Subjects:
AUTUMN TERM YEAR 5
Poetry: Children will be reading and analysing Epic
poems based on Ancient Greek heroes
English
Linked to
Science and
History
Non chronological Reports: Children will produce a
report about their class tree including interesting facts
they will learn during ‘Tree Week’.
Children will produce a report using headings, subheadings, fact boxes, bullet points and labelled
diagrams/pictures about Animals and their habitats.
Persuasive Writing: Children will produce a persuasive
poster using comparatives, superlatives, repetition,
rhetorical questions and emotive language for the school
council elections.
Recounts: Children will write a recount based on
different learning workshops about aspects of Ancient
Greece.
Number and Place Value: Read, write,
order and compare numbers to at least 1 000
000 and determine the value of each digit.
Addition and Subtraction: Add and
subtract whole numbers with more than 4
digits, including using formal written methods.
Solve multi-step problems, deciding which
operations and methods to use and why.
Multiplication and Division: Multiply and
divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit
number using the formal written method.
Multiply and divide whole numbers and those
involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1000.
Maths
Fractions, Decimals and percentages:
Write percentages as a fraction with a
denominator 100, and as a decimal.
Recognise mixed numbers and improper
fractions and convert from one form to the
other.
Science
Linked to
English
History
Art
Linked to
History
Living things and their Habitat: Children will learn
about the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an
amphibian, an insect and a bird. Children will learn about
the life process of reproduction in some plants and
animals.
Earth and Space: Children will learn about the
movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the
Sun in the solar. Children will explore the Earth’s rotation
to explain day and night and the apparent movement of
the sun across the sky.
Ancient Greece: Children will explore and
identify ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses.
Children will learn about the different festivals
celebrated and what it was like growing up in
Ancient Greece.
Greek Gods/ Goddesses masks: children
will use a variety of media to create their own
mask. Children will use clay to create an
ancient Greek plate.
Geography
R.E.
Scotland: Children will locate and identify the
geographical region of Scotland identify human and
physical characteristics including hills, mountains, coasts
and rivers.
Sikhism: Children will learn about founder of the religion
starting with Guru Nanak and ending with Guru Gobind
Singh. Children will learn about the Sikh Holy Scriptures,
the Guru Granth Sahib.
Netball, Basketball and Football: Children
will learn the basic rules of each game and the
overlapping skills. This will include: dribbling,
passing, defending and attacking.
P. E.
Digital Literacy:
Evaluating digital content and how to keep safe whilst
using the internet.
Computing
Communication and Collaboration:
Sharing and exchanging ideas using e-mail inside the
school environment.
PSHE/SEAL UNITS
We’re All Stars: New Beginnings
Belonging, Understanding and managing
feelings, Social skills, Making choices,
Understanding Rights and Responsibilities
P. S .H.E.
Be Friendly, Be Wise: Getting on and
Falling Out
Friendship, seeing things from someone else’s
perspective, working together, managing
feelings – anger, resolving conflict.
Film Music: Children will study various styles of film
music sound effects and compose their own underscore
to a short scene from a film.
Music
Chinese Music: Children will explore different sounds of
Chinese music and the musical instruments used.
The children will be learning to use names,
make eye contact, how to work in a randomly
selected group and how to take turns when in
a group.
Working
With Others
Visit to Ravenor Park as a part of our Tree Week
Educational
Visits
Visit to the Sikh Gurdwara as a part of our RE topic.