Year 5 Curriculum Map
Year 5 Curriculum map
Literacy and Language / Unit oneF - Prometheus and
Pandora by Janey
Pursglove (A myth)
NF - “How to Write
Instructions”
“How to Write a
Greek Myth”
“Have a go at….
Chocolate Chip Ice
Cream” (Instruction texts) / Unit two
F - Bling! By Jon Blake
(A modern retelling
of a
myth/dilemma
story)
NF - “Bravery Award for
Fire Hero By”
“Newshound”
“Beach Bonanza!”
(Recounts) / Unit three
F - ‘Goodnight Stroud’
by Pie Corbett
‘Last Night, I saw
The City Breathing’
by Andrew Fusek
Peters
(Poetic style)
NF - “Meet the
Monster!”
“Meet the Future!”
(Persuasive writing) / Unit four
F - This is NOT a fairy
Tale by Jeremy
Strong
(A story by a
significant
children’s author)
NF - “Jeremy Strong
biography and
autobiography”
“Anthony Horowitz
biography”
(Biography and
autobiography) / Unit five
F - Dragon Slayer by
Gill Howell
(A story from
another culture)
NF - “The Kraken”
“A Dragon Spotters
Guide to the
Chinese Lung
Dragon”
(Non‐chronological
reports) / Unit six
F - Father’s Day by Lou
Kuenzler (A
playsrcipt, dramatic
conventions)
NF - “The Big Debate”
(Discussion texts)
Topic / Ancient Greece / Greece - Athens / London / The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China
Meaningful links / Fictional story is an Ancient Greek myth / Fictional story is a modern twist on a Greek myth / Poem is about London / Fictional story is about a dragon slayer in China.
History/geography national curriculum coverage / Hi2/2.4 Ancient Greece
Pupils should be taught a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world / Ge2/1.2a
Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a region in North or South America.
*In this topic coverage of a region in a European country - Greece / Ge2/1.1b
Name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time
*This topic will predominantly focus on London as the geographical region. / Hi2/2.3 Ancient Civilizations
Pupils should be taught about the achievements of the earliest civilizations – an overview of where and when the first civilizations appeared and a depth study of:
The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China