Year 5 Long Term Plan: Overview 2017-2018

Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2
School Themes / How Does it Work?
(Science: Forces, DT: Cams, Computing: Data) / Amazing Stories
(History Focus: The Anglo-Saxons) / Time Travellers
(Crime & Punishment) / Here & There
(Geography Focus: Biomes and Vegetation Belts) / Get, Set Go!
(Science Focus: Space) / The Great Outdoors
(Geography focus: Mountains)
English / Reading Rocks
(1 week)
Gorgeous Grammar
(1.5 weeks)
Explanation
Until I Met Dudley
(2 weeks)
Instructions
(2 weeks)
Writing outcome: Instructions for making a cam toy / Take One Book:
Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo
(2 weeks)
Traditional Tales – Legends
(3 weeks)
Poetry:
Raps(link with ‘Sound Matters’ in Computing)
(1 week) / Take One Book:
London Eye Mystery? (or equivalent)
(2 weeks)
Suspense &Mystery
(3 weeks)
Poetry:
The Highwayman
(1 week) / Report:
Two or more subjects compared (two different biomes) –adapted Herts ‘Explorers’ unit
(2 weeks)
Persuasion:
(3 weeks)
(Whole class read: The Explorers by Katherine Rundell) / Recount
(2 weeks)
Biographical Account of Tim Peake’s life
Discussion:
(2 weeks)
Poetry:
Cinquains
(1 week)
Assessment Week / Take One Book
Leading into:
Fiction from our Literary Heritage
(4 weeks)
Take One Poet
(2 weeks)
Maths / -Place value (including decimals)
-Negative numbers
-Multiply & divide by 10, 100 and 1000
-Properties of number
-Prime & Composite numbers
-Multiply and divide mentally / -Number & Place Value Problems
-Addition & Subtraction Strategies
-Formal multiplication & division
-Equivalent fractions
-Compare & Order Fractions
-Add and subtract fractions / -Problem Solving (Four Operations)
-Multiplying fractions by whole numbers
-Fraction problem solving
-Measure conversions / -Area
-Volume & Capacity
-Percentages
-Percentage Problem solving
-Nets (cubes & cuboids) / -Reflection & Translation
-Perimeter
-Angles / TO FOLLOW
Science / Living Things and Their Habitats (Residential follow-up mini topic)
-Life cycles (seals & coastal plants)
Forces / No Science Topic
(5 Science topics only) / Animals Including Humans (Life Explorers)
-Growth and development in humans
-Changes in puberty
-Gestation periods of humans and animals / Living Things and their Habitats(main focus)
-Life cycles (amphibians and insects)
-Reproduction in plants and animals / Earth and Space / Properties and Changes of Materials
-Properties of materials
-Dissolving
-Separating materials
-Reversible and irreversible changes
History / How Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity / The Anglo-Saxons / Crime and Punishment / Beginning of the universe / How mountains formed:
plate movement etc.
Geography / N/A / Anglo-Saxons journeys and locations of settlements / N/A / Biomes and Vegetation Belts / N/A / Mountains
Computing / Data Matters
-‘Big Data’
-File extensions
-Binary
-Computer network
-Printers/devices & IP addresses / Data Matters
-Effective internet searches
-Internet footprint
-Databases / Sound works
-History of sound recording and how music has become digitalised
-Using digital music to create atmosphere (link to Mystery & Suspense in English) / Sound works
-Explore sound recording software (sound effects for stories?) / Robotics and Systems
-Automatic control systems / Robotics and Systems
-Abstraction to understand natural systems (link to mountains)
-Efficient program design
-Computer programming
Art / N/A / Anglo-Saxon patterns
Anglo Saxon braiding / TO FOLLOW / N/A / Space Art / N/A
D&T / Cam Toys / N/A / N/A / Eden Project
(Shelter + biome) / N/A / Bread
RE / Jewish Beliefs and Practices
What do Jews believe?
How do Jews live their lives? / 2B.1 God
What does it mean if God is Holy and loving? / Jewish Beliefs and Practices
What do Jews believe about prayer and worship? / 2B.6 Salvation
What did Jesus do to save human beings? / 2B.5Gospel
What would Jesus do? / 2B.3 People of God
How can following God bring freedom and justice?
PSHE / New Beginnings
Protective Behaviours / Getting on and Falling out / Going For Goals / Relationships / Memory Magic / ?
Music / TO FOLLOW / TO FOLLOW / TO FOLLOW / TO FOLLOW / Summer Production / Summer Production
PE / Invasion Games
Football (JS)
Outdoor & Adventurous Activities (AB) / Invasion Games
Hockey (JS)
Invasion Games
Basketball (AB) / Gymnastics
Large apparatus: Shape & Balance (JS)
Invasion Games
Rugby (AB) / Net/Wall Games
Tennis (JS)
Gymnastics
Travelling (AB) / Gymnastics
Large apparatus: Jumping & Flight (JS)
Striking & Fielding
Cricket/Rounders (AB) / Dance (JS)
Athletics (AB)
Visits/WOW Moments / Norfolk Residential Trip / Sports Day
Musical