Year 5 Curriculum Overview
English - The White Horse of Zennor (wishing tale) - Knockers! (non-chronological report) - Wet (performance poem) - The Lost ( warning tale) - Diary from Joe (recount) - Christmas poetry |
Maths Place Value - Numbers up to 1 million - Comparing and ordering numbers - Counting in powers of 10 - Rounding numbers up to 1mil - Negative numbers
Addition and Subtraction - Column method with larger numbers - Mental strategies
Multiplication and Division - Number facts: prime numbers, squares and cubes - Multiplying 4 digit- numbers by 2 digits - Division methods with remainders
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Science Life Cycles - Looking at reproductive process of flowering plants. - Describing life process of reproduction in different types of animals e.g. mammals, birds, fish. - Comparing life cycles of animals in different environments e.g. rainforest animals v desert ones.
All Living Things - Describe how living things are classified into broad groups - Classifying animals and plants on their characteristics. |
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Creative Topic – Carnival! (Brazil) |
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Brazil and the Rainforest - Map of Brazil - Comparing the climates of Rio and London! - Researching how to save the rainforest - Creating a ‘rainforest’ - Case study of a rainforest animal, including report, and artwork in the style of Rousseau - Understanding the impact of deforestation – including on the Yanomimi tribes (presentation) - Zoo trip! |
Life in and out of the carnival - Researching life in the Favela - Learning the Samba (dance)! - Samba drumming workshops - Looking at art work of Romero Britto and creating our own - Brazil Day: Creating cocktails, cooking Brazilian food, playing Brazilian games – and of course, the carnival!
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RE Creation - What happens in the Creation story, and what it really means for us. - How we can be Stewards of the Earth, and researching what we can do, then putting in place a project to help achieve that. - How Science and Religion can complement each other.
God’s Convenant - What is a covenant? - God’s covenant with Abraham, and the Israelites - Looking at different prophets and their messages - A new covenant? |
Computing E-safety - Looking at being responsible digital citizens online, particularly at online gaming. Handling Data - Using software to create databases and graphs, relevant to our investigation of the rainforest Presentation software - Using software to create presentations for our Brazil topic |
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PE - Basketball - Samba dancing - Rugby - Badminton |
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Music - Looking at classic work songs – particularly Livin’ On A Prayer - Learning and practising our songs for the Christmas Panto! |
Other - Spanish sessions will follow a new scheme of work beginning this year. - Jigsaw will continue. Our 1st topic is ‘Being Me in My World’, followed by ‘Celebrating Difference’. Sessions will involve reflective discussion as a class. |