Dobcroft Junior School / Learning Challenge Overview
Year:5 / Date:Autumn2015 / Teacher:JH/JW, PH, FT / Class:Y5WH, Y5PH, Y5T
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English
Unit / Persuasive Writing / Film Narrative
(El Caminate & The Piano) / Condover Week & Pirate Week / Film Narrative / Christmas Carol (Older Literature)
Spellings / Homophones / Hypen Words / Words endings in ible, able, ibly and ably / Ough Words / Words ending in tious and cious / Words containing and ‘ee’ sound
Maths Unit- Topics rotate on a three week cycle between classes / Investigations / Number and place value;
Written addition and subtraction / Mental addition and subtraction; Number and place value
Decimals, percentages and fractions; Mental multiplication and division
Time / Written & Mental addition and subtraction
Mental multiplication and division; Fractions, ratio and proportion
Mental multiplication and division; Written multiplication and division / See Week 6/7 / Geometry: properties of shapes
Decimals, percentages and their equivalence to fractions; Fractions, ratio and proportion
Mental and written addition and subtraction, multiplication and division / Co-ordinates & Translation
Roman Numerals & Properties of circles
Rotation, Reflection & Symmetry
Subjects linked with Learning Challenge / What’s Right Up Your Street?
Pre-learning: Video of life in Sheffield
WOW: Orienteering in the school grounds/Visit to Abbeydale Road/Visit to City Centre
Outcome: Website to promote Sheffield
Reflection: Circle Time
Geography: use the eight points of a compass, four-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world
use fieldwork to observe, measure and record the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.
Art:Wax Resist with Brusho, Photography, clay Man of Steel
Music:Sheffield Music & Texture (the way sounds are put together)
Computing: We are Web Designers / Condover Week & Pirate Week / Were the Anglo-Saxons really smashing?
Pre-learning: Looking at Artefacts
WOW: Visitor or Trip to local Anglo Saxon Site
Outcome: Create an Anglo-Saxon Village
Reflection: Showing Parents around the village
History: Britain’s settlements by Anglo-Saxons and Scots- Anglo-Saxon invasions; settlements; kingdoms; names and places; art and culture and Christian conversion
Art:Anglo-Saxon Jewellery
DT: Anglo-Saxon Villages / What would a journey through your body look like?
Pre-learning: Sports activity
WOW: Dissecting animal organs
Outcome: Group Presentations
Reflection: Feedback from Peers
Science: identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and explain the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood (including the pulse and clotting).
PE: Creating a fitness video
Subjects linked with English / RE: Is the Christmas story true?
Art:Christmas Cards (Block Printing), Arthur Rackham (Watercolours)
DT: Shadow Puppets
Independent Subjects / PE: Dance and Net/Wall Games
RE: How far would a Sikh go for his religion?
French: En Ville: Key places in a French Town; asking the way; Ma ville – Sheffield; Shopping and making a pizza
PSHE: The Healthy School – New Beginnings / Computing: We are Game Developers
PE: Invasion Games
French: The time: Days, months, birthdays; telling the time. Christmas Activities
PSHE: Getting on and Falling Out
Music:Pitch
Unicef Rights of a Child /
  • You have the right to find out things and sharewhat you think with others, by talking, drawing,writing or in any other way unless it harms oroffends other people.
  • You have the right to choose your own religionand beliefs. Your parents should help you decidewhat is right and wrong, and what is best foryou.
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  • You have the right to the best health care possible, safe water to drink, nutritious food, a clean and safe environment, and information to help you stay well.
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  • The government has a responsibility to make sure your rights are protected. They must help your family protect your rights and create an environment where you can grow and reach your potential.