Summer 2 2026

This half-term, our unit is called 'The Golden Age of Islam'. The children will learn about the importance of the history of early Islamic life – history is our main driver. We start the unit with RE, exploring what ritual and peace mean within the Muslim tradition of Islam. In history, the children will ask an enquiry question about what impact the early Islamic civilisation had on the modern world. The children will be able to compare the expansion of Islam in chronological order, compared to other historical events studied, as well as understand how life in Europe may have been different to that of Baghdad in 900AD. We will explore Islamic textiles in art; in music, we will further explore pitch and notation using ukuleles; plus begin to prepare for our end of year production.

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Summer 1 2026

This half-term, the children learnt about how things work, with a focus on electricity and light. They explored where electricity comes from, how it is made, and how we use it in everyday life. They also learnt about light as an important source of energy, including how it travels, how shadows are formed, and how it interacts with objects. Children thought about how we use energy and how it can affect the environment, including renewable and non-renewable resources.

To support this unit, in DT used our knowledge of circuits to make an electric car; in computing, the children learnt to programme loops and code using Sphero bots; and in French, they found out how to say what they eat and do not eat to stay healthy.

As part of geography fieldwork, we visited Rushall Farm and consolidated our learning of rivers from the last topic.

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Spring 2 2026

This half-term, our unit was 'Road Trip Arizona', where our learning was driven by geography as children explored river processes: the stages of a river's journey. They also explored human and physical geography linked to Arizona and compared it to other places known; within this unit they also compared the Colorado River to the River Thames. 

Children linked their learning in art, by exploring the artist Georgia O'Keeffe and using water colours to re-create landscape artwork. In science, children used observation and classification skills to classify plants. As well as this, they developed their knowledge linked to organisms.

Our learning behaviour for this unit was motivation; we encouraged children to be proactive and enthusiastic and succeed in their learning.

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Spring 1 2026

Last half term, our unit was called 'Heartbeat' where our learning was driven by science, as children explored the human circulatory system and how the heart works. They learnt how exercise and a healthy diet impact the effectiveness of our bodies and why it is important to keep them healthy.

Children linked their learning to PE by developing fitness, speed, balance and coordination, as well as completing a dance unit. In art, they used their artist’s eye to create a two-colour ink print of the heart.

Our learning behaviour for this unit was resilience, as children were encouraged to persevere and challenge themselves to succeed in their learning.

In the second half of the Autumn term, we have explored the world of the Ancient Greeks with our exciting topic: Who Let the Gods Out? Children explored who the Ancient Greeks were, their amazing myths and legends, and how their ideas still shape our world today — from democracy to the Olympics!

We kicked off the topic with a fun-filled immersion day, where pupils came to school in costume and took part in themed activities. As well as this, the children had the opportunity to explore historical artefacts to build their understanding of this time period.

In Art, the children got hands-on with clay to create their own Greek-style pots, inspired by ancient designs. In French, they learnt how to talk about pets, building vocabulary through speaking, listening, reading and writing activities.

Our learning behaviour was 'Independence'.

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Autumn 1 2025

In our first Y5/6 topic, 'Spirit of Adventure', we learnt about the natural world. As scientists, we explored how evolution explains how some species adapt over time to their environment. A visit from Jungle Jonathan, showed the children some animals up close and personal! From this, drawing skills were developed in art, as the children recreated animal pattern and texture, using pencil and oil pastels.

In DT, the children continued to develop their sewing skills, using a range of sewing stiches to produce their own bag, designed by themselves with a purpose in mind. On top of this, we produced a range of writing from log books to information texts about the explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton, as well as a narrative linked to our class reader: Skellig.

The half-term has flown by!

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