Curriculum Plan for Year 5Lent Term 2018
EnglishKey Topics
Reading
Phono-Graphix: decoding
Multi-syllable word strategies
Group readers chosen by T (National Geographic books linked to Geography) - Race to the Pole, Up the Amazon, by Gare Thompson, Divers of the Deep Sea by Marianne Morrison
Poetry - Kit Wright The Magic Box, John Foster Giant Winter
Comprehension:find and retrieve information, inference
and prediction skills, author’s use of language
Use a dictionary and thesaurus / (Mrs Domican and Mrs MacGregor)
Writing
Characterisation, descriptions, settings in creative writing, use of paragraphs; narrative, instructions, poetry; mindmapping, drafting, proof reading and editing
Spelling
Contractions, adding common prefixes and suffixes, homophones
Grammar
Verb tenses and staying consistent
Using varied connectives –so, if, that, because, but, before, after, next, suddenly, later, meanwhile
Basic punctuation, commas in lists, apostrophes for contraction and possession, speech marks
Simile, metaphor, alliteration and onomatopoeia / Key Vocabulary
Prefix, suffix,apostrophe,homophone, simile, thesaurus, noun, adjective, verb, adverb
Home Support
Suggestions
Read daily for 5-10minutes and record their page number and achievements
or struggles in their reading record
book.
Discuss the text
Spelling practice little and often
Know the alphabet / Art & Design (Mrs Preece )
Key Topics
Observational drawings in pastel looking at the use of
colour and how to create textures in pastel.
Use of shading and texture in pencil and paint.
Optical illusion in pen.
Clay Easter chick.
Key Vocabulary Home Support Suggestions
Texture Look at paintings
Shading with texture and discuss
Line how they are made.
Tone Internet search
optical illusions. / Computing (Mrs Domican)
Key Topics
Spreadsheets: solve problems in a simple model
Databases: collect and analyse data using software
E-Safety E-Awareness: Refining web searches and
understanding copyright
Key Vocabulary
Data, formula, SUM
Records, fields, database, search, sort,
group, arrange, file, classify, order, bar chart
Copyright, pop-ups, cloud computing, bias, creative
commons
Home Support Suggestions
E-safety site:
Forest School (Mrs West)
Key Topics
Manipulating tools
Fire safety
Key Vocabulary
Risk, safety, organise, resilience,awareness,
persistence, environment
Home Support Suggestions
Newlands Corner Nature Trail,
Surrey Hills Adventure Club,
National Trust – various locations / Geography(Mrs West)
Key Topics
Biomes Around the World
Key Learning Points
Locational Knowledge – continents of the world, the world’s oceans, awareness of time zones
Human & Physical Geography – understand weather variations throughout the world, why it changes and the economic impact of weather
Geographical Knowledge – use the 4 basic compass points
Key Vocabulary
Continent names, Biome, climate, temperature, elevation, precipitation, vegetation, longitude, latitude, Equator, hemisphere, Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn, ecosystem
Home Support Suggestions – Look at an atlas, travel brochures.
Maths
(Mrs Domican
and Mrs MacGregor)
Key Topics
Number:
Nos to 1,000,000
Round to nearest 10, 100, 1000
Interpret negative numbers
+ / - of numbers more than 4 digits
Further practice HTU / ThHTU x U
ThHTU div.by U
Addition and subtraction multi step problems
Times Tables 2 - 12
Equivalent fractions – ½, 2/4, 4/8, 5/10
Fractions of quantity – one / several parts
Recognise the equivalence between decimal and fraction forms of halves, quarters, tenths and hundredths
Percentages –understand % as the number of parts in every 100 / Measure:
Telling the Time - analogue and digital
Length – mm,cm,m,km
Perimeter and area
Weight – g, kg
Geometry:
Classify triangles – right angled, Isosceles, scalene, equilateral
Right angles, degrees of 180° and 360°
3D shapes including cubes and cuboids
Reflective symmetry
Obtuse and acute angles
Coordinates
Statistics:
Graphs, tables and timetables / Key Vocabulary
Difference between, minus, sum, equivalent, numerator, denominator,
parallel, perpendicular, horizontal, vertical, diagonal, obtuse, acute, equilateral, isosceles
Home Support Suggestions
Times tables practice
Doubles and halves
Telling the time
Order of months
Practical weighing and
measuring
Use money
Board games/
dice, playing cards
Typing (Mrs Domican)
Key Topics
Typing: increase speed and accuracy; edit texts and format different text types.
Use assistive technology; mind mapping using software tools.
Key Vocabulary
bold, italic, underline, spellchecker, thesaurus, borders, page layout, bullet points, header, footer, column, table
Home Support Suggestions
Typing practice for 10 minutes 4x weekly following sheets
provided
Online typing program 2Type in Purple Mash or / Performing Arts (Mrs Aiken)
Key Topics
British Myths and
Legends, particularly
The legend of King Arthur.
Explore the sounds of traditional British folk
musicfrom different regions.
Instrumental and body percussion and music
to accompany and describe stories. Make our own myth and music.
Key Vocabulary
Storytelling and language employed in Myths and legends.
Home Support Suggestions
Read, watch, talk about and listen to myths and legends and folk music from the United Kingdom.
Science (Mrs Cliffe)
Key Topics
Properties of materials
Separating materials
Key Vocabulary
Solid, liquid, thermal conductor, thermal insulator, waterproof membrane, absorbent, soluble, insoluble, dissolve, evaporate
Home Support Suggestions
Practise reading temperatures on a thermometer.
In the Easter holidays, make a parachute which can safely transport an egg to the ground.
Search for recipes on the Children’s Food Trust website. Talk to your child about how the ingredients change as you cook together. / History (Mrs West)
Not taught this term.
PSHEE (Mrs Domican)
Key Topics
Developing confidence and making the most of their abilities.
Developing a healthy, safer lifestyle. Choosing role models. Emergency aid procedures,
Key vocabulary
Personal qualities, self-esteem, opinion, fact, peer pressure, assertiveness, personal space,
Home Support Suggestions
/ Religious (Mrs Domican)
Education
Key Topics
Religious Buildings
Key Vocabulary
Gurdwara, sacred, temple, shrine,
mosque, synagogue, cathedral
Home Support Suggestions
Visits to religious buildings
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