Curriculum Overview Year 5- 2015-2016 (Cycle A)_
Autumn1 (7wk)
7-09 to 23.10
Literacy
Spring 1 (6wk)
4-01-16 to 12-0216
Spring 2 (5 wk)
22.02 to 24-03
Science fiction
Recounts
Fiction
Debates – CCTV for
Tales from Outer
Suburbia by Shaun
Tan
UFOs and Aliens:
Investigating
Extraterrestrial
Visitors – Extreme!
by Paul Mason
UFO Diary by
Satoshi Kitamura
MysteriesShort by Kevin
Crossley Holland
or against?
Biographys
(link to topic Term 2)
Boy and Going Solo
by Roald Dahl
Poetry
You wait till I’m older
than you by Michael
Rosen
Spelling/Grammar
Conjunctions to
create compound
and complex
sentences; using
relative clauses;
using correct
punctuation to
indicate speech
Maths
Autumn2 (7wk)
2-11 to 18-12
Place value whole
numbers and
decimals
Written Addition
(inc money)
Written and Mental
subtraction
Shape Fractions
Mental
multiplication and
division
Instruction texts
Classic poem The Walrus and the
Carpenter by Lewis
Carroll
Cautionary Tales by
Hilaire Belloc
Spelling/Grammar
adverbials of time,
using expanded
noun
Place value
Measures/Data
Fractions /Time
Mental and written
addition and
subtraction
Narrative poetryThe Ballad of
Charlotte Dymond by
Charles Causley
Lochinvar by Sir
Walter Scott
Newspaper Reports
Spelling/Grammar
Expanded noun
phrases
Brackets, dashes
and commas. Using
semi-colons, colons
or dashes to mark
boundaries between
main causes; using
colons to introduce
lists; punctuating
bullet points
Classic Fiction
The Hobbit by JRR
Tolkien, (Graphic
novel) illustrated by
David Wenzel,
adapted by Charles
Dixon (2006)
Spelling/Grammar
modal verbs in
persuasive writing;
using apostrophes
correctly; using
correct sentence
punctuation
Summer 1 (7 wk)
11-04 to 27-05
Summer 2 (7wk)
6.6 to 26.07
Drama –
The Whisperer –
sentence lengths
Shakespeare
The Promise
Mr William
Shakespeare’s Plays
by Marcia Williams
(link to digital media)
By Nicola Davies
Stylistic devices,
Poetry
Spelling/Grammar
Dialogue, differences
spoken/written
speech, subjunctive
forms; commas
Spelling/Grammar
adjectives, adverbs
and powerful nouns
and verbs; using
expanded noun
phrases
Towards mastery:
Place value –
negative numbers
Towards mastery
Co-ordinates and
line graphs
Written and mental
addition
subtraction (inc
money, adding
decimals)
Fractions, decimals
and word problems/
multiplying fractions
percentages
Fractions
Perimeter, area and
volume
Sensational! poems
inspired by the five
senses chosen by
Roger McGough,
Spelling/Grammar
modal verbs in
persuasive writing;
using apostrophes
correctly; using
correct sentence
punctuation
Towards mastery:
Towards mastery:
Angles and
polygons
Written
multiplication
Mental
multiplication and
division and
Written Division
Choose which
operation problems
Science
Computing
History
Physics
Physics
Space – Sun, Earth
and Moon: gravity,
resistance
Algorithms –
storyboard sorting
Space – Sun, Earth
and Moon:
mechanical forces
Digital literacy
Website copywrite
/piracy
Space
Victorians
Geography
Art
Design and
Technology
Space art
Chemistry
Materials:properties
Chemistry
Materials:Mixtures,
and classification
Reversible/irreversible
changes
Digital media
Computer science
Programming
29-02-16
Overnight stay
Castleton
Villiage Settlers,
how our
villages/towns
were
named/shaped.
Maps, coordinates
Anglo Saxons v
Vikings
eating/packaging
(SPACE WEEK)
Biology
Life cycles of plants
and animals
Changes as humans
develop and mature
Computer science
coding
Data
handling/logging
Weather data (links
to Geog)
Shackleton’s
Journey.
Life of an explorer
Orienteering/field
work
Weather, local
area, data
collection
Designers in
history – William
Morris
Train like an
astronaut – healthy
Biology
Perspective
Greek sculptures
. Moving Toys
Cams/pulleys and
levers to create toys
Boat building
Cooking
Making long boats
(Linked to Vikings
Topic)
Looking at food in
Ancient Greece
PE
(Long session)
PE coach- Tag
Rugby
PE coach Dance
PE coach
Basketball
PE coach
Tennis
PE coach
Football
PE coach
Athletics
PE
(Short session)
Invasion Games
Gymnastics
Gymnastics/
Dance
Netball
Athletics
Athletics
Music
Music Express 5
Music Express 5
Music Express 5
Music Express 5
Music Express 5
Music Express 5
PSHE and
Citizenship
SEAL: New
Beginnings
SEAL: Say NO to
Bullying!
SEAL: Going for
Goals
SEAL: Good to
be Me
Religious
Education
Beliefs and
Behaviour
Right and Wrong
Beliefs and
Behaviour
Belief in Action
SEAL: Getting on
Falling Out/
RSE
Worship
Exploring pattern
Worship
Natural world
Ways of Seeing
the World
Faith in the
Family
SEAL:
Relationships
and Changes
Ways of Seeing
the World
Living Faiths of
Derbyshire