Thematic Knowledge Organiser Year Group: Year 5 Earth and Beyond! Dates: Sep – Oct 2019
PSHE Being me… in my world!
Science
Geography I can identify and describe the significance of the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones including day and night.
time zones, climate zones, day, night, Prime/Greenwich Meridian
History
Laika, Yuri Gagarin, Albert II, Rocket, Russia, Sputnik 1, Laika, Sputnik 2, Cold War, Space-probe, Luna 2, Vostok 1, Valentina Tereshkova, John F. Kennedy, NASA, Luna 9, Surveyor 1, Neil Armstrong, Eagle, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Lunar Rover, Time Peake, Space Race Space Race/Cold War 1947-1991 Chronological understanding
solar system, planets, phases, total ,partial, annular, solar, eclipse, orbit, rotate, rotation, sphere, spherical, night, revolve, movement, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, leap year moon, sun I can describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system I can describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth I can describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies I can explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky using the idea of the Earth's rotation
I can use dates to order and place events on a timeline I can provide an account of a historical event based on more than one source Understanding of events, people and changes I can give some reasons for some important historical events Class Novel: ‘Cosmic’ by Frank Cottrell-Boyce