Year 5
Learning
Challenge
History and
Geography
Learning
Challenge
Science
English
Cross curricular
Maths
Art and Design
Technology
Music
Computing
Autumn 1
7 weeks
History Focus
Autumn 2
7 weeks
Geography Focus
How can we rediscover
the wonder of Ancient
Egypt?
Why should the
rainforests be
important to us all?
Can you feel the force?
Do all animals and
plants start life as an
egg?
Will we ever send
another human to the
moon?
Could you be the next
CSI investigator?
Adventure Stories –
Egyptian Adventures
Diaries and recounts –
The Discovery of
Tutankhamen’s Tomb
Science Explanation
Texts
Egyptian Pharaohs
Biographies
Persuasion
Information texts linked
to Egyptian knowledge.
Autumn objectives
Egyptian hieroglyphics
code breaking.
Measures and
conversions to build the
pyramids.
Stories from other
cultures – The Great
Kapok
Diary Entries –
Remembrance Day
Persuasion texts –
supporting animal and
conservation charities
Scripts – wildlife
documentaries
Remembrance day
poetry
Autumn objectives
Data and statistics
relating to rainforests.
Using ICT to present
data.
Area and perimeter of
rainforests.
Shapes and rainforest
animals.
Design and build
rainforest shelters
Environmental Art –
Leaves and wood - Andy
Goldsworthy
Explanation texts –
what causes night and
day
Information leaflets –
Planet fact files
Persuasion Texts – to
sell their moon buggy.
Poetry – Beowulf and
Grendel performance
poems
Fictionalised recount of
a Anglo Saxon trial
Information leaflets for
the Staffordshire Haul
Persuasion text – King
Alfred’s Battle Speech
Diaries/Recount The Diary of Anne Frank
Adventure Stories – The
Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas
Biography of Sir
Winston Churchill
Persuasion Texts WWII
Propaganda
Information texts –
Battle of Britain
Persuasive writing –
brochure for a Brazilian
city.
Plays
Poetry – metaphor &
word play
Spring objectives
Models of planets using
ratio and scaling.
Measures and
calculating – distance of
the planets from one
another.
Market research for
FCW.
Painting and sketching
create the moon
surface using texture
and 3d elements
Design a moon buggy.
Spring objectives
Timelines – questioning.
Calculating time period
differences.
Percentages and
fractions from Saxon
battle reports.
Summer objectives
Mathematical coding.
Data handling and
interpreting WW2
statistics. What does
this tell us?
Percentages, fractions
and scaling of war time
recipes.
How European artists
captured images of war.
Create art using the
techniques observed.
Summer objectives
Charts and tables linked
to e-safety.
Time differences and
conversions.
Costing a trip to brazil.
What would the
itinerary look like?
Developing
performance to include
harmony and
accompaniment
Lego WeDo
Scratch
Difference between the
Design a structure to
propel a marble as far
as possible.
Composing music
Espresso Coding – visual
Spring 1
6 weeks
Science Focus
Spring 2
5 weeks
History Focus
Summer 1
7 weeks
Geography Focus
Summer 2
7 weeks
History Focus
Were the Anglo Saxons
really smashing?
How could Hitler have
convinced a nation like
Germany to have
followed him?
Why is Brazil in the
news again?
Create Anglo Saxon
jewellery
Salvador Dali – printing
with hands, fingers and
feet.
How different will you
be when you are as old
as your grandparents?
E-safety – internet
Create a montage of
Brazil - combine graphic
images, visual and
tactile qualities.
Self-portrait, portrait of
their grandparent in the
style of a chosen artist.
Using a range of devices
programming language
Year 5 starter unit
Unit 5a/5b
Understanding text
based programming
languages
Crab Maze
MFL
Religious
Education
Spanish
Spanish
Prayer: asking questions
and seeking answers
Languages
Physical
Education
Spanish
Cross Country and
Orienteering
Indoor Athletics
Road Safety (Social)
School Parliament
Elections (Social)
Eid (Spiritual/Cultural)
Understanding of
School Rules (moral)
Spanish
Sports Leadership Skills
Swimming
Spanish
Values: what can we
learn from Christians
and Humanists?
Spanish
Football
Gymnastics
SMSC
Anti-bullying Week
(social)
Supporting Charities –
Children in Need (social)
Diwali (Cultural/Spiritual)
Understanding global
warming and the effects
on the environment.
Financial Capability
Week (moral)
RE topic (Spiritual)
World Book Day (social)
WWW and the
internet?
Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 –
how and why was it
improved?
French
Temptation – what can
we learn from Muslims
and Christians?
Spanish
Table Tennis
Basketball
Easter (Cultural)
Personal Safety outside
of school (Social)
Saxon topic – how other
periods of time have
shaped modern day?
(Cultural)
safety and social
network sites
and pieces of software
to independently create
a useful, sleek learning
resource
French
French
Christian Aid and
Islamic Relief: Can they
change the world?
Spanish
Athletics
Dance – Brazilian theme
Spanish
Invasion games –
Hockey
Swimming
E-Safety (Moral)
Morality of war and the
effects on people (Moral)
Was Hitler completely
wrong? (Moral)
Were German soldiers
completely wrong?
RSE Programme (Moral)
Sports Days (social)
School Parliament
Review (Social)
Charities – Christian Aid.
Why support them?
(Spiritual)
(Moral)
Summer Fayre (Social)
(Moral)
Christmas
(Cultural/Spiritual)
Trips & Visits
Key Events
Visit from an
archaeologist
Harvest Festival
Christmas Performances
Financial Capability
Week
Birmingham Museum
Staffordshire Haul
Easter
Visit to Art Gallery
KS1 & 2 SATs
Summer Fayre
Sports Days