Year 5 Spring Term 1
Topic Plan
Context – What do we Know? And pre-learning experience
Maths Place value Roman numerals counting incl. negative numbers Addition and subtraction including problems Mental and written multiplication Measures
Starting point – Hook and Wow! Own class rainforest / zoo / video clips ‘Planet Earth’ ‘I’m a year 5 Get Me Out of Here’ Rainforest bug experience Watch moon landing clip.
English (length, mass and capacity) Geometry (reflection and translation) Geometry (angles)
We are artists – Fusing geometry and art
Information booklets – Brazilian Rain forests. Brazilian narrative Earth space diary of an astronaught Autobiography – Neil Armstrong
Poetry Figurative language week 5-6
The Learning Challenge Question
Will we ever send another human to the moon? Why should the rainforest be important to us all? Why is it important for communities to come together for celebrations?
Model Construction of a rain forest shelter - Bear Grills
Computing
Reading Teacher led: Billionaire Boy by David Walliams
Non- Fiction Information Booklet week 3-4
Science Earth and space Could we describe the Earth and the Sun as space cousins? How can we appreciate the distances between and the sizes of the Sun, Earth and Moon? Design & Technology
Writing Opportunities Fiction Stories from other cultures week1-2
Geography How can you create your own class rainforest? Where are rainforests located and what are their main features? Why are rainforests often in the news and what can we do to help? Music Samba Band
PE
RE
Fit 2 Go Football Swimming
What celebrations do the children in our class take part in each year? What are the origins of Hinduism and Sikhism?