Year 5 - Overview 2016 -17
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Literacy
Literacy
Literacy
 All about me
 Finish Robin Hood
 Persuasive writings – letters, posters,
leaflets and debates (will you save the
 Superhero intro, what makes a superhero,
 Shakespeare – the life of Shakespeare
tigers? Robin hood mail bag letter, green
poem, Superhero creator, designing a
comprehension, Headlines – type of
doorstep letter)
superhero report.
paper, retell of summary of story,
Becoming a character, agony aunt
 King Kong – explore the story, characters
 Superhero day - wanted poster, video,
letters, review of show
and themes. Letter from Jack, story, King
photo on greenscreen
Kong debate
 Poetry – senses, and onomatopoeia
 Macbeth – characters, story outline, spell
 Film – tag lines, music in films, sound
 Narrative – focus on a book eg: Harry
poem
effects for Jurassic park, camera angles,
Potter
 Story Openings - starters, exploring books
story of ET as film direction,
 Performance poetry (rap)– link to
 Metaphors and similes
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Poetry – learn and recite classic poems
Shakespeare
 Personification poem
 Narrative Greek myths
 Diary – linked to polar explorer
 Descriptive - The haunted house and
 Imaginative report – linked to Mars
 Non-fiction writing – explanation text
Toothie and the cat
based on humanities and science
 Diary linked to Earthquakes
 Speech marks and dialogue openings
topics
 Interviews – script writing
– Dr Who,
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Shackleton
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explore
the
story,
poetry,
 Action openings – Percy Jackson –
characters, application for job, speech,
whole class then Indiana Jones,
diary of events,
 Talk on famous person
 Persuasive report
 Reports – non chronological reports Non Debate
fiction writing – linked to history topic
 Decade Project
crime and punishment and science
 Instructions – linked to science “how to
video” and history
 Narrative – Oral Storytelling legends eg:
Robin Hood. Ist person and 3rd person
character descriptions what do I know,
creating Robin, Friar Tuck, wanted new
Maid Marian, Wanted poster Sherriff,
conventions of story teller, literal and
figurative language, subordinate clauses,
Robin’s adventure
History
History
Crime and punishment
 What do you know?
 Overview of topic and timeline
 Crime and punishment in Roman period –
curse tablets
 Crime and punishment in Anglo Saxon
and Viking Period - link to Robin Hood
 Crime and punishment in the medieval
and Tudor periods – visit to Galleries of
Justice
 crime and punishment in the early
modern period – Stuarts to 1800
 Crime and punishment in Victorian Period
 Review all periods and compare to today
Geography
History
 Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and
achievements and their influence on the
western world
 Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and
achievements and their influence on the
western world
 Where is Greece
 Greek life
 The Greek gods
 Five Greek states – diary before games
 Greek pot
 Greek top trumps
 Achievements
Geography
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To know where North America is in
the world and what countries make it
up.
To understand some of the key
topographical features of the
countries in North America
To identify climate zones and weather
conditions and how they have
influenced population settlement.
To identify biomes and vegetation belt
To identify areas of population density
and the reasons for it
To identify areas of interest within
North America
To compare North America with the
United Kingdom
World Week –investigation of North
American countries
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Geography
Mars work – satellite images
North America
Earthquakes, volcanoes, tectonic plates
use the eight points of a compass, four
and six-figure grid references, symbols and
key (including the use of Ordnance Survey
maps) to build their knowledge.
Arctic and Antarctic (shorter study)
 physical geography, including: climate
zones, biomes and vegetation belts,
rivers, mountains, volcanoes and
earthquakes, and the water cycle
 human geography, including: types of
settlement and land use, economic
activity including trade links, and the
distribution of natural resources
including energy, food, minerals and
water
 use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features
studied
Science
Earth and space
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describe the movement of the Earth, and
other planets, relative to the Sun in the
solar system
describe the movement of the Moon
relative to the Earth
describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as
approximately spherical bodies
use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to
explain day and night
Describe the solar system (link to literacy
Mars work)
Compare Earth to Mars
Local study – temperatures
 Comparison of temperature between
UK and Polar regions. Measure
compare and collate information
Science
Properties and changes of materials
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compare and group together everyday
materials based on evidence from
comparative and fair tests, including
their hardness, solubility,
transparency, conductivity (electrical
and thermal), and response to
magnets
understand that some materials will
dissolve in liquid to form a solution,
and describe how to recover a
substance from a solution
demonstrate that dissolving, mixing
Science
Animals, including humans
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describe the changes as humans develop
from birth to old age - human timeline
Puberty – changes in humans from child to
adult
Compare gestation of animals to humans
- length an mass of a baby as it grows.
All living things
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explain the differences in the life cycles of
a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a
bird - think about birth, time to
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Scientists to consider – Ptolemy, Alhazen
and Copernicus
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Forces
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explain that unsupported objects fall
towards the Earth because of the force of
gravity acting between the Earth and the
falling object
identify the effects of air resistance, water
resistance and friction, that act between
moving surfaces
Understand that force and motion can be
transferred through mechanical devices
such as gears, pulleys, levers and springs.
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and changes of state are reversible
adulthood, reproduction, gestation and
changes
life expectancy
use knowledge of solids, liquids and
 describe the life process of reproduction
gases to decide how mixtures might
in some plants and animals – chicks?
be separated, including through
Animal in Twycross
filtering, sieving and evaporating
 Think about unusual/ uncommon
give reasons, based on evidence from
lifecycles
comparative and fair tests, for the
 Compare local plant and animal to
particular uses of everyday materials,
artic/Antarctic plant or animal
including metals, wood and plastic
Explain that some changes result in
Scientists to consider – David Attenborough and
the formation of new materials, and
Jane Goodall
that this kind of change is not usually
reversible, including changes
associated with burning and the action
of acid on bicarbonate of soda.
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Focus on gears
Scientists to consider – Galileo and Newton
DT
Structures – Bridges
 Investigate famous bridges, link to North
America
Design, test and improve
Cooking
DT
Mechanisms – Gears
 Investigate how do they work, what
do we use them for
Design and test in real situation
DT
Product – Wooden Box
 Investigate joints, how to join wood and
different boxes
 Skills associated with using wood –
measuring, sawing, with a vice, gluing
wood, hinges and screwing
Design, adapt, make and evaluate product for
specific client
Art
Art
Art
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Over and above
Sonia Delaney – circles – exploring the use
of line and colour
Painting using artists eg: Ted Harrison/
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Drawing linked to humanities
Sculpture - Wallace and Gromit
Drawing – Nik Parks -the characters of
Wallace and Gromit
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Collage – Derek Gores create a PSHE –
self portrait
Painting -Van Gogh
ICT – Van Gogh picture
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B.H.Brody/ Darren Mundy
North American topics during world week
Wash – spooky houses
Resist using wax pastel
Christmas crafts incl glass painting
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Pastels using artists eg; Doug Hyde –
Shading and blending
Paintings of Darren Mundy
RE
Christianity
 The Bible – The Old and New Testament
 Rules of Christianity – 10 commandments
 Harvest – rewrite of hymn
 Who was Jesus? What does he mean to
Christians?
 Parables of Jesus
 Modern day miracles
RE
Islam
 Who as Mohammed?
 Beliefs of Muslims
 Muslim communities around the
world
 Rituals and rules – the Pillars
 Islamic art
RE
Rights of Passage
 Birth
 Naming
 Marriage
 Death
ICT
ICT
ICT
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Use PowerPoint to create a Superhero
presentation incorporating sound, video
and transitions
E safety
Identify parts of computer
Cargo Bot App
Create an instructional video
Poetry – combine text and graphic
Research humanities and create a
presentation
Space – mars website investigation
PE
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Use datalogger to record
temperatures in science
Morph images – movie maker
Use and edit images with Shakespeare
work
E - safety
PE
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Fitness
Develop flexibility and control gymnastics
Take part in outdoor and adventurous
activities
Compare performances
Play competitive games applying basic
Compare rituals associated with Hinduism,
Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism
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Kudo
Build a web page
CAAD – Van Gogh pictures
Video – Space
Spreadsheets and data handing
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Develop flexibility in gymnastics
Play competitive games – cricket,
rounders
Athletics skills
Practise throwing, running, jumping and
catching.
PE
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Speed, agility and quickness sessions
Develop flexibility in dance
Apparatus – develop flexibility and
control
Play competitive games – football,
tennis
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principles – hockey, netball, footballl and
tag rugby
Music
 Journey into space – musical appreciation
from range of composers and musicians.
Trips, projects and extra-curricular
 Skern meetng - 21st September
 Space centre – week 23rd and 30th
September
 Superhero Day – 22nd September
 STEM week – 10th October
 Macbeth theatre trip – 4th October
 Children in Need – 18th November
 Trip to Galleries of Justice (Crime and
punishment ) – TBA
 Christmas Crafts – Parental Invitation
date to be confirmed
 Carol Concert – 12th December
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Practise running, catching and jumping
Music
 Cyclical patterns – musical
appreciation and improvisation
 Raps using Garage Band lined to
Shakespeare
Trips and extra-curricular
 Shakespeare workshop – The Tempest
(January)
 E-safety Day – Parental Invitation
(February)
 Comic relief
 Harry Potter Studios Trip – March
 Trip to the Mosque
 World Week 
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Music
Singing in rounds – control and
expression. Using musical notation.
Trips and extra-curricular
 Street Law workshop
 Fire Brigade – fire safety
 Police – drug awareness
 Road Safety theatre group – transition
 Skern – May 1st