Shakespeare
Drama
Trips
Geography
Creative Writing
Real Life Maths
English
Year 5 Southfield
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Science
Why The Whales Came
Tom’s Midnight Garden
Rooftoppers
Bi-Weekly Creative Writing
Half termly non-fiction writing (foundation topics)
Comprehension 4 weekly sessions
1:1 weekly reading sessions
Daily read aloud sessions
Library visit weekly
Reading partners weekly
Apply knowledge of morphology and etymology when reading new words
Read and discuss a broad range of genres and texts
Identifying and discussing themes
Make recommendations to others
Learn poetry by heart
Draw inference and make prediction
Discuss authors’ use of language
Retrieve and present information from non-fiction texts
Formal presentation and debates
Secure spelling, including homophones, prefixes, silent letters, etc.
Use a thesaurus
Legible, fluent handwriting
Plan writing to suit audience and purpose Develop character, setting and atmosphere in narrative
Use organisational and presentational features
Use consistent appropriate tense
Proof-reading
Perform own compositions
Use expanded noun phrases
Use modal and passive verbs
Use relative clauses
Use brackets, dashes and commas for parenthesis Give well-structured explanations
Command of standard English
Consider and evaluate different viewpoints Use appropriate register.
Arithmetic 4 weekly sessions
Bi-weekly Real Life Maths sessions
Booster 2 weekly sessions
Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1,000,000. Count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10.
Interpret negative numbers and count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through 0
Round any number to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000.
Solve number problems about number and place value.
Read roman numerals to 1,000 (m).
Write roman numerals to 1,000 (m).
Recognise years written in roman numerals.
Establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19
Identify 3-D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2-D representations. Estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles. Draw given angles, and measure them in degrees (°).
Explain the angle around one whole turn is 360°
Explain the angles at a point on a straight line and half a turn (total 180°).
Use the properties of rectangles to find missing lengths and angles. Understand the properties of regular and irregular polygons.
Compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number.
Identify, name and write equivalent fractions.
Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert. Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator, and multiples of the same denominator.
Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers. Read, write, order and compare numbers with up to 3 decimal places.
Recognise the % symbol and understand that per cent means ‘number of parts per 100’.
Solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents.
I can identify multiples and factors.
I can multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or twodigit number using a formal written method.
I can multiply and divide numbers mentally.
I can multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000.
I can divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one digit number using the formal written method of short division.
I can add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, using a formal written method.
I can add and subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers. I can use rounding to estimate and check. I can solve multi-step problems and decide on which operations and methods to use and why.
Convert between different units of metric measure. [cm and m; am and mm; g and kg; l and ml]
Use equivalences between metric units and common imperial units [inches, pounds and pints].
Measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes
Calculate and compare the area of rectangles
Estimate volume and capacity
Read and write the time of analogue and digital clocks. Solve problems involving converting between units of time.
Identify, describe and represent the position of a shape on a graph. Solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph.
Complete, read and interpret information in tables, including timetables.
Baghdad 900 CE
The Early British Empire
The French Revolution
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
The Industrial Revolution
The Victorian Age
The Golden Age of Baghdad
Stowaway!
Perspectives on History: Marie Antoinette
Olaudah Equiano: From Slavery to Freedom
Oliver Twist
Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde
Trips – Victorian Museum Gunnersbury
History Day – The Early British Empire
The French Revolution History Exhibition
Spatial Sense
Mountains
UK Geography: East Anglia, The Midlands, Yorkshire
Australia
New Zealand and South Pacific
Local Study
Christopher Columbus
Everest
Wuthering Heights
Expedition Diaries: Australian Outback
Globetrotters: New Zealand
Map My Area: Mapping My World Geography Week
Orienteering
Forest School
Wildlife Area
JASS Award
Style in Art
Islamic Art and Architecture
Art from Western Africa
Chinese Painting and Ceramics
Print Making
History of Photography
All the above cover the aims set out in the Key Stage 2 Art curriculum.
What does Buddhism teach us about human experience?
What is significant to Christians about Jesus’ life and teaching?
In what ways can the art and design express different beliefs?
What place do festivals, worship and celebrations have within Hinduism?
How is human identity and belonging shaped by faith and belief?
What does it mean to be a Muslim?
These three dimensions of religion – believing, behaving and belonging
The Human Body – growth
Materials
Living Things
Forces
Astronomy
Meteorology
How Your Body Works
The Element in the Room
The Big Picture: Living Habitats
Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover
Looking Up: An Illustrated Guide to Telescopes
Blow, Wind, Blow!
Trips – Royal Observatory Greenwich, Kew Gardens
Science Week
Forest School
Wildlife Area
JASS Award
Being in my world – who I am and how do I fit in?
Celebrating differences – respect for similarity or difference. Antibullying and being unique
Dreams and goals – aspirations and how to achieve goal and understanding the emotions that go with this
Healthy me – being and keeping safe and healthy
Relationships – building positive, healthy relationships
Changing me – coping positively with change
Abstract art of the 20th Century Islamic Art and Architecture Art of Western Africa
Chinese Painting and Ceramics – Ming Dynasty William Hogarth Victorian Portraits – camera obscura
What is Buddhism?
Stories of Jesus
What does it mean to be Hindu?
These areas encompass our Southfield TRUE values and British Values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs
Trip – National Gallery/Portrait Gallery
Take One Picture
Art Exhibition
Trip – local religious place of worship (Islam, Buddhist, Hindu)
Gymnastics
Invasion games
Athletics
Striking and Fielding games
Net/wall games
Children in Key Stage 2 will also complete their swimming requirement to swim 25 metres before they leave Year 6.
Glockenspiel
Percussion and Rhythm
Exploring Classical Music
Exploring Musical Notation
Exploring Pop Music
Music Around the World
Children will be:
Tonic drone in a minor song
Playing a piece with many ensemble parts including a bass line, simple chords and percussion
Learning about multiple pop instruments
Understanding of the form of a classical piece
Developing language to describe structure
Recognising the difference between compound and simple time
Children will learn about Latin through the life of Minimus the mouse. The curriculum and story is set in a real life Roman town of Vindolanda in Northern England.
There is a direct focus on grammar and etymology as well as the story-based aspect of the curriculum. They will learn how to greet each other, how nouns and adjectives form and how to recognise aspects of Latin in modern English.
Online Safety:
We are Year 5 rule writers
We are responsible for our online actions
We are content evaluators
We are protecting our online reputation
We are respectful of copyright
We are game changers
Switched On
We are game developers
We are cryptographers
We are architects
We are web developers
We are adventure gamers
We are VR designers
How Macbeth is plotted and structured as a story
How to devise sequences in imaginative and contemporary ways to communicate the nature and meaning of an episode
How to use a variety of drama techniques such as narrated freeze frames, choric recitation, role play, monologues and running commentary as ways of telling a story and tracing the trajectory of characters’ attitudes and feelings
How to develop versatile and flexible approaches to a story through individual, small group or whole group pieces
Links are made to the children’s knowledge of Romans in History and the geography of the United Kingdom..
They can speak with confidence in a range of contexts
They can listen, understand and respond appropriately to each other in group and whole class discussions
They can ask relevant questions to clarify, extend and follow up ideas from their research They can talk effectively as a member of a group, qualifying and justifying their opinion or idea
They can create, adapt and sustain telling a story supported by simple props
They can use dramatic techniques to explore characters
They can evaluate how they and others have contributed to creating a story inspired by history
They can imagine and explore feelings and ideas, focusing on creative uses of language
Food - Celebrating culture and seasonality
Textiles - Combining different fabric shapes
Structures - Frame structures
Electrical Systems - More complex switches and circuits
Mechanical Systems - Pulleys or gears
These projects are taught in a two year cycle with Year 6 and based on the six essentials of good practice in D&T:
1. User
2. Purpose
3. Functionality
4. Design decisions
5. Innovation
6. Authenticity
Links will be made to other topics studied in our curriculum where applicable