Summer 1 : Humanism

In RE this term, we will begin by studying Creation.

Pupils will know a variety of creation accounts and be able to compare and contrast at least two of them, focusing particularly on what a believer might learn from these accounts and how they might impact their views about the world. They will be able to use other religious texts to inform their responses to environmental issues, comparing their responses with     those of believers in other faiths or none.

Summer 2 : “What kind of King is Jesus?”

We will be looking at the concept of the Kingdom of God in Christianity and how Jesus’ teachings are relevant to today’s world. There will be a focus on how Jesus is represented in song. The children will carry out a research activity into a Christian charity and look at forgiveness in practice.

This term, we will be studying the following books either as extracts or in their entirety:

Darwin's Dragons by Linsey Galvin

Shakespeare Play 

Writing Focus:                                                                                                    

• Non-chronological reports
• Diary
• Biography
• Poetry
• Debate                                                                           

Over the next term, we will be studying the following topics:

• Order of Operations
• Algebra
• Formal Written Method for Long Division
• Exploring Relationships Between Perimeter and Area
• Recognise and Find Angles
• Reflection and Translation
• Multiplying Fractions
• Dividing Fractions
• Ratio and Proportion
• Volume and Measures
• Statistics – Interpret Line Graphs and Pie Charts
• Algebra and Sequences
• Transition topics in preparation for secondary school

Each lesson begins with a 10-minute fluency session where children will practise a range of calculations. It is important that they are confident in all multiplication facts (including division) up to 12 x12

Please log on to Times Tables Rock Stars weekly to help improve the speed and accuracy of recalling times table facts.

This term we will be studying the following topics:

Summer 1 

Inheritance and Evolution 

• Define and identify variation in organisms and recall that it is caused by inherited and environmental factors.
• Recall that living things produce offspring of the same kind but are not normally identical to their parents.
• Describe patterns of inheritance from parent to offspring in a given example or family tree.
• Describe what an adaptation is; it cannot be chosen and is usually inherited.
• Describe key characteristics that would help an organism to survive and explain how an adaptation helps the organism to survive.
• Explain how variation may affect survival within a population and recall what natural selection means.
• Recall what evolution is, identify differences between a living thing and its ancestor and describe key steps in the evolution of a species.
• Recall different types of evidence that can be used to explain evolution and describe methods that make scientists’ results or conclusions more trustworthy.

Summer 2 

Making Connections – Are some sunglasses safer than others? 

Testing light and UV transmission of different sunglasses through an enquiry to decide which pair works best.

DT - Automatated Animals

In this unit children will have the opportunity to develop their understanding of mechanical systems.

Children will learn about controlling movement with a cam mechanism as part of an automata animal.

They will develop their designing skills through using information sources to research ideas about animals which are then incorporated into the design criteria and designs.

They will make a simple cam mechanism to formulate an understanding of how different shaped cams can be used to produce different movements.

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