St Godric’s RC Primary School
Year 5
Medium Term Planning – Summer Term
Subject
Literacy
Mathematics
Science
National Curriculum Programme of Study
Reading
To read age-appropriate books with confidence and fluency (including
whole novels).
To read aloud and with intonation that shows understanding a range of
fiction and non-fiction texts.
To make comparisons within and across books.
Comprehension
To work out the meaning of words from the context.
To retrieve information from non-fiction texts.
To summarise main ideas, identifying key details and using quotations for
illustration.
To evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language,
considering the impact on the reader.
Writing
To identify the audience and purpose of writing and adapt as necessary.
To use devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs.
To develop characters and settings through the use of dialogue.
To make effective changes when editing own writing.
To develop fluency and speed in handwriting.
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
To use modal verbs to indicate degrees of possibility.
To use brackets, dashes and commas to indicate parenthesis.
To use commas to clarify meaning.
To choose vocabulary to compliment the purpose of their writing.
Spelling of word endings and verb prefixes.
Number and Place Value
To solve problems involving numbers up to three decimal places.
To read Roman Numerals up to 1000 (M) and recognise years written in
Roman numerals.
Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number
and to one decimal place.
Calculation
To solve problems involving multiplication and division, using knowledge
of factors, multiples, squares and cubes.
To solve problems involving numbers up to three decimal places.
Fractions
To multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers.
Ratio and Proportion
To solve simple problems involving the relative sizes of two quantities
where the missing values can be found by using multiplication and
division facts.
Algebra
To use simple formulae.
To express missing number problems algebraically.
Measure
To measure and calculate perimeter.
To calculate and compare the area of rectangles.
Geometry
To identify 3d shapes from 2d representations.
To translate shapes.
Scientific Enquiry
To ask scientific questions and plan an investigation to answer these
enquiries.
To use a range of scientific equipment and take increasingly accurate
measurements or readings.
To record results and begin to draw conclusions from investigative work.
To use scientific vocabulary to communicate findings.
Living Things and their Habitats
Resources
Wordsmith.
Scholastic 100
Literacy Framework
Lessons.
Collins Focus on
Literacy.
A range of fiction
and non-fiction
texts.
Abacus maths.
Collins New Primary
Maths resources.
New Heinemann
5 materials.
Materials for
practical
investigations.
Hamilton Trust.
Collins Science
Directions.
Letts Science.
Library project
boxes.
Religious
Education
Computing
History
Geography
Design and
Technology
Art and
Design
Physical
Education
Personal,
Social and
Economic
Education
Primary
Languages
To study the life cycles of mammals, amphibians, insects and birds,
including some unusual examples like egg-laying mammals and
marsupials.
To compare complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
To find out about well-known naturalists and animal behaviourists.
To propagate plants from different parts of the parent plant.
Animals Including Humans
To discuss why living things need to reproduce and look in detail at the
human life cycle, comparing with other animals.
To study physical and emotional changes at puberty.
To research rites of passage throughout the human life cycle.
Come And See.
Transformation: Pentecost, the celebration of the spirit’s transforming
power.
Freedom and responsibility: God’s rules for living freely and responsibly
– the Commandments.
Stewardship: The church is called to stewardship of creation.
WE ARE BLOGGERS
To understand computer networks, including the internet; how they can
provide multiple services, such as the world wide web; and the
opportunity it offers for communication and collaboration.
To write reviews for an audience.
We are Traders
To use Scratch to design simple programmes.
To design simple Summer Fete computer games.
EARLIEST CIVILISATIONS: SHANG DYNASTY
To know when and where the Shang Dynasty was.
Farming and cookery of the Shang Dynasty.
Writing and the Shang calendar.
To locate China using maps.
To describe features studied.
To explain where China is in the world.
To describe how places are similar and others are different in relation to
their physical and human features.
EARLIEST CIVILISATIONS: SHANG DYNASTY
To make Shang bronze vessels.
Design, make, evaluate and exhibit.
ARTISTS - Giuseppe Arcimboldo
To look at, discuss and produce own work in the style of Giuseppe
Arcimboldo using a range of materials and techniques. Evaluate.
STRIKING AND FIELDING GAMES.
To develop the skills necessary to participate in striking and fielding
games.
To develop refereeing skills.
To devise, play and evaluate own striking and fielding games.
ATHELETIC ACTIVITIES
To develop technical understanding of athletic activity.
To set targets to improve performance in a range of running, jumping
and throwing activities.
GYMNASTICS
To develop the strength and control needed to work with a partner.
To choreograph, perform and evaluate own gymnastic sequences.
To be aware of their changing emotions and the need to respect other
peoples’ emotions and feelings.
Relationships and sex education.
Drugs awareness.
Thinking Skills.
FRENCH
Basic conversation.
Simple sentence structure.
Games to develop vocabulary.
Come and See.
WTL Years 5 and 6.
CAFOD resources.
Mrs Landon –
specialist Computing
teacher.
Smart Learning ICT.
Hamilton Trust.
Hamilton Trust.
Wire frames and
mod-rock.
Specialist coaches.
Core tasks.
A Journey in Love.
Lucinda and Godfrey.
Hamilton Trust
science resources.