Curriculum – Year 5

SUBJECT AUTUMN TERM SPRING TERM SUMMER TERM
 
ENGLISH
  • Novels and Stories by significant children’s authors
  • Instructions
  • Poetic Style
  • Stories from other cultures
  • Recounts
  • Classic/Narrative Poems
  • Older Literature
HISTORY
  • Revise Saxon Villages
  • Farming methods and food production
  • Saxon Kingdoms
  • Saxon Feasts
  • Saxon Warriors
  • Saxon Gods
  • Christianity is coming
  • The Saxon legacy
  • The Vikings
  • Homelands
  • Raids
  • Ships
  • Settlement
  • Viking v Saxon
  • Alfred the Great
  • English Kings
  • Ethelred the Unready
  • Forkbeard
  • Cnut
  • Edward the Confessor
  • The lead up to the Battle of Hastings
  • Hastings
GEOGRAPHY
  • Settlements. Where do we live and why, including settlement patterns.
  • Development of transport.
  • The region compared to Wales.
MATHEMATICS SET 1
  • Four Rules
  • Angles
  • Shapes – Triangles
  • Parallel Lines
  • Shapes – quadrilaterals
  • Polygons – regular and irregular
  • Multiplying & dividing by 10, 100, 1000 etc
  • Approximations
  • Powers of ten
  • Long multiplication
  • Division by factors
  • Rounding
  • Factors and multiples
  • Index numbers
  • Square numbers and Triangle numbers
  • Prime Numbers
  • HCF & LCM
  • Square Roots
  • Line Symmetry
  • Rotational Symmetry
  • Equivalent Fractions
  • Mixed Numbers
  • Fractions of an Amount
  • Adding fractions
  • Subtracting fractions
  • Adding Mixed numbers
  • Subtracting mixed numbers
  • Decimals
  • Adding and subtracting decimals
  • Money
  • Multiplying and Dividing decimals by 10, 100, 1000
  • The Metric system
  • Adding and subtracting measurements
  • Decimals and fractions
MATHEMATICS SET 2
  • Four Rules
  • Angles
  • Shapes – Triangles
  • Parallel Lines
  • Shapes – quadrilaterals
  • Polygons – regular and irregular
  • Multiplying & dividing by 10, 100, 1000 etc
  • Approximations
  • Powers of ten
  • Long multiplication
  • Division by factors
  • Rounding
  • Factors and multiples
  • Index numbers
  • Square numbers and triangle numbers
  • HCF & LCM
  • Square Roots
  • Line Symmetry
  • Rotational symmetry
  • Equivalent fractions
  • Mixed numbers
  • Fractions of an amount
  • Adding fractions
  • Adding mixed numbers
  • Subtracting mixed numbers
  • Decimals
  • Adding and subtracting decimals
  • Money
  • Multiplying and dividing decimals by 10, 100, 1000
SCIENCE
  • Fruits and Seeds
  • Air and Water
  • The Earth and Beyond
  • Electricity
  • Variation
  • Classification and Keys
  • Tree Project
RS
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
  • New Testament Miracles
MUSIC
  • Pulse & Rhythm. Using rhythm games, polyrhythms, African drum workshops and pupil group composition performances.
  • Space journey (exploring the importance of mood in music using imaginary planets as a stimulus).
  • Singing (how the voice works, voice types, listening to music for voice, singing a range of songs as a class).
  • Keyboard skills (differentiated programme of study that aims to develop pupils’ understanding of keyboard playing).
  • Tudor Music (this project develops understanding of the social and cultural aspects of Tudor society. We learn about period instruments, perform ‘Pastime with Good Companye’ and compose our own Tudor-style song.)
  • Composition. Freestyle composition agreed with the teacher to help reinforce this year’s topics.
FRENCH Topics

  • Revision of all topics done in Year 4
  • Countries and nationalities
  • Numbers up to 100
  • Analogue time + revision of digital time
  • Christmas
Topics

  • Sport
  • Likes and dislikes + reasons (“parce que c’est…”)
  • Opinion adjectives (super, ennuyeux…)
  • Easter
Topics

  • Hobbies
  • Likes and dislikes + infinitive
  • Revision
Grammar & Language

  • Genders revision
  • Adjectival agreement revision
  • J’habite en / au / aux + country
  • AVOIR in full
  • ETRE in full
Grammar & Language

  • J’aime, j’adore, je n’aime pas, je déteste, je préfère + noun
  • Mon sport préféré, c’est…
  • Jouer au/à la/aux + faire du/de la/de l’
  • JOUER in full as example of –er verb (present tense with all personal pronouns)
Grammar & Language

  • Concept of the infinitive
  • -er verbs reinforcement
  • ALLER in full (present tense)
  • FAIRE in full (present tense)
Phonics

  • é / è / e
  • eu / eu (heure / deux)
  • l / m / n / gn
Phonics

  • ô / o
  • u / ou
  • f/ v / w (as in weekend)
Phonics

  • h / r
  • b / p
  • in / un
PE
  • Ball skills in the sports hall
  • Swimming
  • Invasion games
  • Swimming
  • Athletics
GAMES
  • Rugby (boys)
  • Hockey (girls)
  • Hockey (boys)
  • Netball (girls)
  • Cricket (boys)
  • Rounders (girls)
ICT
  • E-Safety and the ThinkUknow cyber cafe
  • An introduction to email
  • Touch typing
  • Basic drawing in Serifs Drawplus
  • An introduction to Google documents
  • Scratch programming – Learning the basics
  • Scratch programming – Creating a game
  • Alternative Google search tools
ART
  • Colour – further work mixing colours gouache / watercolour painting techniques (landscapes)
  • Sketchbook – art literary projects
  • Observational drawings for poster design
  • Landscapes – painting techniques for skies, perspective in landscapes
  • Making rubbings
  • Collage designs generated from texture patterns
  • Church architecture
DT
  • A key rack, this introduces the ‘Design Folder’ recording system
  • A catapult
  • A decision-making machine
  • Polystyrene model making
  • Photograph display
PSHE   

 

  Myself & Relationships

  • Making mistakes
  • Making choices
  • Supporting friends
  • Building of trust

 

 

 

 

 Citizenship

  • Children’s Rights
  • Pollution
  • Community and Society Expectations
  • Expressing and debating

 

 

 

 Health

  • Personal Hygiene
  • Risk and Danger
  • Internet Safety