Welcome to the Year 5 webpage, we hope this page gives you all of the information about Year 5 that you need. If you would like information about anything else please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Hill & Mr Hignet.
Autumn Term in Year 5
Curriculum information
English
We will be reading Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburgh and learning to:
- Use fronted adverbials
- Plan writing by identifying audience and purpose
- Organise paragraphs around a theme
- Use commas to avoid ambiguity
We will also be reading stories based on real-life events, exploring newspapers and journalistic writing, exploring the poetry of Brian Moses, and reading Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo.
Maths
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Place Value within 1,000,000
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Addition and Subtraction
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Graphs and Tables
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Multiplication and Division
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Area and Perimeter
We will be deepening our understanding of place value up to 1,000,000; securing our ability to calculate with the four operations, and learning more about graphs and tables, and area and perimeter.
Science
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Living Things and their Habitats
- Forces
We will be comparing the life cycles of different animals and learning about how plants and animals reproduce. We will also be learning to identify and explain forces including gravity, friction and air resistance.
R.E.
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Domestic Church
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Baptism/Confirmation
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Advent/Christmas
We will be studying topics related to ‘Ourselves’, ‘Life Choices’, and ‘Hope’, and learning about Judaism.
Art & Design
Typography and Maps
We will be exploring how we can create typography through drawing and design, and use our skills to create personal and highly visual maps.
Geography
Investigating Rivers
We will be studying the features of rivers and researching rivers around the world. We will also be undertaking fieldwork to trace the River Alt from its source in Huyton all the way to the sea.
History
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
We will learning about how Britain changed due to settlement by the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings and investigating where their influence can still be found in the UK today.
Computing
AR Games
We will be designing and creating a game involving augmented reality.
Music
Classroom Jazz
We will be learning to perform jazz pieces on the glockenspiel whilst developing our understanding of musical theory and notation.
Design and Technology
Moving Toys
We will be learning more about mechanisms such as cams and followers by designing and making our own moving toys.
P.E.
Invasion Games
We will be developing our invasion games skills by playing football.
P.S.H.E.
Relationships
We will be thinking about families and friendships, safe relationships, and respecting ourselves and other.
Spanish
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Phonetics 1 to 3
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Core Vocabulary
We will be expanding our core Spanish vocabulary and continuing to develop our understanding of Spanish phonetics and pronunciation.
