History/geography
Famous people in history:
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To study a local hero - Grace Darling.
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To be able to plot and read maps using 4 and 6- figure
grid references.
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To know the course of rivers,
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To know the different features of a river
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To know famous rivers.
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To write an explanation text on river.
Science
Unit 5D Earth and Beyond.
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To describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as spherical.
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To name the planets in the solar system
independently.
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To distinguish between heliocentric and geocentric
ideas of planetary movement.
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To explain that day and night is due to rotation of the
Earth.
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To support the idea that different places on Earth
experience night and day at different times with
evidence.
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To explain how the Moon moves relative to the Earth.
DT/Art
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To design and make a ‘Hero’ or ‘Villain’ mask
(link Literacy).
To paint a ‘Porthole view’ from a pirate ship.
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Literacy
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Year 5
Topic: Heroes and Villains_
Half-Term: Spring 2
read and understand the poem The Highwayman
create our own ‘Magic Box’ poem.
write a poem about a Treasure Chest.
write a diary extract on Grace Darling.
Comprehension and grammar
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To be able to use inference and deduction when reading
a text.
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To be able to use apostrophes for possession and
contraction.
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To be able to set out dialogue correctly.
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To be able to use commas for lists and identifying the
main-clause and the subordinate-clause in a sentence.
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Handwriting and spelling to be based on Penpals.
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To be able to identify and explain a range of grammar
terminology.
PSHE/ RE
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To discuss what makes someone into a hero.
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To decide who are our ‘Everyday heroes’
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To discuss how the children could make the world
a better place?
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To know how crime and punishment has changed
over the years.
PE
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Striking and fielding – Kwik cricket.
Large apparatus.
Dance –Work with a dance coach.
Numeracy
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To add and subtract fractions with the same
and different denominators.
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To multiply proper fractions and mixed
numbers.
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To read and write decimals as fractions.
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To read, write, order and compare numbers
with up to three decimal places.
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To round decimals to the nearest whole
numbers.
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To multiply and divide whole numbers and
decimals by 10, 100 and 1000.
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To solve problems involving decimals,
fractions and percentages.
French
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To know the French for different parts of the
home.
To know the French for different stationery.
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Outdoor/Visits/Visitors
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To take part in a superhero and villain day.
To take part in SAFC self- esteem workshops.
Music
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ICT
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To be able to use data to create tables and graphs.
To be able to use simple formulae.
To be able to search for a suitable website safely.
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To be able to sing Sea Shanties in rounds.
To use percussion instruments to create the
sounds of a desert island (link Robinson
Crusoe).
To learn pirate songs based on the story of
Treasure Island- BBC radio.