Year 5/6
Spring 1 2026
This half term, our unit is called 'Heartbeat' where our learning is driven by science as children explore the human circulatory system and how the heart works. They will learn how exercise and a healthy diet impact the effectiveness of our bodies and why it is important to keep them healthy.
Children will link their learning to PE by developing fitness, speed, balance and coordination, as well as completing a dance unit. In art, they will use their artist’s eye to create a two-colour ink print of the heart.
Our learning behaviour for this unit is resilience, as children are encouraged to persevere and challenge themselves to succeed in their learning.
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Big Picture Spring 1 2026
Autumn 2 2025
This half term has flown by! 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 2 Year 5_6 Big Picture Overview
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!
Please find attached below our 'Big Picture'.
