WAYFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL – ENGLISH CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
YEAR 5
Year 5
HANDWRITING
TOPIC
GENRE
TEXT- Use a
thesaurus and
working walls to
select appropriate
synonyms
AUTUMN 1
AUTUMN 2
SPRING 1
SPRING 2
SUMMER 1
Choose the correct writing implement for specific tasks, i.e. a pencil to label axes in a graph.
Have a personal style which is aesthetically pleasing
SUMMER 2
The Piano
Rose Blanche
Cosmic Disco
Highway man
The Fox Book
Floodlands
The Great Kapok
Tree Poem ;
Planning:
-Identify audience
and purpose of
writing, selecting
appropriate form
-use similar writing
that has been
suggested as a
model for own
writing
Vocabulary:
Use a thesaurus
and working walls
to select
appropriate
synonyms
Organisation:
-Use pronouns and
connectives to
increase cohesion
between
paragraphs
-link ideas across
paragraphs
-in non-fiction
texts, use
organisational and
presentational
devices to
structure writing
and guide reader
e.g. bullet points
Drafting;
Use
characterisation
through
description of
characters and
Vocabulary:
-Use modal verbs
or adverbs to
indicate degrees of
possibilities
Sentence
Structure:
-Use a variety of
sentence
structures
-use relative
clauses. E.g. who,
which , where,
when, whose, that
Editing:
-Ensure tenses are
consistent
-proof read for
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Drafting;
select appropriate
grammar and
vocabulary for
effect
Journey to the River
Sea
Poem: Jabberwock
Planning:
-choose to plan own
writing form a
selection of formats
provided
Editing:
-to assess the
effectiveness of
own writing and
propose changes
to enhance effect
and clarify
meaning.
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punctuation and
spelling errors
-Ensure that
subjects and verbs
agree across
writing.
SPELLING – include
dictation including
words, punctuation
and grammar
taught so far each
phonics/grammar
lesson
Use knowledge of
entymolgy ( history
and derivation of
words, eg latin
meanings)
Baseline using
sample tests and
gap bust using the
gap analysis grids –
to be able to spell
most words from
the Y5/6 wordlist.
Plus: Use a
dictionary to
consider if a word
is appropriate for
genre
Understand the
morphology of
words – ( internal
make up in terms
of root words,
suffixes and
prefixes)
dialogue
-develop
descriptions of
characters, settings
and atmospheres.
Planning:
-comment on how
authors have
developed
characters, settings
and plots and use
these techniques in
own writing.
Homophones
(National
Curriculum
document p 59 &
60)
Words ending in –
able/ible/
ably/ibly/
ant/ance/
ancy/ent/ence/
ency (use National
Curriculum
document p 57)
tious/cious
cial/tial (p56)
Science
vocabulary- earth
and space
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Words with silent
letters (p58 NC
doc)
Suffixes beginning
with vowel letters
(p57 NC Doc)
I before E words (
p58)
Ough ( p58)
Science
vocabularyanimals including
humans and all
living things
Gestation
Foetus
Fertilisation
Species
-Use a hyphen to
join a prefix to a
root word
Science
vocabularyproperties and
changes of
materials –
separating
materials and
irreversible change
Thermal
conductivity –
thermal conductor,
thermal insulator
Electrical
conductivity –
Spell words with –
cious,-tious
Spell words with
endings –cial,-tial
Science vocabularyForces
Science
vocabulary
Living things and
their habitat
Types of forces:
gravity, friction, air
resistance, upthrust,
weight
Measuring forces:
Newton meter,
Newtons (N)
Particles
Surface area
Push, pull
Balance
Animals –
amphibians,
reptiles, birds,
mammals,
insects, fish
Animal
development –
egg, larva, pupa,
nymph, adult,
metamorphosis
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Science
vocabularyproperties and
changes of
materials
Thermal
conductivity –
thermal conductor,
thermal insulator
Electrical
conductivity –
electrical
conductor,
electrical insulator
Dissolving –
Solvent, solution,
solute, soluble,
insoluble, solid,
liquid, particles,
suspensions
Separating
materials – Sieve,
filter, evaporate,
condense
Year 5 & 6 New
Curriculum Word
list
accommodate
accompany
according
achieve
Day and night Earth, axis, rotate
Solar system – Star
= Sun, Planets =
Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune
(Pluto was
classified as Dwarf
planet in 2006)
Phases of the
Moon - full moon,
gibbous moon, half
moon, crescent
moon, new moon,
waxing ,waning
Moon’s orbit: 29.5
days, lunar month
Orbit, planets,
revolve, sphere
Year 5 & 6 New
Curriculum Word
list
committee
communicate
community
competition
conscience*
conscious*
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Baby
Toddler
Adolescent
Adult
Elderly person
Puberty
Hormones
Pituitary gland
Testosterone
Oestrogen
Year 5 & 6 New
Curriculum Word
list
embarrass
environment
equip (–ped, –
ment)
especially
exaggerate
excellent
existence
explanation
familiar
foreign
forty
frequently
government
guarantee
harass
hindrance
identity
immediate(ly)
electrical
conductor,
electrical insulator
Dissolving –
Solvent, solution,
solute, soluble,
insoluble, solid,
liquid, particles,
suspensions
Separating
materials – Sieve,
filter, evaporate,
condense
Year 5 & 6 New
Curriculum Word
list
individual
interfere
interrupt
language
leisure
lightning
marvellous
mischievous
muscle
necessary
neighbour
nuisance
occupy
occur
Mass – grams and
kilograms
Mechanical devices –
gears, levers, pulleys,
springs
Year 5 & 6 New
Curriculum Word list
prejudice
privilege
profession
programme
pronunciation
queue
recognise
recommend
relevant
restaurant
rhyme
rhythm
sacrifice
secretary
shoulder
signature
sincere(ly)
Parts of a flower
– petal, stamen
(anther +
filament), carpel
(stigma + style +
ovary + ovule)
Processes –
pollination,
fertilisation,
germination
Year 5 & 6 New
Curriculum Word
list
soldier
stomach
sufficient
suggest
symbol
system
temperature
thorough
twelfth
variety
vegetable
vehicle
yacht
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aggressive
amateur
ancient
apparent
appreciate
attached
available
average
awkward
bargain
bruise
category
cemetery
GRAMMAR
-Convert nouns or
By the end of the
adjectives into
year, to understand verbs, using
terminology:
suffixes such as Subject, object,
ate, -ise,-ify
active, passive,
Understand
synonym,
synonyms and
antonym, ellipsis,
antonyms
hyphen ,colon,
semi-colon, bullet
points.
READING
I can use a range of
reading strategies
to work out most
unfamiliar words.
(1)
I can make
inferences drawn
from across and
between texts and
controversy
convenience
correspond
criticise (critic +
ise)
curiosity
definite
desperate
determined
develop
dictionary
disastrous
-use adverbials as a
cohesive device
Punctuation;
-Use commas to
clarify meaning and
avoid ambiguity
I can explain and
explore the
meaning of words
in context. (5)
I can summarise all
of what I have
read and record
this in my own
words.(6)
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opportunity
parliament
persuade
physical
-Use modal verbs
or adverbs to
indicate degrees of
possibilities
Punctuation;
-Use brackets,
dashes and
commas to indicate
parenthesis
-Use expanded noun
phrases to convey
complicated
information concisely
I can discuss and
evaluate texts,
commenting on
writers’ use of
words, phrases
and language
features including
figurative
language. (9,)
I can complete a
wider range of
more challenging
and lengthier
books. (14)
I can clarify
concepts and ideas
at sentence,
paragraph and
I can ask and answer
questions to
improve
understanding of
themes and
authorial intent. (19)
I can discuss how the
structural and
presentational
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justify with
evidence. (2)
I can use PEE
(Point, Evidence,
Explanation) to
support
inferences.(3)
I can read a
broader range of
texts including
those from literary
heritage and more
challenging texts.
(4) I can change
the intonation,
tone and volume
of my voice
appropriately
when I read aloud.
(11)
I can recommend
books I have read
to my peers and
give reasons for
my choices. (12)
I can distinguish
between fact and
opinion. (17)
I can discuss the
viewpoint of
characters within a
text and across
more than one
I can retrieve and
record key
information from
non-fiction. (7)
I can choose a
challenging book
that interests me
and read for
sustained periods
of time. (13)
I can engage
actively in book
discussions with
and without adult
support. (15)
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I can provide
reasoned
justifications for
opinions about a
book. (10)
I can predict what
might happen
from details stated
and implied based
on:
- themes
- convention
(16)
whole text level.
(18)
choices impact on
meaning, theme and
purpose. (20)
I can identify the
themes and
conventions of a
range of texts. (21)
I can
discuss/comment on
themes and
conventions in
different genres and
forms. (22)
I can make
comparisons and
contrasts within and
across texts. (23)
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text. (24)
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