Year 5 - Key subjects

English

• • Year 5 pupils will read widely. They study a variety of texts to include different authors, playwrights and poets using sources from other cultures as well as traditional stories, myths and fables.

  • Opportunities will be given to discuss and share literature on a regular basis through partner, group and class reading, as well as using their Independent Reading Record on a daily basis, with time for weekly reflections on their reading. 

  • Research skills will be developed through other areas of the curriculum, such as History, Geography and Science.

  •  The pupils will develop their ability to speak and listen through presentations, drama and role-play.

  • They will be asked to present a point of view and support their opinion.

  • Letter strings, rules of spelling and word families will all be practised daily with weekly tests. 

  •  A handwriting focus will remain to develop a fluent style of joined writing. Additional Handwriting Clinics are available every Wednesday lunchtime with Mrs Pearson. 

Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo (link to Vikings History topic)

• Letter of advice

• Diary entry

• Dialogue

• character and setting description

• Action scenes

• Obituary

• Writing a legend

Poem for National Poetry Day (October)

The Island by Armin Greder (link to Invaders and Settlers in History) 

• A welcome guide

• Description

• Analysis

• Comparison

• Diary entry in role

• Imagined conversations
  
  

Poetry Recital Competition

(class rounds after half term and final on 22nd November)

Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover

(link to Science Space topic) 

• Proposal to NASA

• Information labels

• Short explanation

• NASA log of Mars landing

• News report

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

(link to Science Space topic) 

• Non-chronological Reports

• Formal persuasive letter

Freedom Bird by Jerdine Nolen 

• Writing in role

• Thought bubbles

• Dialogue

• Postcard

• Recount

• Poem

• Biography

• Formal letters

• Retellings

• Character descriptions

• Fairytale narrative

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman 

• Warning poster

• Diary entry

• Dialogue

• Estate agent’s description

• Character description

• Missing narrative

• Fairytale reworking (prequel or sequel)

Children of the Benin Kingdom by Dinah Orji 

• Informal letters

• Contrasting diary entries

• Survival guides

• Eyewitness reports

• Story summaries

• Non-chronological report

The Tempest (abridged) by William Shakespeare 

• Setting description

• Character descriptions/comparisons

• Diary entry

• Dialogue

• Playscript

High Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson 

• Character Description

• Police Report

• Setting Description

• Newspaper Article

• Dialogue

• Formal Persuasive Letter

• Extended Narrative

The Lost Endings by Carol Ann Duffy 

• Newspaper report

• Extended response to a text

• Prequel- alternative perspective

Mathematics

• • Pupils will consolidate their knowledge of place value and the four rules of number, including decimal notation.

  •  Fractions, decimals and percentages will include a study of simple equivalents as well as mixed fractions in real life situations. Pupils will be encouraged to use a variety of methods and apparatus to assist them.

  • They will be encouraged to estimate and also to consider the reasonableness of their answers. 

  • Shape work will include the properties of parallel lines, faces, angles and reflective and rotational symmetry.

  • Three-dimensional constructions will be made.

  • Standard units of measurement and their decimal notation in all types of measurement will be used – length, mass, capacity, and money.

  • Pupils will progress from using an analogue clock to using the twenty-four hour clock. 

Topics

• Place value

• Addition and Subtraction

• Multiplication and Division 1

• Fractions 1

• Multiplication and Division 2

• Fractions 2

• Decimals and Percentages

• Perimeter and Area

• Statistics

• Shape

• Position and Direction

• Decimals

Science

Fabulous Forces

• Forces - pushes and pulls

• Gravity

• Air resistance

• Water resistance

• Friction

• Marvellous mechanisms

Out of this World! - Earth and Space

• Spherical bodies (describing the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies)

• The Planets 

• Geocentric Versus Heliocentric 

• Night and Day

• Night and Day (International)

• Movement of the Moon 

Earth Matters: Life & Habitats 

• Describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird 

• Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals.

• How do our bodies change throughout our lifetime?

Marvellous Materials

• Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, solubility, transparency, conductivity (electrical and thermal), and response to magnets 

• Know that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution 

• Use knowledge of solids, liquids and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating 

• Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic  

• Demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and changes of state are reversible changes 

• Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda.

• Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic 

• Demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and changes of state are reversible changes 

• Explain that some changes result in the formation of new materials, and that this kind of change is not usually reversible, including changes associated with burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda.

Animals (including humans) 

• Describe the changes as humans develop to old age.

• Living things (life cycles)