Forty Hill CE SchoolYear 5Yearly Overview: 2017/2018

Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2
Topic (IPC Unit) / Space Explorer
(7.5 weeks) / Weather and Climate
(9 weeks) / The Great, the Bold and the Brave (8 weeks) / Making the News
(5-6 weeks) / The Time Tunnel (Anglo-Saxons and Vikings)
(6 weeks) / The Holiday Show (6.5 weeks)
Trips & Events / Planetarium – Greenwich Obs. / Theatre (Hamlet) / British Museum / Cuffley Camp
English
  • Key Texts
  • Genres
  • Grammar
  • Spelling & Handwriting
/ Key Text
*Hamlet (with Y6)
Genre
Character descriptions,
Report writing-fiction
Grammar
Dialogue – direct and indirect speech
Key Text
Cosmic – Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Genre
Character descriptions,
Information reports-non-fiction
Grammar
Using and choosing descriptive language; adjectives, adverbs and powerful nouns, noun phrases and verbs. Using full stops, commas, exclamation marks and question marks to punctuate sentences correctly
Spelling
NC Year 5/6 word list including some prefixes and suffixes
Words with -ate, plus other suffixes / Key Text
Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo
Genre
Setting descriptions,
Diary entry
Biography
Grammar
Dialogue, direct/indirect speech punctuation, reported speech; using of passive form to present information; using brackets, dashes and commas to indicate parenthesis; using colons to introduce lists; punctuating bullet points consistently.
Spelling
Words ending in -ate, -ise and –ify plus other prefixes and suffixes / Key Text
The Adventures of Odysseus–Hugh Lupton
Genre
Poetry,
Narrative -short stories / myths,
Recount – non-fiction
Grammar
Using and choosing descriptive language; adjectives, adverbs and powerful nouns and verbs; using relative clauses correctly and appropriately; recognising and using the perfect form of verbs; identifying and using adverbials
Spelling
Words beginning with dis-, de-, mis, and re-.
Relative clauses, adverbs and modal verbs / Key Text
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Genre
Newspaper
Grammar
Secure use of simple compound and complex sentences, Co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions, Synonyms and antonyms
Spelling
Adverbials of place and number and endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt -cious or -tious
Endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt -cious or -tious, including any exceptions / Key Text
How to Train your Dragon – Cressida Cowell
Genre
Instructions, Argument
Grammar
Using dialogue, differences between spoken and written speech, punctuating to indicate direct speech; formal and informal speech and writing, using subjunctive forms; using commas to clarify meaning.
Spelling
Endings which sound like /ʃəl/ and words ending in -ant and -ancy
Words ending in -ant and -ance / Key Text
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Genre
Grammar
Prepositions and Adverbials of time; Subject and Objective; Active and Passive effect on a sentence; Introduce modal verbs indicating degrees of possibility (e.g. might, should, will must)
Spelling
Words ending in -ance and -ancy
Words ending in –ation
Recap of years spellings
Maths
  • Number
  • Concept
/ Number - Place Value
Number-Addition
Number-Subtraction
Number -Multiplication
Number - Division
Geometry - 2D and 3D shape / Number - Place Value
Number - Fractions
Number - Decimals
Number - Percentages
Measurement - Time
Statistics – Time / Number -Addition and Subtraction
Number - Multiplication and Division
Number - Multiplication and Division
Number - Problem solving, reasoning and communicating
Measurement - Volume and capacity
Geometry -Angles / Number – Place value
Number - Fractions
Number - Fractions
Number - Decimals
Geometry – Position and direction
Statistics – Line graphs / Number – Place value
Number – Multiplication and Division
Number – Multiplication and Division
Measurement – Perimeter and Area
Measurement – Perimeter and Area
Geometry – Angles and 2D shape / Number – Addition and Subtraction
Number - Multiplication and division
Number - Multiplication and division
Number – Fractions, decimals and percentages
Number – Fractions, decimals and percentages
Statistics – Line graphs
Science
  • Knowledge
  • Skills
/ The earth and beyond
  • Describe the movement of the Earth and other planets in the solar system relative to the Sun
  • Use the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky
  • Describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth
/ Feel the force
  • Identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, which act between moving surfaces
  • Explain that unsupported objects fall towards the Earth because of the force of gravity acting between the Earth and the falling object
  • Recognise that some mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gears, allow a smaller force to have a greater effect
  • Identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas in arguments
Link to IPC- Forces of nature, force of the wind, air and how energy is made through use of the weather and nature. / Everyday materials
  • Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for specific uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic
Link to IPC- use of materials by ancient Greeks. / All change
  • Demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and changes of state are reversible changes.
  • Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, , including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda.
/ Marvellous Mixtures
  • Use knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating
  • Understand that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution
/ Circle of life
  • Explain the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird
Link to IPC- looking at wildlife in different countries, its part in tourism and/or the effects of tourism on wildlife.
RE / What is Buddhism? / Monastic Traditions
How do art and music convey Christmas? / What does it mean to be a Jew? / What happens in Churches at Easter? / Understanding Faith
The work of Christian Aid / Wisdom
Humanities
  • Knowledge
  • Skills
/ Space Explorer
In History, we’ll be finding out:
  • About what people in the past used to think about the Earth, Sun and Moon
  • About Galileo and his findings about the Earth, Sun and Moon
  • About the constellations and the stories that they tell
  • How to make a timeline to show some of the important events in the history of astronomy and space
/ Weather and Climate
In Geography, we’ll be finding out:
  • About the weather and climate in different parts of the world
  • How human activities in different regions are affected by weather and climate
  • How to produce our own weather forecasts
  • How clouds are formed
  • About the water cycle
  • About some extreme weather records
  • What simple things we can do to help improve our environment
/ The Great, the Bold and the Brave
In History, we’ll be finding out:
  • About the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta
  • How people voted in Athens and Sparta
  • How the Persian War brought the Greek city-states together
  • What the Parthenon can tell us about Athenian life
  • About the life Alexander the Great and what he achieved
  • Why Rome had a republic and then an emperor
  • What daily life was like in Ancient Rome
  • What happened when the Romans invaded another country
  • Why the Roman Empire declined What happened when the Anglo-Saxons invaded and settled in Britain
  • How to use archaeological evidence to find out about the past
/ Making the News
In History, we’ll be finding out:
  • How news and information was communicated in the past
  • About the key inventions that have helped us to communicate
  • How news reporting has changed through time
  • About news as a source for finding out about the past
  • Photojournalism and its impact on the lives of well-known people
  • How an event/crisis is reported in the news
  • About current news from our host country and home countries
/ Anglo-Saxons Vikings
In History, we’ll be finding out:
  • How historical time can be recorded and measured
  • How we can sort, sequence and order the past for this period
  • How we can interpret events to explore the attitudes of people in the time of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
  • What happened at different times in different cultures
Geography, we’ll be finding out:
  • About the history of a location in the Great Britain
  • How the movements of people affect the physical and human features of a location
  • How we can use maps to find out about the history of a location
/ The Holiday Show
In Geography we’ll be finding out:
  • About a tourist attraction in our local area
  • About the role of our local Tourist Information Centre
  • How maps can give us tourist information
  • About tourism and its impact on regions, countries and cultures
  • How we can create an eco-friendly, sustainable holiday resort
In History, we’ll be finding out:
  • How to create a history tour of our local area/host country

Arts
  • Knowledge
  • Skills
/ In Art, we’ll be finding out: How we can capture the shape, colour and patterns of a nebulae in art How we can create our own satellite images / Artist focus: artists from around the world- JMW Turner and Claude Monet- using colour and tone to show weather in painting. / In Art, we’ll be finding out: About Ancient Greek and Roman art How to create our own piece of art in a Greek or Roman style / To design and create a newspaper. / In Art, we’ll be finding out:
  • How artists from different periods have used art to record history
  • How we can use art to record a historical event
/ In Technology, we’ll be finding out:
How to evaluate materials used to market holidays
How to create our own marketing materials to sell a holiday
Music
  • Knowledge
  • Skills
/ In Music, we will be listening to The Planet Suite by Gustav Holst. / Songs for the Festive Season / In Music, we’ll be finding out:
How to write and perform our own Greek chorus / Looking at history of musical instruments and making and designing own. / In Music, we’ll be finding out:
About music from different countries around the world
Computing / E-safety and Digital Literacy (DL)
•use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable /unacceptable behaviour;
•identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact.
•understand computer networks including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the world wide web; and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration
•use search technologies effectively,
•appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and
•be discerning in evaluating digital content / Creative use of technology (IT)
  • select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information
/ Programming and Computer Science (CS)
  • design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems;
  • solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts
  • use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs;
  • work with variables and various forms of input and output
  • use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs

Spanish /
  • Name, age, numbers 0-12, family
  • Responding to a story, numbers 11-20, making a game
  • Making simple statements, months, praise, birthdays
  • The body, colours, physical descriptions
  • Responding to a story, animals
  • Food, plants, likes & dislikes
  • Days of the week, travelling, the weather
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  • Likes & dislikes of food, simple statements, writing a recipe
  • Expressing and qualifying opinions about music, adjectives & similes
  • Describing a journey to school, time to the half hour, simple directions, repair a simple conversation
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  • Places around the school, everyday school routines, school subjects, time minutes to and past
  • A contrasting Spanish speaking locality, travel, weather reports
  • Comparison of modern-day settlements to the 1940s, clothes, descriptions of people

  • Likes & dislikes, justifying opinions, numbers 21-39, simple prices
  • Instructions, numbers in multiples of 10 to 100
  • Simple statements about food and diet using ‘que’
  • Describing animals and habitats, time to the hour, simple questions
  • Describing the weather, recap numbers to 40, temperature, date
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  • Simple descriptions of a place, writing and performing a poem using adjectives
  • Responding to a poem, responding to a Greek Myth, seasons and weather
  • Classifying nouns, adjectives and verbs, describe planets, statements about the position of a planet
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  • Numbers 60-100, prices with higher numbers, expressing & justifying an opinion, statements about entertainment, time with the 24hr clock
  • Drinks, snacks and ice creams, expressing preferences
  • Statements on newspapers, opinions about television news.

PSHE / P4C / Relationships
  • Welcoming and belonging
  • Teamwork
  • Giving praise and positive feedback
  • Raising concerns and helping friends in need
/ Living in the wider world
  • Schools abroad
  • Different communities
  • Democracy, government and politics
  • Campaigns and media influence
/ Health and Wellbeing
  • Legal and illegal drugs (including tobacco and alcohol)
  • Attitudes to drugs
  • Peer Pressure
  • Healthy lifestyle choices – judging risk

  • Forgiveness and friendships
  • Understanding embarrassment
  • Consequences of teasing and bullying
  • Importance of anger management
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  • Foreign currency
  • What influences spending?
  • Saving money
  • Changing schools
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  • To explore the emotional and physical changes
  • occurring in puberty
  • To understand male and female puberty
  • changes in more detail
  • To explore the impact of puberty on the body
  • and the importance of physical hygiene
  • To explore ways to get support during puberty

PE / Invasion Games / Net games / Gymnastics / Dance / Athletics / Outdoor and adventurous activities