Year 5 Curriculum Year 5 Curriculum Sharing MeetingSharing Meeting

Year 5 Curriculum Year 5 Curriculum Sharing MeetingSharing Meeting

Timetable

Expectations and Routines

Homework is set weekly on a Thursday: one piece of literacy and one piece of maths. These are due the following Tuesday.

Homework diaries are checked on a Friday morning. Please ensure they are signed.

Spellings are set weekly but tested at the end of the half term.

Reading is still important in Upper School. We encourage the children to read to an adult 3-4 times a week and record this in their homework diaries.

Being prepared!Children should come to all lessons prepared.

This includes having the correct equipment with them. A small pencil case is allowed including a handwriting pen (not a fountain pen or biro), pencil, ruler and rubber.

Children should have their homework diaries in school every day as they are a great way to record messages and notes as well as homework!

LiteracyLiteracy is taught in classes.Our Literacy curriculum covers a range

of narrative, non-fiction and poetry. Each text type lasts between 2 – 3 weeks

including reading of the text type, spoken language opportunities grammar and punctuation and written tasks.

LiteracyGuided reading is taught separately to

literacy although is based around the text type being studied

Spelling and handwriting skills are also taught separately to the main literacy lesson although opportunities for the skills to be transferred are included.

MathsThere are 5 Maths sets taught in year 5. • Set 1 taught by Miss Carroll• Set 2 taught by Ms Marshall• Set 3 taught by Mrs Hampton• Set 4a taught by Mrs Sherwood and Mrs

Wenham• Set 4b taught by Mr Yaxley

ScienceThere are five core units of Science studied in Year 5:• Living things and their habitats(describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird)

• Animals including humans(describe the changes as humans develop to old age)

• Materials and their properties(compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including

their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity, and response to magnets)

• Earth and Space(describe the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the sun in the solar system;

describe the movement of the moon relative to the Earth; use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky)

• Forces(identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction, that act between moving

surfaces; recognise that some mechanisms including levers, pulleys and gears allow a smaller force to have a greater effect

Geography/ History

Geography is taught in the Autumn term and the end of the summer term. History is taught in the Spring and Summer terms.

Geography:• Europe: South of France• RiversHistory:• Anglo-Saxons and Scots• Ancient Mayan Civilisation

DT/ArtDT and Art are taught in rotation, each unit

lasting a half term. DT:• Cooking: Quiche• Designing and making a bird box• Gears, levers, pulleys, cams and linkagesArt:• French Art including changes through the

centuries, • Anglo Saxon Art• Water and water colours

PEChildren have 2 PE lessons a week. In the Autumn term

and early Spring term, all children in Year 5 have a further 10 weeks of swimming lessons (as part of their allocated indoor PE).

Indoor PE is taught by Winger Sports coaches including gymnastics, dance and basketball.

Outdoor PE includes netball, football, hockey, tag rugby, tennis and kwik cricket.

In the summer, all PE takes place outdoors and also includes athletics (taught by Sports coaches)

LanguagesChildren will continue their French tuition

focusing on three main areas:• A dark, dark tale: identifying furniture and

using prepositions• Weather: weather phrases and compass

points• A town trail: places in a town and directions

ComputingChildren will cover 6 core topics, each lasting a

half term. Other opportunities are made for children to use computing in other curriculum subjects such as through the use of the ipads.

• Game Developers: Developing an interactive game

• Artists: Fusing geometry and art

• Web Developers: Creating a website about cyber safety

• Bloggers: Sharing experiences and opinions

• Cryptographers: Cracking codes

• Architects: Creating a virtual space

REThe RE curriculum continues to follow the Essex

Agreed Syllabus

• Judaism• Islam• Christianity (including Bible Explorers)• Sikhism

PSHEPSHE is taught fortnightly.• Feelings, friends and friendships• Me and my relationships• Anti-bullying• Managing risks• Drug awareness• Political literacy and citizenship

MusicMusic is taught fortnightly by Mrs Cripps

following the Music Express scheme.

Children continue their recorder tuition as well as developing opportunities to perform together.

Important dates• Thursday 11th September: Individual photographs• Friday 3rd October: Harvest• Tuesday 14th October: Visit to the Royal Observatory • Monday 3rd November: Year 5 test week• Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th November: Parents’ Evenings• Monday 24th November: Maths Parents’ Evening Drop-ins• Tuesday 16th December: Year 5 Performance - 2pm• Wednesday 17th December: Year 5 Performance - 7pm• Thursday 18th December: Carol Service

Further dates and information will be sent home via Parentmail

Thank you for coming!

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