Year 5
We have two Year 5 classes: Ospreys and Owls. Mr Packer teaches Ospreys and Miss Overton and Mrs Vincent teach Owls. Mrs Bradley, Mr Jackson and Miss Hudspith support in Year 5.
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Our Curriculum
In Year 5, we study a range of subjects across the curriculum which are often linked together through various topics. These change each half term and are planned to inspire us to become scientists, geographers, historians, artists and musicians.
English
Our English lessons are taught through a whole-class novel which we read every day. Every half term we focus on a new novel which we link many of our reading and writing tasks to. These are a mixture of fiction, non-fiction, picture books and poetry. In our daily whole-class reading lessons, we focus on reading with fluency and expression and applying different ‘VIPERS’ skills to a variety of text types.
Autumn Term Novels
Space Oddity – Christopher Edge
Who Let the Gods Out? – Maz Evans
Spring Term Novels
The Last Bear – Hannah Gold
Summer Term Novels
Maths
We use Ark Mastery Maths to inform our Maths planning. We take a mastery approach for all children, following a fluency, reasoning and problem-solving structure within each lesson. We use concrete resources and pictorial representations for teaching new concepts before challenging children to think more abstractly.
Other Curriculum Areas
Autumn 1
- Science: Space
- Computing: Flat-file databases
- History: The Changing Power of the Monarchs
- D&T: Electrical systems – fairground rides
- Music: The Planets
- PSHE: Health and wellbeing (healthy lifestyles; ourselves, growing and changing; keeping safe)
- MFL: Phonics in French 3
- RE: Why is Moses important to Jewish people and why do Jewish people go to the synagogue?
- PE: Hockey and fitness
Autumn 2
- Science: Forces
- Computing: Systems and searching
- Geography: What Shapes my world?
- Art: Sculpture and 3D installation art
- Music: Christmas
- PSHE: Health and wellbeing (healthy lifestyles; ourselves, growing and changing; keeping safe) – continued
- MFL: Do You Have a Pet?
- RE: What are the themes of Christmas?
- PE: Netball and Cricket
Spring 1
- Science: Properties and changes of materials
- Computing: Video production
- History: The Victorians
- D&T: Mechanical systems – pop-up books
- Music: Rock and Roll
- PSHE: Relationships (respecting ourselves and others; families and friendships; safe relationships)
- MFL: What is the Date?
- RE: What do Christians believe about Jesus and God?
- PE: Badminton and Basketball
Spring 2
- Science: Properties and changes of materials – continued
- Computing: Selection in physical computing – quizzes
- Geography: Fantastic Journeys – Where Could We Go?
- Art: Drawing – I need space
- Music: Rock n Roll
- PSHE: Health and wellbeing (healthy lifestyles; ourselves, growing and changing; keeping safe) – continued
- MFL: Clothes
- RE: Why are Lent and the Last Supper important to Christians?
- PE: Gymnastics and swimming
Summer 1
- Science: Living things and their habitats
- Computing: Introduction to vector graphics
- History: Monarchs – Queen Elizabeth II
- D&T: Food – What could be healthier?
- Music: Melodies of divinity
- PSHE: Living in the wider world (belonging to a community; media literacy and digital resilience; money and work)
- MFL: The Olympics
- RE: How are Jewish beliefs expressed at home?
- PE: Athletics and cricket
Summer 2
- Science: Animals including humans
- Computing: Selection in physical computing – Crumbles
- Geography: Farm to Fork – Where does my food come from?
- Art: Painting and mixed media – portraits
- Music: Animal kingdom
- PSHE: Living in the wider world (belonging to a community; media literacy and digital resilience; money and work) – continued
- MFL: The Weather
- RE: Why do people use rituals today?
- PE: Swimming and rounders
Homework
In Year 5, homework is given out each Friday (orange books) and is due back the following Wednesday. Spellings are also sent home every Friday (red books) to be practised and are tested the following Friday. Each day, children should bring their level-appropriate reading books to and from school.
