Year 5 Curriculum overview - Spring Term

Here is what Year 5 are going to be busy with this term.  You can download a copy here

Guidance about Year 5 Reading

Would you like more info about numeracy?  See our calculation policy here

Our cross-curricular theme for this term half term is:

Earth and Space

Our class novel for this half term will be Tupilak (an Inuit tale)

During our topic work we will develop skills in the following subject areas:

Literacy – Explanation texts (based on natural disasters),Traditional tales (legends linked to Native Americans)

ICT – multi-media presentations, e-safety cyber bullying

Science – Earth and Space .

Geography – Finding out about natural phenomena and comparisons between the polar regions.

Art – Landscape space drawings and comic aliens.

Music- Space music (composition)

Other subjects to be covered this term are:

Numeracy- this term our non-negotiable focus will be bonds to 1000 and adding, halving and doubling decimals.  We will also be covering Place Value; Ordering & rounding; Using a calculator; Understanding + and – ; Mental calculation strategies; Money & real life problems; Fractions, decimals & percentages; Shape & space; Measures; Handling Data; Number properties.

PSHE – Going for Goals

RE – Sikhism

PE – Gymnastics

French – Daily routines, months and seasons

Visits and visitors / Dates for your diaries

Thursday 9^th February-Visit to the Planetarium

Homework

Homework will be sent home on a Wednesday and due back on a Monday.

Practise maths targets and non-negotiables at home daily.

Read regularly at home.

PE Days – Tuesdays and Thursdays or Fridays.

There will be some swapping around of PE days so please ensure your child has their kit in on all of the above days.

Curriculum Overview              Year Group: 5                   Term: Spring B

Teachers: Ali Lowe and Richard Coles

Our cross-curricular theme for this term half term is:

The Wild West

Our class novel for this half term will be: The Indian in the cupboard.

During our topic work we will develop skills in the following subject areas:

Literacy – we will focus around the class novel this term and include film narrative, poetry as well as reports, letters and diary entries.

ICT – Computer Programming.

History- Cowboys and Indians

DT –

Music- Traditional Native American music (including composition)

Other subjects to be covered this term are:

Numeracy- this term our non-negotiable focus will be bonds to 1000 and adding, halving and doubling decimals.  We will also be covering Place Value; Ordering & rounding; Using a calculator; Understanding + and – ; Mental calculation strategies; Money & real life problems; Fractions, decimals & percentages; Shape & space; Measures; Handling Data; Number properties.

PSHE – Going for Goals

RE – Sikhism

PE – TagRugby

French – Daily routines, months and seasons

Science – Solids, Liquids and Gases

Visits and visitors / Dates for your diaries

Tuesday 28^th February-parent activity afternoon- in the classroom.

Homework

Homework will be sent home on a Wednesday and due back on a Monday.

Practise maths targets and non-negotiables at home daily.

Read regularly at home.

PE Days - Tuesdays and Thursdays or Fridays.

There will be some swapping around of PE days so please ensure your child has their kit in on all of the above days.