English
Autumn 1
- Significant Author – Roald Dahl (5 weeks)
- Instructions – Bread making (2 weeks)
Autumn 2
- Highwayman (3 weeks)
- Recounts - Newspaper Reports (3 weeks)
Spring 1
- Stories from Other Cultures (4 weeks – Mulan)
- Poetic Style - Lear/Stephenson (2 weeks)
Spring 2
- Myths and Legends (King Arthur) - 4 weeks
- Guided reading – whole class book (2 weeks)
Summer 1
- Guided reading – whole class book (1 week)
- Persuasive text (4 weeks)
Summer 2
- Hidden figures - non chronological report (3 weeks)
- The Tempest (1 week)
- Recount (2 weeks)
- End of year assessments?
Mathematics
Number and Place Value
- Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1 000 000 and determine the value of each digit
- Count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1 000 000
- Interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers,
including through zero
- Round any number up to 1 000 000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10 000 and 100 000
- Solve number problems and practical problems that involve all of the above
- Read Roman numerals to 1000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals.
Addition and Subtraction
- Add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (columnar
addition and subtraction)
- Add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers
- Use rounding to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, levels of accuracy
- Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and
why
Multiplication and Division
- Identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of two
numbers
- Know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) numbers
- Establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19
- Multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number using a formal written method, including long
multiplication for two-digit numbers
- Multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts
- Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division and
interpret remainders appropriately for the context
- Multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1000
- Recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (2) and cubed (3)
- Solve problems involving multiplication and division including using their knowledge of factors and multiples,
squares and cubes
- Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these,
including understanding the meaning of the equals sign
- Solve problems involving multiplication and division, including scaling by simple fractions and problems
involving simple rates
Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
- Compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number
- Identify, name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction, represented visually, including tenths and
hundredths
- Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical
statements >1 as a mixed number for example, ⅖ + ⅘ = 1⅕
- Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number
- Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers, supported by materials and diagrams
- Read and write decimal numbers as fractions [for example, 0.71 = 71 ⁄ 100
- Recognise and use thousandths and relate them to tenths, hundredths and decimal equivalents
- Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number and to one decimal place
- Read, write, order and compare numbers with up to three decimal places
- Solve problems involving number up to three decimal places
- Recognise the per cent symbol (%) and understand that per cent relates to ‘number of parts per hundred’, and
write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100, and as a decimal
- Solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of ½, ¼, ⅕, ⅖, ⅘ and those
fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25
Measurement
- Convert between different units of metric measure (for example, kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre;
centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre)
- Understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units such as inches,
pounds and pints
- Measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres
- Calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares), and including using standard units, square
centimetres (cm2) and square metres (m2) and estimate the area of irregular shapes
- Estimate volume [for example, using 1 cm3 blocks to build cuboids (including cubes)] and capacity [for example,
using water]
- Solve problems involving converting between units of time
- Use all four operations to solve problems involving measure [for example, length, mass, volume, money] using
decimal notation, including scaling.
Geometry - Properties of a Shape
- Identify 3-D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2-D representations
- Know angles are measured in degrees: estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles
- Draw given angles, and measure them in degrees (°)
- Identify:
- Angles at a point and one whole turn (total 360°)
- Angles at a point on a straight line and ½ a turn (total 180°)
- Other multiples of 90°
- Use the properties of rectangles to deduce related facts and find missing lengths and angles
- Distinguish between regular and irregular polygons based on reasoning about equal sides and angles.
Geometry - Position and Direction
- Identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following a reflection or translation, using the
appropriate language, and know that the shape has not changed
Statistics
- Solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph
- Complete, read and interpret information in tables, including timetables.
Science
List of Topics:
- Living Things in their Habitats
- Animals including Humans
- Properties and Changes of Materials
- Earth and Space
- Forces
Art
List of Topics:
- Rembrandt
- Georgia O’Keeffe
- Faith Ringgold
Computing
List of Topics:
- Developing a simple animation or game using Scratch or Kodu
- Communicating information safely, an introduction to cryptography: Scratch/Black Chamber
- Geometric art using Inkscape/Scratch
- Web development using Google Sites- website on eSafety
- Blogs: WordPress/Blogger – creating a blog to share experiences and opinions
- Introduction to computer aided design: Sketchup – creating a virtual ‘space’
eSafety learning runs throughout all topics
Design and Technology
List of Topics:
- Mechanisms: Moving books/toys
- Textiles: Batik prints on silk
- Food: Bread
Geography
List of Topics:
- Map skills
- Volcanos
- Local geography/ history
History
List of Topics:
- Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor
- Study of a Non-European Society –Baghdad
- Local history – Birmingham / Kings Heath
Music
The majority of music will be delivered by a specialist vocal teacher. In addition the pupils will complete a composition topic and half term learning to play an instrument.
Physical Education
List of Topics:
- OAA
- Cricket
- Rounders
- Tag Rugby
- Athletics (indoor and outdoor)
- Tennis
PSHE
Non-statutory
List of Topics:
Religious Education
We will follow the Birmingham Agreed Syllabus, available here.