 1 Forces

What is a force? Balanced and unbalanced forces

Gravity Air resistance Water resistance Friction Different mechanisms

AUTUMN 2Properties and change of materials

Compare and group materials based on their properties

Soluble/insoluble Filtering, sieving and evaporating Testing different materials for particular

uses Reversible/irreversible changes

MATHS Place value, ordering, reading and

writing numbers to 1 000 000 Estimating and rounding – knowing

when to round up or down Calculating using mental strategies Using the four operations to solve

word problems. Fractions, decimals and percentages Identifying and measuring angles Units of measurement for length 12 and 24 hour clock Nrich investigations

COMPUTING: Coding Introduction and recognising algorithms Solving problems debugging

HISTORY: Ancient Greece Introduction Map work Organisation of states and making

comparisons Sparta and Athens Battle of Marathon Gods/Goddesses

GEOGRAPHY: The water cycle The water cycle mountains

ART: Still life Pastels (link with English)

DT: Papier mache Greek vases (link with history)

RE: Religion, Family and Community - Autumn 1 Special times Special places Identity Community Different faiths

Exploring religion through stories – Autumn 2 Christianity Judaism Buddhism

MUSICCarnival of the Animals Using musical elements to describe animals Listen to corresponding examples of

descriptive music e.g. Aquarium, The Cat Composing music to represent the way an

animal moves and sounds Fitting music to film clips of Greek mythological

creatures Whole class composition – Carnival of the

Greek mythological creatures

FRENCHTextbook based work – (Expo 1 Module 1) Saying hello/goodbye and basic

expressions: Getting to know someone Alphabet Numbers to 31 Giving the date of a birthday Things in the classroom Understand instructions Names of colours

LATINA Soldier’s LifeLife in the Roman Army. Prepositions.

How beautiful!Roman dress and jewellery, conjunctions, making a brooch, King Midas story

A Sad DayRoman funeral customs, subjects & objects in a sentence. Pyramus and Thisbe story.

PE Swimming – Techniques for 4 strokes, somersaults and stamina work Football – Passing, long passing, turning, heading, shooting, laying off, pulling defenders and

goalkeeping. Playing as a team with a view of playing other schools Gymnastics – vaulting, floor skills leading to gymnastic sequences Indoor Games – netball passing, footwork, pivoting and shooting, leading to a full rule game Hockey –dribbling, pushing and small sided games, Quicksticks (Gum shields and shin pads are needed) Tag Rugby – handling, simple skills and mini games Cross country – to improve stamina and endurance

PSHE: Myself Others’ feelings Keeping safe, feeling safe