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Year 5 curriculum overview

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Terms 1 and 2

Class texts

Eleven

English

Reading

  • Harry Potter
  • Wonder
  • Man Between the Towers The Journey
  • Trek America Magazines

Writing
Writing to entertain:
Poetry 

  • free verse
  • senses

Writing to inform:

  • postcards
  • emails 
  • non-chronological reports

Writing to persuade

Maths

  • place value
  • addition
  • statistics
  • multiplication and division 
  • perimeter and area

Science 

Forces- planning an investigation

Geography 

USA 

  • How does the USA compare with the UK?
  • Physical and human features on a map 
  • Types of settlement

History 

Native Americans 
How did Native American life compare to western civilisation?

Forest school 

Art 

Architecture

Design Technology 

Structure: - Bridges

Music

  • Living on a Prayer
  • Classroom Jazz 1

PE

Games activities: 

  • Skills for a variety of  invasion games

Gymnastics:

  • balance 
  • jumps  
  • rolling
  • sequences

RE

  • What does it mean if God is holy and loving?
  • How can following God bring freedom and justice?

Computing 

  • E-safety
  • Algorithms

RSHE

  • Being Me in My World
  • Celebrating Difference

Terms 3 and 4

Class texts 

Treason

English

Reading:
Children of Winter
Hansel and Gretel Fog
Writing to entertain:
Poetry 

  • senses – free verse
  • rap

Writing to persuade:

  • letter
  • speech

Maths 

  • multiplication and division
  • fractions
  • decimals and percentages

Science 

  • States of matter
  • data

Geography 

  • OS Maps
  • Sketch maps 
  • 8 points of a compass

History 

The Plague 

  • Why was this a significant turning point in British history?
  • Comparing primary and secondary sources

The Tudors 

  • What was the significance of the Reformation? 

Local history

Art 

  • Every Picture Tells a Story
  • Design for Purpose

Design Technology 

  • Stuffed Toys
  • What could be healthier?

Music 

  • Make you feel my love

PE

Gymnastics:

  • sequences
  • partner work
  • using apparatus

Dance

RE 

  • Sermon on the mount
  • What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?

Computing

  • Networks

RSHE 

  • Dreams and Goals
  • Healthy Me

Visits and events

Michelham Priory

Terms 5 and 6

Class texts 

Infinite Lives of Maisie Day 
Journey to the River Sea

English

Reading:

  • The Magic Box
  • Armstrong
  • Where We Once Stood

Writing to entertain:

  • Poetry — Senses

Writing to inform:

  • newspapers
  • biographical report

Writing to discuss:

  • balanced discussion

Maths

  • decimals
  • properties of shapes
  • position and direction
  • converting units
  • volume

Science 

Plants

  • Focus on evaluation

Geography

Rainforests 

  • Why are rainforests so important?
  • What changes are occurring in Brazil?
  • Distribution of resources

Biomes and climate zones
Atlases 

  • longitude 
  • latitude 

History 

Mayan Civilisation  

  • What was the relationship between the Mayan Civilisationfrom 900 AD and the environment?

Art 

  • Art and Design Skills

Design Technology 

  • Pop-up books

Music 

  • Dancing in the street
  • Reflect, Rewind, Replay

PE

Athletics activities: 

  • run
  • jump
  • throw

Striking & Fielding activities:

  • rounders

RE 

  • What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?
  • Why is charity important?

RSHE 

  • Relationships
  • Changing me