Year 5 - Long Term Overview

Term / Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2
Topic/Theme / Mexico / Crime & Punishment / Lights Camera Action / Northampton
English / (Flame of Peace) Letters/Leaflets
Persuasive Writing / Highwayman & Outlaw – Michael Morpurgo
(Poetry, Wanted posters, Newspapers)
Writing alternative story from the victims point of view
Fact files – Anglo Saxon King Ethelred the Unready
Information booklet on C & P
Debate – ‘There is less crime now than the past’
Formal letter- application for CSI technician job / (Fantastic Beasts, Hugo Cabret, Percy Jackson)
Character Description, Myths & Legends from different countries / Biographies/Autobiographies(Famous locals)
Diaries, Postcards, Biographies/autobiographies, Historical Fiction, Instructions
Maths / Number 1, Calculation / Number 2, Geometry / Measures, FDP 1 / Measures 2, Number 3 / Position 1, Geometry, FDP 2 / Fraction Calculations, Number 4
Science / Properties & Materials / Forces
Crime Scene Forensics – Chromatography, fingerprinting / Light / Living things in their Habitats / Animals including Humans / Lifecycles – humans & Plants
Research project on Local Scientist
Computing/Esafety / We are architects
Creating Bonampak murals
Cyber Café Lesson Plan 6 – Chatting with care / We are Cryptographers
Safe 2.1 Extension / We are web developers
Cyber Café lesson 7 – Using text & picture messaging / We are game developers
Safe 2.2 Extension / We are bloggers
Cyber Café lesson 8 – behaving responsibly / We are artists
Safe 2.3 Extension
History / Mayans
(Non European society) / Changes in aspect of Social History
Crime & Punishment From Anglo Saxons to present. / History of Film & Cinema
Lives of significant individuals (Charlie Chaplin ) – progression from B & W to modern age / Local History Study
(Inventors & Explorers)
The Racecourse, Castle, Guildhall, Macintosh
(Human & physical, Geographical skills & Fieldwork)
Geography / Mexico/Central America
Local geography
(Locational Knowledge, Place Knowledge
Geographical Skills) / Look at the geography of habitats?
(Physical /Human aspects)
Northern Light study
RE / Stories of Faith (Creation stories) / Christmas / Sikhism / Religions in our community
Art / Sketch & Sculpt
Clay Mayan art & artefacts
Mayan Mask / Improve techniques
Great Artists - Andy Warhol screen printing Portraits
Colour Wheel, Colour Mixing / Flipbooks / Drawing Fantastic Beasts / Charles Macintosh art
DT / Sketch, analyse & Evaluate
Mayan Temple
Mayan Musical instrument
Traditional Mayan food / Fingerprints (CSI investigation workshop) / Movies & Animations / Sculpting Beasts / Jewellery making in the style of Macintosh / Felt Slipper making
Music / Listen and respond to pan pipes / Pan pipe sounds
BBC Ten pieces – Carl Orff, Jean Sibelius / BBC Ten Pieces – Antonin Dvorak / BBC Ten Pieces – Mason Bates Anthology of Fantastic Zooology / Keyboards
BBC Ten Pieces Voices of music – Henry Purcell
PSHE/SMSC / Keeping Healthy / Getting on & Falling out / Good to be me / Going for goals / Road Safety
Relationships / Changes/Family Trees
PE / Dance
Invasion 1 / Gymnastics
Invasion 2 / Swimming / Gymnastics
Net/Wall / Outdoor Ed
Striking & Fielding / Athletics
Striking & Fielding
WOW/Fabulous Finish / DT- Cook savoury dishes
Mexican Buffet /Celebration / Local Magistrates Court Visit
CSI Forensic Workshop / Cinema trip, backstage tour Derngate / Local walks, Derngate, Shoe Museum, Library