Curriculum Overview for Year 5 (Summer) Ancient Greece / Modern day Greece
Reading
English
Writing
morphology & etymology when
reading new words
Art & Design
Grammar
homophones, prefixes, silent
letters, etc.
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Sketch own versions of Greek artefacts
concentrating on lines, shapes and colours
(Record and evaluate ideas)
- Sketch Greek patterns and shapes (Improve
mastery of techniques)
- Design and make own Olympic torches.
for parenthesis
purpose
y by heart
predictions
Speaking & Listening
-structured
explanations
atmosphere in narrative
-reading
Perform own compositions
Design & Technology
viewpoints
Mathematics
Geometery
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Measure, estimate and compare angles.
Draw angles to the nearest degree.
Investigate angles.
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Solve problems involving angles.
Investigating polygons.
Position and Movement
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Plotting points.
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Translate and reflect shapes.
Science
Living Things and Their Habitats
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describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal,
an amphibian, an insect and a bird
 describe the life process of reproduction in some plants
and animals.
Forces
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explain objects fall towards the Earth because of the
force of gravity
 identify the effects of air resistance, water resistance
and friction, that act between moving surface
recognise that some mechanisms, including levers, pulleys
and gears, allow a smaller force to have a greater effect.
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Measurements
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Select appropriate tools and techniques for
making product
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Use a range of materials
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Geography
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Area and Perimeter
Finding the area and perimeter of shapes.
Scaled diagrams.
Modern Languages (French)
 Listen & engage
 Engage in conversations, expressing opinions
 Speak in simple language and be understood
 Develop appropriate pronunciation
 Show understanding in simple reading
 Appreciate stories, songs, poems & rhymes
 Describe people and places
Measure the area.
Volume
Find the voilume of solids.
Capacity.
History
HANCOCK MUSEUM VISIT (NEWCASTLE)
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(Design and make Ancient Greece clay pots)
Converting unit: length, mass and time.
Identify the temperature: find the differences.
Ancient Greece
- Find out about the beliefs of others
- Understand characteristics of past
periods
- Identify significant places in Greek
society
- Identify changes within periods of
time
- Note significant places and people in
History
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Use search technologies safely and
effectively
Use technology safely, respectfully and
responsibly.
Design, write and debug programs to
achieve specific goals, including solving
problems.
Use sequence, selection and repetition
RICHARD ROSE ANIMATION WORKSHOPS.
presentational features
from non-fiction texts.
Computing
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of genres & texts
others
YEAR 5
Physical
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Education
Use running, jumping, catching and throwing in
isolation and in combination (Cricket)
Play competitive games, applying basic
principles. (Rounders)
Compare performances from previous
experiences.
Develop flexibility, strength, technique &
control in athletics.
Locate the Ancient Greece civilisation in
place on maps
Understand geographical similarities and
differences through human and physical
geography of the UK and a region in South
America
Identify trade links and distribution of
resources
Describe the physical features of an area
Music
 Use voice & instruments with increasing
accuracy, control and expression
 Improvise & compose music
 Listen with attention to detail
 Appreciate wide range of live & recorded
music
 Begin to develop understanding of history
Religious
Education
RELIGIOUS & CULTURAL DIVERSITY – CARLISLE
A RESEARCH / ENQUIRY Unit ( Teachers can select
secular denominations to find out more about.
Locally this includes:
. Church of Scotland
. Jehovah’s witnesses
. Roman Catholic
. Methodist
. United Reform Carlisle United Church Group visit
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