Year 5 Curriculum Grid 2017/18

Autumn / Spring / Summer
Theme / Space, UFOs, South America / The lungs of the Earth / Grand designs
English / Explanations
Well-loved novels / Biographies and autobiographies
Recounts / Narrative poems
Journalistic writing / Argument and debate
Significant authors / Film narratives
Contemporary novels / Instructions
Choral and performance poetry
Ongoing / Reading (individual, guided and as a class), speaking/performing (drama) and listening, handwriting, spelling, grammar, punctuation.
Maths / N - Place value
N - Addition
N - Subtraction / Statistics
N - Multiplication
N - Division
M - Perimeter
M - Area / N - Multiplication
N - Division
N - Fractions / N - Fractions
N - Decimals
N - Percentages / N - Decimals
G - Properties of shape / G - Position and direction
M - Converting units
M – Volume
Ongoing / Mental arithmetic, problem solving skills, place value.
Science / Earth and Space / Forces / Life cycles / Decay and Recycling / Mixtures and Reactions / Human development
Computing / We are app planners / We are project managers / We are market researchers / We are interface designers / We are app developers / We are marketers
Ongoing / Word processing/keyboard skills, research skills
Topic / The Mayans
Mexico / Rainforests
Deforestation
Looking after the environment / Ancient Greece / Rivers and coasts
RE / What is Sikhism? How do the communities show new members they belong? / How do Christians celebrate Christmas? / How do the religions, Sikhism and Buddhism deal and help with suffering? / In what ways does a religious belief influence how someone lives their life? / How do the religions, Sikhism and Buddhism mark special times in life? / How do believers regard God?
Art/DT / Space art
Sketching/shading
Painting – different media/materials / Green designs
Rainforest collage
Printing / Greek pottery
3D and sculpture / Textiles
Gears and pulleys
Ongoing / Focus artist – Peter Thorpe
Music / Solar system / Christmas preparation / Life cycles / Our community / Keeping healthy / At the movies
PSHCE / New beginnings / Getting on and falling out. / Going for goals / Say no to bullying. / Good to be me. / Relationships
PE / Dance/Games / Gymnastics/Games / Athletics/Games
MFL / Numbers 1-100
Greetings
Months/seasons / Money – Euros
Time
Christmas / Clothes
Accessories / Ordering meals/food
Easter / Sports
Leisure activities / Holidays
Planets