Year 5 – 2016/17
Literacy
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
 Journals
 Narrative
 Myths and legends
 Diary entries
 Traditional Tales
 Auto/biographies
 Poetry
 Narrative
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 Explanation texts
 Legends
 Persuasive letter
writing
 Discussion writing
 Biographies
 Traditional tales
 Flashback writing
 Openings and Endings
 Narrative structure
 Alternative endings
 Re writing stories
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 Persuasive letter
writing
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Persuasive texts
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Journalism
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Grammar
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Spelling
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Presentation
Grammar
Spelling
Presentation
Texts covered:
Anchored,
The Piano, The Frog Price,
Princess and the frog,
instructional texts and
reports.
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In narratives,
describe settings,
characters and
atmosphere and
integrate dialogue
to convey
character and
advance the
action.
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To increase
familiarity with a
wide range of
books, including
modern fiction
Maths
 How to use decimal
notation for numbers up
to three decimal places
 To know and use area
and perimeter
Grammar
Spelling
Presentation
Texts covered:
Autumn Fires Apples for
the teacher (Autumn
poem)
Legend of Tom True heart
Honey I shrunk the kids
Jack and the bean stalks
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Texts covered:
Pixar shorts
Spring poetry Read and
discuss a range of Ancient
Greek myths – Theseus
and the Minotaur, Medusa,
Pandora’s box.
To prepare poems
to read aloud and
to perform,
showing
understanding
though
intonation, tone
and volume so
that meaning is
clear to an
audience.
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Integrate
dialogue to
convey character
and advance the
action.
To simplify and order
fractions
To read and interpret
scales on a variety of
measuring instruments
Flashback writing
Persuasive language in
writing
non-chronological
Reports
Weather Poetry
Personification
Grammar
Spelling
Presentation
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Texts covered:
The Highwayman,
King Arthur,
Camelot
Wallace and Gromit and
The singing mermaid
Despicable Me
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In narratives,
describe settings,
characters and
atmosphere and
integrate dialogue
to convey
character and
advance the
action.
To increase
familiarity with a
wide range of
books, including
modern fiction
Interpret negative
numbers in context,
count forwards and
backwards with
positive and negative
Grammar
Spelling
Presentation
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How language
structure and
presentation
contribute to
meaning.
Compare use of
techniques such
as visualisation,
empathy and
Prediction.
Visualise and draw on
grids of different types
where a shape will be
after reflection
Solve comparison,
sum and difference
Grammar
Spelling
Presentation
Texts covered:
Simple traditional story of
‘The Three Little Pigs’
The True Story of the
Three Little Pigs – Jon
Scieszka
Big Bad Wolves at School
Previously – Allan Ahlberg
The Third Pig Detective
Agency
The little wolf and the
three big bad pigs
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Wallace and Gromit,
Various short stories
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To read books that are
structured in different
ways and read for a
range of purposes
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To identify and discuss
themes and
conventions in and
across a wide range of
writing
 Identify multiples and
factors, including finding
all factor pairs of a
number, and common
factors of two numbers
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Texts covered:
Persuasive texts
 Travel brochures
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Variety of news
sources
 Mr Bean
 Pixar shorts
 Dirty laundry poem
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To identify the
audience for and
purpose of the writing,
selecting the
appropriate selecting
appropriate grammar
and vocabulary,
understanding how
such choices can
change and enhance
meaning form and
using other similar
writing as models for
their own writing.
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Select an
investigation for
the week—
consecutive
numbers, adding
them.
Year 5 – 2016/17
 Represent and interpret
number sequences
 To use column addition
and subtraction to add
and subtract whole
numbers and decimals
 Solve addition and
subtraction multi-step
problems in contexts,
deciding which operations
and methods to use and
why. To use the grid
method for multiplication
 Select and use standard
units of measure and
convert between units
using decimals to two
places
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To classify 2D shapes
and 3D solids
according to their
properties
To calculate the
perimeter and area of
rectilinear shapes
To construct and
interpret bar graphs
and line graphs, and
to interpret pie charts
To use the mode,
range, median and
mean
Negative numbers
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whole numbers,
including through zero
Use efficient written
methods to add and
subtract integers and
decimals
Identify 3-D shapes,
including cubes and
other cuboids, from 2D representations
Know angles are
measured in degrees:
estimate and compare
acute, obtuse and
reflex angles
Use knowledge of
place value and
multiplication facts to
10x10
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problems using
information presented
in a line graph
Recognise that prime
numbers have only
two factors and
identify prime
numbers less than 100
Multiply and divide
integers and decimals
by a one-digit integer,
and to multiply twodigit and three-digit
integers by a two-digit
integer
 Know and use the
vocabulary of prime
numbers, prime factors
and composite (nonprime) numbers
 Use approximations,
Identify multiples and
factors, including finding
all factor pairs of a
number, and common
factors of two numbers
 Know and use the
vocabulary of prime
numbers, prime factors
and composite (nonprime) numbers
 inverse operations and
tests of divisibility to
estimate and check
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Know angles are
measured in
degrees: estimate
and compare
acute, obtuse and
reflex angles
Identify, name
and write
equivalent
fractions of a
given fraction,
represented
visually, including
tenths and
hundredths
Look at real life
‘money’ situations
Science
 Out of this world
 Material world
 Super Scientists
 Let’s get moving
 Growing up and getting
old
 Circle of life
Computing
We are Game developers
We are cryptographers
We are artists
We are web developers
We are Bloggers
We are Architechs
History/
 The Normans
 The Normans
Rain forests
Rain forests
 Tudors
 Tudors
 Art illusions/ perspective
 Musical instruments
 Drawing and paintingperspective and
cityscapes.
 Biscuits
 Dance
 Gymnastics
 Gymnastics
 Net and Wall games
 Invasion games
 Athletics
 Athletics
 Striking and Fielding
Geography
Art/Design
Technology
 Talking textiles
PE
 Invasion games
 Striking and Fielding
 Moving toys
 Gymnastics
 Invasion games
Year 5 – 2016/17
French
 Time and the universe
 Time and the universe
 Numbers
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Time and the universe
Traditional French songs
 Healthy eating
 Likes and dislikes
 Traditional stories and
songs
Music
 On-going Skills
 Roundabout
To develop the singing voice, To sing in two (or more)
listening skills, aural memory parts.
and physical skills.
Contrasting moods
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To develop and use
musical skills for a
year group
performance
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 Who knows?
Exploring musical
processes
PSHE
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 Heartstart
 Healthy relationships
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A healthy mind
Easing stress
Reaching a goal
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RE
 Living by rules
 Being loyal and steadfast
 Light: being hopeful,
self-critical and
thankful.
 Identity and belonging
 Celebrating key figures
Right and Wrong
Managing conflict
Right and wrong
Rumours
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Singing, rhythm and
harmony skills
Developing rounds
Improve listening skills.
To develop an
understanding of metre
Creating compositions
Drugs education
Smoking
Alcohol
 Honesty
 Drug Education
 Are we safe?
 Leaders and religions
around us.
 SRE (Sex and
Relationships
Education)
 Creation stories