Curriculum subject overview: Year 5 2017 - 2018

Subject / Autumn Term
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Keen to be Green/Crime Scene Investigators / Spring Term
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USA and NASA / Summer Term
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WW2 and the Battle of Britain
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Text Focus / The Wind in the Willows / The Wind in the Willows / / / Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone / Street Child
English / Poetry
Non-Chronological Report / Persuasion – role of estate agent selling Mole’s underground house / Poetry (descriptive poetry)
Balanced argument – History focus
Narrative (parallel stories) / Letter writing – Lucy writing to her mother
Unbalanced arguments- based on topical news / Formal letter – writing to Hogwarts/ improving letter written by Hagrid / Information leaflets – based on Barnado’s charity
Narrative Writing
Maths / Number – Multiplication and Division / Number – Multiplication and Division / Number – Fractions / Number – Fractions / Number – Decimals & Percentages / Number – Decimals & Percentages
Science / Properties and changes of materials
How are reversible and irreversible changes important to forensic scientists? / Earth and Space
Who was Neil Armstrong and what would you ask him if you met him?
Will we ever send another human to the moon? / Forces
How do builders get heavy items onto the top of skyscrapers?
(WOW - look at photographs of workers building the skyscrapers of New York.) / Living Things, their Habitats
Animals, including humans
Puberty -
Visit from school nurse
Computing / We are programmers (spreadsheets) / We are bug fixers
(online safety) / We are presenters
(coding) / We are network engineers
(game creator) / We are communicators
(3D modelling) / We are opinion pollsters
(concept maps)
Online Safety / Online Safety / Online Safety / Online Safety
RE
(New curriculum) / U2.1 Why do some people think God exists? / U2.4 If God is everywhere why go to a place of worship? / U2.2 What would Jesus do?(Can we live by values of Jesus in the 21st Century) / Easter / U2.6 What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?
PSHE / Our Happy School – ‘New Beginnings’
(team building, anger management, rights and responsibilities campaigns) / Out and About
(getting and falling out/say no to bullying) / Looking Forward – ‘Going for Gold’ / My Friends and Family (relationships) / Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds – ‘Good To Be Me’ / Ready, Steady Go!
Anti - Bullying / Friendships and feelings / Similarities and differences / New beginnings and transition
History / Crime and Punishment
incl. Guy Fawkes / Who were the original Americans? / Smashing Saxons
(stand alone unit) / WW2 and The Battle of Britain
Geography / Earth Matters
Are we damaging our Earth? / Rainforests
What is it like in the Amazon? / World Trade
Where does all our stuff come from?
(Links to reasons for rationing during WW2.)
DT / Recycled Things
Design project / Movement
Moon buggies / Cooking Healthy recipes
Art / Sculpture
3D art work based on the environmental artists Andy Goldsworthy and Simon WattsHow can you create art from the environment? / Andy Warhol
Using the art of Andy Warhol, can you recreate his work using a famous American as your subject? / Self portraits
Through drawing and painting, can you accurately sketch yourself and your grandparent?
Music / Our Community
Performance / At the Movies
Composition / Solar System
Listening / Celebration
Performance / Life Cycles
Structure / Keeping Healthy
Beat
Composer focus: Tchaikovsky
Music: The Nutcracker Suite / Composer focus: Gustav Holst
Music: The Planets, War of the Worlds / Music focus: Heroes and Sweethearts
Music: Wartime Songs
PE / Gymnastics / Dance / Invasion Games- Tag Rugby
Swimming / Net/ Wall Games- Tennis
Swimming / Striking and Fielding- Kwik Cricket / Athletics
French / Catherine Cheater / Catherine Cheater / Catherine Cheater / Catherine Cheater / Catherine Cheater / Catherine Cheater
Trips/visits / Staffordshire University Forensics/PC Paul (crime scene investigation) / Children to plan and organise their own class trip as part of their maths lessons (RUA) / Cannock Chase WW2 Experience 2018
End Of Topic Showcase / Environment Campaigns / Green Screen
News reports / USA Themed Day / Andy Warhol Exhibition / VE Day Street Party
WW2 Themed Assembly / Y5 Celebration and Awards Assembly