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Year 5 HCS Curriculum Handbook 2019- 2020

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Year 5 Curriculum Handbook 2019 - 2020


TERM DATES MICHAELMAS TERM 2019 First day of term - Thursday 5 September Half term holiday - Monday 21 October to Friday 1 November Last day of term - Friday 13 December (finish at 15:30) LENT TERM 2020 First day of term - Tuesday 7 January Half term holiday - Monday 17 February to Friday 21 February Last day of term - Wednesday 1 April (finish at 15:30) TRINITY TERM 2020 First day of term - Monday 20 April Bank Holiday - Friday 8 May Half term holiday - Monday 25 May to Friday 29 May Last day of term - Friday 3 July (finish at 15:30)


Contacts Since your child is known best by their class teacher, this is the first point of contact; this includes notes regarding illness, sport, music lessons, dental appointments etc. Carrie.Smith@hullcollegiateschool.co.uk Declan.Whitfield@hullcollegiateschool.co.uk For more serious matters, the Phase Leader can be contacted: Year 5/6 Phase Lead Mrs S Stokes Sarah.Stokes@hullcollegiateschool.co.uk

For all other enquiries, please contact the Prep Office staff: Mrs D Fawcett-Ward Diane.Fawcett-Ward@hullcollegiateschool.co.uk Miss E Brownlee Emma.Brownlee@hullcollegiateschool.co.uk


DAY - Prep School (Year 3 - 6) 08:30 Intervention groups 08:45 Registration 09:00 Period 1 09:50 Period 2 10:40 Break 11:00 Assembly & Interventions 11:20 Period 3 12:10 Lunch 13:10 Registration 13:15 Period 4 14:05 Period 5 14:55 Period 6 15:45 End of day


Encouraging High Standards of Behaviour It is the School’s policy to nurture and encourage self-discipline amongst pupils. We encourage all pupils to adhere to the ‘I CARE’ Core Values: Innovative: to seek ways of improving and enhancing all that we do to develop enquiring minds and a lifelong love of learning in preparation for life in the 21st Century. Confident: to ensure that we provide opportunities that allow pupils to develop their confidence through learning and co-curricular opportunities. Aspirational: to prepare for the future, always seeking to improve, and approaching each challenge and opportunity with energy, optimism and a growth mind-set. Respectful: to encourage self-respect, care for others and have an active interest in the world beyond the school. Enthusiastic: to embrace new challenges and enjoy the opportunities afforded to pupils by being part of the school community.


Our Golden Rules are: • We are kind, polite and helpful • We listen • We are honest • We work hard • We look after property

Keeping Healthy - Snacks and Water Bottle We encourage children to keep their hearts and minds healthy by being active, eating a balanced diet and sleeping well. Children may bring a healthy snack such as fruit, crackers, cereal bar, popcorn or a bread bun (no sweets, chocolate or crisps) to enjoy at morning break time. Children should have a bottle of water (named) at school every day.


Parent Information Sports Kit, Homework and The Hub Sports Kit

The logistics of homework in KS2 are as follows:

All sports kit must be labelled with the child’s name. It is unlikely that items of

Each child will have homework books for Maths and English.

kit, which are clearly named, will go missing. It is also important that your child

Work will be given each Thursday to be returned the following Tuesday.

is aware of the kit they need, to help them start to take responsibility for packing

The amount of time allocated for each piece of homework will vary according to its nature, but should typically take between 30-40 minutes for each task.

their games bag. Kit bags should be brought on the first day of term; they can be taken home at weekends to be washed and returned the following Monday.

Daily reading is expected (a minimum of four times weekly) a record of which should be signed in their liaison book and returned to the classroom each day.

Homework

There is a specific deadline for homework completion (Tuesday) which will allow pupils to balance their workload and allow homework to fit in with other family commitments.

We believe that homework supports the development of independent learning by encouraging and extending learning beyond the confines of the classroom and timetable. It is our aim to provide regular and appropriate homework tasks which

The Hub

will consolidate and reinforce skills and understanding, particularly in the core skills of English and Maths.

The Hub is operated by Firefly. It is the school’s chosen online platform that brings together teachers, students and parents. It allows teachers to set work, track

We value, support and welcome active co-operation and communication between

progress, share resources and engage with parents. The Firefly Parents Portal allows

home and school.

parents to view up-to-date information about their children’s progress as well as keeping them informed about many other aspects of school life.

Homework aims to nurture good independent working habits, encouraging a love of learning and developing learning beyond the classroom.

Attendance

Reports (for download)

Make parent evening appointments

Pay for school trips/activities via their Parent Pay account


Parent Information First Aid and Standards of Dress First Aid and Injury/Illness

Standards of Dress and Appearance

First Aid in school is provided for injuries incurred in school. If you need to send your child to school with medication to take during the day, please clearly label it, accompanied with the Pupil Medication Request Form, and hand to the Prep School Office or First Aid Room.

In the interest of health and safety, hair should be kept clean and tidy and should not hang over the face. Long hair should be tied back securely for practical lessons. Hair bands and slides, if worn, should be discreet and in one of the school colours – navy blue or maroon.

Children should not be sent to school unless they are healthy enough to go outside to play and take part in PE and Games lessons. If a child has an injury that forces them to miss Games, a note/email should be sent to their classteacher.

Jewellery, Watches and Make-up

If your child has suffered infective sickness or diarrhoea (e.g. the norovirus), they should be kept at home for 48 hours following the last episode (Health Protection Agency guidelines). Although a child may appear well, they are still infectious for this 48-hour period. Any medical enquiries or concerns about your child’s health/illness or return to School should be addressed to the First Aiders who will be happy to discuss this with you at any time. The First Aiders can be contacted on Hull. Nurse@hullcollegiateschool.co.uk or on 01482 579121.

Pupils are not permitted to wear jewellery in school (except in exceptional circumstances). Only discreet, stud-type earrings are acceptable and must be removed for sports activities. Watches should be unobtrusive to support the pupil to tell the time. Simple analogue black or navy watches are suitable. Any colour smartwatches/Fitbits are also permitted.

Please refer to the Prep School handbook for the full uniform list.


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 How Parents Can Help at Home English

Above all else, be positive about Maths. Try not to say things like “I can’t do Maths,” or “I was

Reading: Reading with your child, at every age, is vital. Research shows that it’s the single

never good at Maths at school” - your child may start to think like that themselves.

most important thing you can do to help your child’s education. It’s best to read little and often, so try to put aside some time for it every day. Let your child see you reading a book,

Times tables: These are the foundation of Maths. Children must be able to recall them

so they get into good habits. Reading extensively will improve your child’s awareness of

quickly and accurately. Times Tables Rockstars (https://ttrockstars.com/) aims to drill

punctuation and sentence structure; it will also enhance their vocabulary which can be

children in quick recall of multiplication and division facts up to 12 x 12. Whilst children

used in speech and creative writing.

partake in practice sessions in class, we encourage children to regularly practise at home

Spellings: Each week the children will be given a set of spellings to learn. Please go through

(ask the class teacher if your child has forgotten their password.) Additionally, all children

these with your child each day so that they are committed to their long-term memory and,

have a times tables practice book which they can complete at home and school.

thus, used correctly in their written work. Writing: Encourage your child to write for a pleasurable purpose, this might be: writing

Reading

a letter; sending a postcard from your holidays; keeping a diary; making a shopping list;

At Hull Collegiate School, we follow the Collins Big Cat Reading Scheme. The books in

compiling a book review etc. Finding any reason for your child to write for pleasure will

each band contain high quality reading books covering a variety of genre. As children get

make writing an everyday occurrence.

older these books will become longer and more demanding and are designed to aid the children’s ability to use deduction and inference to gain understanding. Books will also

Maths

become progressively more complex in terms of syntax and vocabulary. Books will include

Point out the Maths in everyday life. Include your child in activities involving numbers

non-fiction with science, history or geography information books, biographies and reports

and measuring, such as shopping, cooking and travelling. You can practise times tables in

and fiction books including classics, Shakespeare retellings, poetry and traditional tales.

the car or add up digits on number plates – anything where you child is mentally holding

Children will be encouraged to read regularly to progress through the scheme towards the

numbers in their head.

Black Band books. Black Band books contain reading books, mostly fiction, that teaching

Children will learn to tell the time when they need to know the time for a purpose; e.g. how

staff have selected to be age appropriate and challenging in terms of content and style and

long until a programme starts on television or how long until lunch. If they have a watch, it

which contain a wide range of children’s literature including classics. Children will also be

is best if it is an analogue one with a readable face.

able to read their own or library books in parallel with their reading scheme book.


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 English - Writing Michaelmas Term

a solid understanding of the language of the past and to convey a retrospective emphasis

The theme is Inventors and Innovators. Pupils will write two narrative pieces, one

on the importance of historical events.

biographical piece and explore Victorian poetry throughout the term. The class text is Cogheart by Peter Bunzl.

Pupils will also look at persuasive writing, creating pieces of writing based around animal rights, using the text The One and Only Ivan as the stimulus, along with PETA’s child

Pupils will start by looking at the features of Mystery Story and develop the children’s

friendly website. The children will write persuasive pieces arguing their points about

understanding of a simple five-part story plot – introduction, build-up, problem, resolution

animal welfare.

and ending – with the eventual outcome being their own mystery narrative based on a picture from the book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.

Poetry will be linked to World War I poetry, with significant attention paid to great writers such as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon.

After half term, to link in with the focus in Humanities on Victorian life, pupils will be writing ghost stories, inspired by A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The children will

Trinity Term

explore techniques of how to create suspense and fear, in a delicate and skilful way. In

The theme is ‘An Almighty Storm’, which links with the Humanities topic of extreme

addition, the children will be looking at the life of Charles Dickens, with the outcome being

weather. The class text will be Varjak Paw, which has a variety of dramatic imagery. Pupils

a biographical piece about the man himself.

write their own adventure story.

As children explore Victorian transport developments in other subject areas, we will look

The non-fiction piece will be a journalistic news report about the impact of a tornado on a

to expose the children to Victorian poetry that shows the importance of new inventions to

town, with the text The Book of Storms being the stimulus. Children will consider physical

modern life: most notably Robert Louis Stevenson, with a touch of Lewis Carroll.

devastation that occurs to many towns around the world especially in America.

Lent Term

Pupils will study Kennings poems about freak weather phenomena: tornadoes, tropical

The theme is War & Peace with War Horse by Michael Morpurgo as the class text. Our class

storms, lightning and tidal waves.

text will be War Horse, from which we will concentrate on how write Historical fiction, using


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 English - Reading Developing inference skills when considering characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions. Discovering figurative language in books. Children will explore a wide variety of non-fiction and fiction genres, including: narrative, persuasion, journalism, biography, persuasive writing, play scripts, poetry and instruction writing and adventure stories. The class texts will be Cogheart by Peter Bunzl, War Horse by Michael Morpurgo and Varjak Paw by S.F. Said. Furthermore, there will be structured whole class reading sessions, using texts that cover a wide area of subjects and topics, with a weekly focus on a particular aspect of reading from the VIPERS approach to questioning: Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, Sequence/Summarise. Spelling: silent letters, words ending in -ough, words ending in –ible, -able. Grammar: consolidate and extend use of nouns, verbs, adjectives; consolidate and extend use of modal verbs to indicate degrees of possibility.

New grammar and punctuation techniques will be taught explicitly, such as: distinguishing between the languages of speech and writing; identifying and using appropriate vocabulary and structures, including subjunctive forms; using passive verbs to affect the

presentation of information in a sentence; précising longer passages of text


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 Maths - Michaelmas Term A mastery style of teaching of Maths is consistent throughout the Prep School. Children

are supported through 4 different levels of challenges each lesson: Challenge 1 and 2 are fluency level, Challenge 3 is mastery and Challenge 4 is greater depth. Times tables

Solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph.

Complete, read and interpret information in tables including timetables.

knowledge is at the heart of Maths learning; children are expected to know times tables by heart up to 12 X 12. These are regularly practised in lessons to ensure children are fluent

Number – multiplication and division

and can recall facts quickly. Please practise these at home to aid recall.

Multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts.

Multiply and divide whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1000.

Identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and

Number – Place Value •

Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1000000 and determine the value of each digit.

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common factors of two numbers. •

Recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers and the notation for squared

Count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to

(2) and cubed (3) Solve problems involving multiplication and division including using

1000000.

their knowledge of factors and multiples, squares and cubes.

Interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive

and negative whole numbers including through zero.

Know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (nonprime) numbers.

Round any number up to 1000000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10000 and 100000.

Solve number problems and practical problems that involve all of the above.

Read Roman numerals to 1000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals.

Perimeter and Area

Number - addition and subtraction .

Measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in cm and m.

Add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers.

Calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares), and including using

Add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction) Use rounding to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, levels of accuracy.

Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why

Statistics

Establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19.

standard units, cm2, m2 estimate the area of irregular shapes.


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 Maths - Lent Term •

Read, write, order and compare numbers with up to three decimal places.

Recognise and use thousandths and relate them to tenths, hundredths and decimal

Number – multiplication and division.

Multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts.

equivalents. Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number

Multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number using a formal written

and to one decimal place.

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method, including long multiplication for 2-digit numbers.

Solve problems involving number up to three decimal places.

Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method

Recognise the per cent symbol (%) and understand that per cent relates to ‘number of

of short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context.

parts per hundred’, and write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100, and as

Solve problems involving addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and a

a decimal.

combination of these, including understanding the use of the equals sign.

Solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of 12, 14, 15, 25, 45 and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25.

Number: Fractions •

Compare and order fractions whose denominators are multiples of the same number.

Identify, name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction, represented visually including tenths and hundredths.

Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical statements >1 as a mixed number.

Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number.

Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers, supported by materials and diagrams.

Read and write decimal numbers as fractions.

Solve problems involving multiplication and division, including scaling by simple fractions and problems involving simple rates.

Number: Decimals and Percentages


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 Maths - Trinity Term •

Number: decimals

Measurement: converting units

Solve problems involving number up to three decimal places.

Multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1000.

Use all four operations to solve problems involving measure [ for example, length,

Convert between different units of metric measure [for example, km and m; cm and m; cm and mm; g and kg; l and ml].

mass, volume, money] using decimal notation, including scaling.

Understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units such as inches, pounds and pints.

Solve problems involving converting between units of time.

Geometry: Properties of Shapes and Angles •

Identify 3D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2D representations.

Measures Volume

Use the properties of rectangles to deduce related facts and find missing lengths and

Estimate volume.and capacity.

angles.

Use all four operations to solve problems involving measure.

Distinguish between regular and irregular polygons based on reasoning about equal sides and angles.

Know angles are measured in degrees: estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles.

Draw given angles, and measure them in degrees.

Identify: angles at a point and one whole turn, angles at a point on a straight line and ½ a turn and other multiples of 90 degrees.

Geometry: position and direction •

Identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following a reflection or translation, using the appropriate language, and know that the shape has not changed.


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 Science Properties of Materials

Living Things (Humans)

Pupils will study the properties of materials, engaging with practical experiments

Pupils will learn about the life cycle of a mammal. They will describe the life

and theoretical prediction, and learn how to record their findings.

process of reproduction in some plants and animals. This will include observing changes in an animal over a period of time, comparing how different animals

Space

reproduce and grow. The children will also find out about different types of

Pupils will learn about our universe, and the formation of some of the most

reproduction, including sexual and asexual reproduction in plants, and sexual

fascinating structures in our galaxy. They will compare planets to scale and plot

production in animals. The children will be able to describe the changes as humans

planets on a graph.

develop to old age. This will include creating a timeline of the stages in growth and development of a human, including puberty. The children will research and

FaceTime-a-Farmer Project

compare the gestation period of other animals with humans.

FaceTime-a-Farmer is all about harnessing the power of digital communications to inspire, engage and educate young people about not only the journey from

STEM

farm to fork but also the everchanging, diverse agricultural industry. The children

Pupils will study a variety of STEM (Science, Technology Engineering and Maths)

regularly chat live to their matched farmer from their classrooms through FaceTime

activities, enabling children to explore many aspects of Science and the world.

or Skype, discuss ideas, ask questions, share knowledge and gain a ‘real-time’ understanding of the issues farmers face every day. Forces Pupils will explore the force of gravity (including how scientists developed the theory), the effects of air resistance, water resistance and friction. Children will also recognise that some mechanisms (including levers, pulleys and gears) allow a smaller force to have a greater effect.


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 Humanities Black History

world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries.

During the study of Black History, children will explore the history of slavery, through which

Anglo-Saxon and Viking settlements in Britain

they will learn deeply about the historical facts of slavery and its eventual abolition, and

Children will study the historical aspects of this period of history and then the human and

look at how the fight for equal rights and liberation continued into the 20th Century, giving

physical geography, including: map skills, human geography, (types of settlement and land

children the context they require to understand the current affairs around racial equality.

use) economic activity, trade links and the distribution of natural resources (energy, food, minerals and water.)

1.

Slavery - understanding freedom and enslavement

Key questions that will be considered during this topic are:

2.

Africa - start of the trade and the role of Liverpool

Why did the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings choose to settle where they did?

3.

Enslavement - the middle passage and resistance

What were the settlements like?

4.

Abolition - William Wilberforce

How did they use the land and how has land use changed today?

5.

Legacy and Civil Rights Movements

How did they trade?

6.

The Windrush Scandal - are things better now?

How is trade different now?

The Victorians

Additionally, in the Trinity Term, there will be a geographical focus on South America,

Children will look at areas such as: the social situation; the empire; inventions of the

looking at its climate, terrain, crops and produce, food, and other topological aspects

industrial age and more. Children will research local examples of the Victorian period, with

of the continent. Children will extend their literacy skills by researching and presenting

specific attention paid to the Wilson Family who used to live and own the estate that the

information in the many writing styles that they have studied so far.

School stands on. Extreme Earth •

Location/Place Knowledge: Understand the difference between northern and

southern hemisphere •

Physical Geography: describe key aspects such as climate zones and biomes. Use


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 Games & PE Michaelmas Term

these, e.g. handstand, forward roll and cartwheel. They will work towards creating

Rugby

a routine to music for the final lesson.

The children in Year 5 will continue to practise and play rugby with the emphasis

In the second half of the Term, children will be developing running skills in

on rugby being a running game. The tackle area will be developed and the ball

preparation for the house cross-country competition. This is a longer course than

will now be contested after the tackle. Rucks will be introduced with one player

the Year 3 & 4 course. Children will work on building stamina, using various drills

allowed to ruck over the ball. Uncontested scrums will be introduced with all

and understand how to warm up and cool down for a long-distance race.

players being expected to learn and practise the roles of the players involved in scrums.

Lent Term Football will be played in Games lessons, familiarising the children with: ball

Hockey

manipulation and control; dribbling and running with and without the ball;

Children will work to improve their individual skills further and use more advanced

passing, receiving and shooting. Children will be encouraged to use space on

skills, such as reserve stick dribble, v-drags and rolls outs. This will give them more

the pitch and will be asked to think about and develop tactical decision-making

attacking tools when playing games. Set plays such as short and long corners will

both as individuals and as team members whilst playing small sized games and

be developed, and goalkeeper’s skills and tactics will be introduced and practised

tournaments.

should a child wish to do so. Passing and receiving skills will continue with more emphasis being put on passing.

Netball will be played this term, with children revising the skills of throwing, passing and catching accurately. Children will work on decision-making, what pass to make and when. Children will work on landing and pivoting and running

Gymnastics & Cross-country

footwork. Pupils will work on improving their shooting accuracy and improving

In the first half term, children will learn gymnastics. They will use the foundations

their attacking skills by implementing team tactics. They will develop their three

of travel and balance, learnt previously, to build up their sequences. They will work

stage defending skills, in game play and continue to understand the various

on both group and individual balances, e.g. tension and counter tension balances.

positions and their roles in netball.

Children will be encouraged to use creativity in their sequences, using various types of equipment. More advanced rolls will be taught should pupils wish to add


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 Games & PE In basketball, children will work on their dribbling technique and should be able to

Cricket

use both hands to do so. Children will be introduced to the different types of pass,

Children will learn a variety of attacking and defensive shots including the pull,

including the bounce and chest pass. They will work on their defending of the ball

drive and cut shot. Children will continue to bowl overarm and practise to gain

in small sided games. Children will start to work on their shooting technique and

consistency and control of the ball and, for some, there will be the opportunity to

develop their understanding of the rules through game play.

practise spinning the ball. Children will play a variety of small-sided games, mainly with a soft wind ball, but some will practise and play with a hard cricket ball. All

In dance lessons, children will acquire and develop specific skills to show different

safety pads, gloves and helmets will be provided by the school, but children will

shapes and levels. They will remember and repeat movements, phrases and

need to provide their own abdominal protector (box).

patterns and observe each other dancing and describe what they see using appropriate vocabulary. Children will respond to a different type of stimulus and

Athletics

use their understanding of the basic dance skills to select appropriate ones for

The pupils will revisit all athletic events, relevant to their age group. They will learn

their dance routine.

the technique for field events, such as ball throw, long jump and shot. They will compete on sprinting and long-distance events. Over the course of the term, they

Trinity Term

will be working towards their bronze, silver and gold athletics levels. These levels have varying distances and times, in order to develop the pupils to their highest

Rounders The children will learn to acquire and develop the skills to catch and field the ball with control when it is hit into the air with power. They will be able to use speed and movement to make them field effectively and stop/limit the opposition scoring. The children will develop their ability to evaluate and give feedback on games to improve an individual or team performance. They will have chance to practise these skills during matches to improve their tactical skills.

level.


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 RE & Computing Religious Education

and continuous data. The children will: create a digital bar graph based on discrete data;

Expressions of faith: Explore religious expression such as faith members’ expressions of

edit and format digital graphs appropriate for a selected audience and analyse and

identity, looking at different expressions in different faiths and denominations. The focus

present their data in a variety of formats appropriate for the target audience.

will be around the idea of ‘Faith in Action’. This will include exploring various aspects of making a commitment, seeking out the religious commitment that often goes together

E-Safety

with the admission of belief. Whilst looking at the way commitments affect and shape

Children will explore and discuss what it means to be responsible and respectful in

lives, guiding the activities of both groups and like-minded individuals. Children will then

both offline and online communities. The children will learn to think critically about the

use their understanding to investigate stories about people who are living/have lived out

user information that some websites request or require. Pupils will learn the difference

their beliefs through the centuries

between private information and personal information, distinguishing what is safe and unsafe to share online.

Computing Michaelmas Term

Trinity Term

E-Safety Pupils will study digital imagery, explore images and image search and will learn about the

Digital Literacy

importance of content ownership and copyright issues.

Children will create videos, use a range of techniques to edit their video and make it effective, compare different tools and select the most appropriate to achieve their desired

Digital Literacy

outcome. They will justify their choice of video editing tools and use decomposition to

The children will learn that many physical objects are controlled with a program written

storyboard their video and evaluate their video, suggest and make improvements.

on a PC. They will identify a range of different inputs and outputs and learn to explore and write programs which can be controlled by an external input device.

E-Safety Children will explain how websites or news found online may have been altered and why.

Lent Term

They will also learn how creators protect their work using copyright and learn how to find

Digital Literacy

images that are free of copyright to use in their own work.

Pupils will be taught to use a range of data handling applications to display both discrete


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 Languages, DT & Art Languages

Draw from observation and imagination

Develop their own research skills in their computing lessons

Spanish – Children will learn to introduce themselves, and develop their

Understand the term composition

knowledge of numbers, the alphabet, general classroom vocabulary, and months

Work with a range of media to create different effects

of the year and days of the week. In the Lent term, children will explore the four elements of fire, water, earth and Pupils will continue to develop their knowledge and understanding of Spanish

air to create a range of collages using different media to create a range of different

by learning a plethora of classroom vocabulary. Children will be introduced to

effects. Children will learn how to:

different subjects in Spanish and start to learn regular verb conjugations in the

Use a range of tools and materials to create a range of different effects.

present tense. This will enable pupils to talk and write about what they do in

Draw from observation, memory and imagination

lessons, and to describe teachers. Various reasons will be introduced so that pupils can fully justify their opinions.

In the Trinity Term, children will create images of Viking ships and shields based on their humanities theme. Children will also study the artist Vincent van Gogh

Design Technology

focussing on colour theory, paint application and composition. Children will learn how to:

Children in Year 5 will design and make a wooden gate. This will focus closely on

Draw from observation adding shades and tones

key construction skills, such as measuring, cutting and sticking wood but also

Develop their knowledge and understanding of colour theory

involve the use of drills and dowels to make pivots and hinges for the gate to

Apply acrylic paint onto a canvas

swing open. Children will also design and make a locking mechanism for the gate.

Develop their understanding of perspective and composition

Art In the Michaelmas term, children will study ‘Art Deco’ focussing on the artist Toulouse-Lautrec as part of their Victorian theme studied in humanities. Children will learn how to:


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 Music As well as weekly timetabled class Music, children can choose to learn an

in action, looking at sound production methods. Pupils will explore Victorian

instrument or take singing lessons. These are normally once a week, 30 minutes

street cries, popular in Victorian markets as sellers advertised their wares. Pupils

long and on a rotating timetable, so that the same academic lesson is not always

sing and perform several different Victorian street cries before composing their

missed. Please note that these do incur an additional cost, more details of which

own, exploring melodic shape and pitch. Finally, pupils explore the popular

can be obtained from the Prep Office.

Victorian genre of Music Hall, taking part in a class Music Hall performance of “The French Can-Can Polka”

Music topics and songs have been linked to Humanities, wherever possible, and all the lessons will involve a variety of practical activities – singing and using

Lent Term

classroom instruments to improvise, create and rehearse. Learning songs for

Weather and Seasons

events and performances will also be an integral part of the lessons throughout

Children will learn how sound sources can be used expressively and be combined

the year.

to create music in response to the weather and the seasons. Pupils explore how sounds can be changed, combined and organized to create class and group

Michaelmas Term

compositions. They respond to stimuli by the weather and explore ways in which

Black History

sound can be used expressively. Pupils are introduced to the music of the Baroque

During October – Black History month – pupils will listen to recordings of Afro-

period and the solo concerto genre, focusing on “The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi and

American spirituals with examples of folk and blues songs, such as those from the

exploring programme music further.

slave plantations of the American deep south. They will explore other influences such as ragtime and will learn to listen out for typical “blues” notes, such as

Trinity Term

flattened 7ths and 3rds and the workings of ragtime syncopation.

Production rehearsals/ music notation and software Pupils will learn and rehearse the songs from the end of year production.

Victorians

Additionally, they will learn more about music theory to enable them to compose

This unit explores music and musical inventions in the Victorian period, beginning

basic rhythms and melodies and be introduced to the music composing software,

with an exploration into Victorian musical gadgets such as the Music Box, Player

Sibelius.

Piano, Street Piano and Penny-in-the-Slot. Children will hear and see the gadgets


Year 5 Curriculum Overview 2019 - 2020 PSHCE Education for Social Responsibility – Preparing children for the world they will inherit -

Circular Economy - producers and consumers, collaborative consumption

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Water in our World – bottled drinking water, water scarcity

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Wealth – definition, different types of wealth, increasing and sharing wealth

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Oceans – what they give us – ecosystem services, do we take the ocean for

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Climate Change – Causes, effects, green careers

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Bodiversity – how wolves changed rivers, threats to biodiversity, changes we can

make.


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