Year 5
Terms 3 and 4 Curriculum
Outline
Welcome to our Curriculum Outline for the coming two terms. For general information on routines and homework, please visit our year
group page on the website, using the following link www.woodlands.kent.sch.uk and click on the curriculum tab.
English
Maths
Term 3 – The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. The children will be studying how the poet uses figurative language in the
poem and the impact it has on the reader. The children will be writing their own verses in the style of The Highwayman as
well as descriptions about the main characters. Term 3 will conclude with the children using features of persuasion to write
formal letters.
Term 4 – The children will be studying film narrative with silent films. They will be looking at the way different filming
techniques are used and how this can impact the audience. They will then use their understanding of how films are
portrayed to create stories.
Term 3
Term 4
Fractions: Compare and order fractions whose denominators are
all multiples of the same number.
Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert
from one form to the other.
Co-ordinates
Identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following
a reflection or translation.
Shape
Identify 3-D shapes, including cubes and cuboids, from 2-D
representations.
Decimal place value
Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest
whole number and to one decimal place.
Percentages
Finding percentages of amounts.
Measures
Convert between different units of measure (e.g.
kilometre and metre; metre and centimetre;
centimetre and millimetre; kilogram and gram; litre
and millilitre).
Timetables
Recap time problems with timelines.
Ordering time amounts.
Complete, read and interpret information in tables,
including timetables.
Negative numbers
Interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards
and backwards with positive and negative whole
numbers through zero.
Science
In Term 3, the children will be studying
Earth, Sun and Moon. We will be looking at
our Solar System and how day and night
occur.
In Term 4, the children will be studying
forces with a particular focus on gravity.
Computing
In Term 3, the children will be learning
about E-Safety.
In term 4 and 5, we will be combining the
Computing and D&T and they will be using
‘Lego Wedo’ to develop their programming
skills.
French
Term 3 is clothing.
Term 4 is fruit and healthy eating.
RE Days
Term 3 – Thursday 26th January
Term 3 – Festivals of Light. We will be
looking at festivals that religions celebrate.
Term 4 – Friday 17th March
Term 4 is Inspirational People. We will be
studying how individuals with strong
religious beliefs have had an impact on the
world around them.
PSHCE
Term 3 is Going for Goals.
Term 4 is Good to be Me.
Geography
Terms 3 and 4
The children will be studying
weather. We will be collecting data
to do with weather and linking this
to Brazil, London and Tonbridge.
We will also be studying Brazil and
their culture.
Music
In term 3 we will be studying the
origin of Samba music and
composing our responses using class
and own instruments.
In term 4 there will be a further
introduction to song writing and
continuing to revise Samba music
with a more focussed study of
Carnival music.
DT
During Term 3, the children will be studying the
seasonality of food. This will result in the classes
making a healthy soup towards the end of term.
Art
During Term 4, the children will be creating a
mask that fits a design brief.
PE
Term 3- The topic will be basketball. We will be
looking at the basic rules of the game and
attacking and defending skills.
Term 4- The topic will be cricket. We will be
looking at the basic rules of the game and
developing strategies to field the ball.
Forthcoming Events and Dates
Term 3
6th February – trip to the Royal Observatory.
Term 4