Curriculum Overview

Information for Parents

Year 5

2009/2010

  YEAR  5                                                                               KEY STAGE 2      Curriculum Overview / Long Term Planning  2009/10  

 

AUTUMN TERM

SPRING TERM

SUMMER TERM

Literacy

 

·         Getting to know your pupils

NFER reading tests & Blackwell Spelling Testing.  Expectations for English lessons, introducing yourself including a review of your reading.

·         Bridging Project: Poetry ‘The Pied Piper’

·         The Lottie Project: (The class reader incorporating many skills especially Narrative reading and writing)

·         The Piano: (Multi-media unit using film)

Lower ability children will follow a specialised revision programme.

 

·         Narrative poetry including: The Highwayman.

 

·         Myths and Legends

 

 

·         Historical Writing: (study of ‘The Titanic’ disaster)

·         Class Readers: ( Class reader incorporating many skills especially Narrative reading and writing)

·         One of the following Novels & stories : Kensuke’s Kingdom, The Children Next Door, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

 

 

Numeracy

 

·         Place value

·         Multiplication and division

·         Fractions

·         Decimals, percentages, ratio and proportion

·         Handling data

·         Shape and space

·         Measures including problems

·         Addition and subtraction

·         Properties of number

·         Place value

·         Problem solving

·         Multiplication and division

·         Fractions and decimals

·         Shape and space

·         Angles

·         Measures

·         Handling data

·         Addition and subtraction

·         Reasoning about numbers

·         Place value

·         Multiplication and division

·         Fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio and proportion

·         Handling data
Solving problems and puzzles

·         Shape, space and measure

·         Measures and problem solving

·         Addition and subtraction

·         Properties of numbers and number sequences

Science

 

·   The Human Body

·   Electricity

 

·   Classifying materials

·   Light

·   Green plants

·   Earth in Space

ICT

Developing and refining ideas by bringing together, organising and reorganising text, tables and images.

·         Ourselves-DTP

·         Using tables in Word

·         Graphical modelling

Analysing data and asking questions

·         Setting up spreadsheets

·         Classifying data

·         Sorting data

Producing charts.

Finding information

·         Searching the Internet for information

·         Selecting suitable sources

Developing and refining ideas by bringing together, organising and reorganising text, tables and images.

·         Producing Presentations

·         Athletics Cards

Modelling information

·         Entering formulae into spreadsheets

·         Analysing data

Sharing information

·         E-mailing

 

Developing and refining ideas by bringing together, organising and reorganising text, tables and images.

·         Multimedia production

·         Using storyboards

·         Collaborative Work

·         Evaluating and refining

Sharing information

·         Lower school links

Make things happen

·         Control-basic flowcharts

·         Graphical modelling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  YEAR  5                                                                               KEY STAGE 2      Curriculum Overview / Long Term Planning 2009/10

 

AUTUMN TERM

SPRING TERM

SUMMER TERM

ART

·   Object Drawing – Cubism

·   3D modelling – Ancient Egyptian art

·   Textiles colour and texture

·   Printing – Patterns in Islamic Art

·   Colour-developing painting techniques

·   Relief modelling - Fruit

FRENCH

   Revision of

·   Meeting people – introducing yourself

·   Classroom commands

·   Alphabet

·   Numbers 1 – 31, Colours

·   Classroom objects

·   Age / birthday – months / days, Nativity

·   Where you live - Euorpe

·   Brothers / sisters, familie

·   Pets, mon md mes

·   Physical appearance – j’ai

·   Personalities

·   School subjects - opinions

·   Time

·   Clothes

·   Je suis, tu es, il est, elle est

 

GEOGRAPHY

HISTORY

·     Basic Map Skills                                                            Local Studies                                                        

·     Ancient Egypt

·         Coasts

·         Ancient Greece

MUSIC

·   Bentley Test

·   Vocalise – singing techniques, singing in parts, how to perform, rounds, echo, call & response

·   The Food Rap – note values and rests

-          simple time signatures

-          word setting

 

·   Pitch Names – stave, treble clef, basic staff notation

·   Keyboard skills including use of Cubase computer program

 

·     5 note melody compositions

·         Journey into Space – create a soundscape

                                        - combine sounds

                                        - graphic scores

PE/Games

·   Dance, Gymnastics and Fitness

·   Netball, Football and Basketball

·   Dance, Gymnastics and Fitness

·   Rugby, Cross-Country, Short Tennis and Uni Hoc

·   Athletics and Adventurous Activities

·  Rounders, Cricket and Short Tennis

PSHCE

·   The School Council

·   Getting to know each other

·   Bullying

·   Keeping Safe

·   Emergency First Aid

·   Healthy Lifestyle

 

·   Exploring Feelings

·   Rules and Consequences

·   Local Government

 

·   Personal Hygiene

·   Drug Education

·   Choosing a Balanced Diet

·   Looking After the Environment

 

RE

·     Religious Symbols

     What can we learn from them?

·   Why do some people inspire others?

·   The Earth

What do religions teach us about keeping the Earth and its people special

TECHNOLOGY
˝ Term blocks

Resistant Materials:

·   Introduction to workshop

 

·   Paper Maché models

 

·     Safe use of marking-out and basic hand tools and

     pillar drill

 

 

·    Design and make a pencil stand

 

 

 

 

Food Technology:

·     Introduction to room – hygiene/safety

 

·     Basic skills – parts of a cooker

washing up

basic nutrition

 

·    Further development of skills to include:

Fruit and vegetable salads for nutrition

Fruit Crumble

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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