Year 5 Spring 1: Half termly planning
International
Creative
Curriculum
Week 1
Week2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Geography
History
Democracy
Looking at evidence
Battles and warfare
To understand
about the climate
and terrain of
Greece today –
locate Greece on
a world and
European Map
Chronology
To understand what
was meant by the term
democracy and some
of the ideas of people
living in Athens and
Sparta
What makes Greeks
such great fighters?
Explore the
importance of armies
and ships – look at
evidence on Greek
pots depicting Greek
soldiers – what
information can be
gained
The story of the Battle of
Marathon and Persian
Battle.
To understand Ancient
religion and why their
Gods were important
to them.
DT – making clay pots
using Ancient Greek
designs as inspiration
(link to drama)
To be able to place
the ancient
civilisation in time
and understand that
Greece was once
made up of city
states – place events
in a timeline
Famous Greek
philosophers –link to
computing. The life
times and theories
of……
Thinking skills
Debating and
democracy Link to English
English
Journeys
Spoken English,
Reading
Comprehension
and Writing
Composition
Understand that an event
in history may be
interpreted in different
ways and understand
why this is so.
How modern events have
connections with the past
Children will look at
evidence from sources
to deduce information
about Greek beliefs and
religious practises from
pictures of
buildings/temples and
pottery eg Mount
Olympus/the Parthenon
and the Acropolis
War of the
Worlds
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds
Introducing the
story of The
War of the
Worlds by H.G.
Wells through
drama based
around the
American radio
broadcast from
1938. Writing
descriptively in
Introducing the
story of The War of
the Worlds by H.G.
Wells through
drama based
around the
American radio
broadcast from
1938. Writing
descriptively in
role, with a focus
Continuing to apply
the skills from the
first two weeks to
continue our writing.
Self-evaluating our
own work and
looking at how small
changes can
sometimes make a
big difference on the
effectiveness of our
Looking at the skills
needed to create an
effective newspaper
article. Looking at
writing headlines,
strap-lines and
introductions.
Work on fact vs
opinion and quoting
others through
direct and reported
Applying the skills
learned last week to
plan, write and edit our
own newspaper
articles based on an
alien landing in
Norwich.
Looking at and
creating our own
myths. Links to our
topic on Ancient
Greece and also
space through
constellation myths
and myths from a
range of cultures that
explain a natural
Year 5 Spring 1: Half termly planning
Spellings and
Grammar
role, with a
focus on how
events, word
choices and
sentence
structures can
all have an
effect on the
reader and can
help to develop
atmosphere and
suspense
on how events,
writing.
word choices and
sentence structures
can all have an
effect on the
reader and can
help to develop
atmosphere and
suspense
speech.
Grammar
use of commas to
mark boundaries
and lists
Proper nouns
Grammar
Different types of
nouns
Verb tenses
Passive verbs
Grammar –
Use of colons to
introduce a list
Punctuate bullet
points consistently
Spelling
-fer
Spelling
ible /able
ibly/ably
Grammar – brackets
and dashes
Plan their writing by
noting and developing
initial ideas drawing
on reading and
research where
necessary
Spelling
ce/se
Spelling
Personal spellings
phenomenon such as
day and night,
seasons, eclipses etc.
Grammar
figurative language and
the impact on the reader
Grammar
Use of dictionaries and
thesauruses
Spelling
ough
Spelling
use of hyphen
Year 5 Spring 1: Half termly planning
Maths
Addition and
Subtraction
 use rounding
to check
answers to
calculations
and
determine, in
the context of
a problem,
levels of
accuracy
 solve addition
and
subtraction
multi-step
problems in
contexts,
deciding which
operations and
methods to
use and why
Statistics
 solve comparison,
sum and
difference
problems using
information
presented in a line
graph
 complete, read
and interpret
information in
tables, including
timetables.
Fractions (including
decimals and
percentages)
 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 and write
mathematical
statements >1 as a
mixed number
[for
2
4
example,
∕5 + ∕5 =
6
1
∕5 = 1 ∕5 ]
Fractions (including
decimals and
percentages)
 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 and write
mathematical
statements >1 as a
mixed number
[for
2
4
example,
∕5 + ∕5 =
6
1
∕5 = 1 ∕5 ]
Fractions (including
decimals and
percentages)
 recognise the per cent
symbol (%) and
understand that per
cent relates to
“number of parts per
hundred”, and write
percentages as a
fraction with
denominator 100, and
as a decimal
 identify, name and
write equivalent
fractions of a given
fraction, represented
visually including
tenths and
hundredths.
Fractions (including
decimals and
percentages)
 recognise the per
cent symbol (%) and
understand that per
cent relates to
“number of parts per
hundred”, and write
percentages as a
fraction with
denominator 100,
and as a decimal
 identify, name and
write equivalent
fractions of a given
fraction, represented
visually including
tenths and
hundredths.
Science
Planetarium Visit
– Children to
learn about
Space, including
different star
constellations and
how these can
vary at different
times of the year.
Constellation
myths from
Ancient Greek
culture.
Constellation Stories
– Children will
examine stories from
many different
cultures explaining to
origins of different
star constellations.
Space Race and Moon
Landing Controversy –
Children will examine
evidence about the
moon landings to
determine whether or
not they are fact or
fiction.
Moon Buggy Madness
– Children to design
and make their own
moon buggies.
Moon Buggy Madness –
Children to test and
evaluate the success of
their moon buggies.
Improvements to be
suggested based on the
findings of their tests.
Famous Astronomers
and their discoveries –
Children to research
famous astronomers
throughout the ages
and how their
discoveries have
influenced society and
culture.
Space and Beyond
Children to write
their own ‘Star
Origin’ stories.
DT – Woodwork skills.
Year 5 Spring 1: Half termly planning
Computing
Stop Frame
Animations –
Children to create
their own
animated movies
by piecing
together still
images.
Stop Frame
Animations –
Children to create
their own animated
movies by piecing
together still images.
Scratch – Children to
create their own
animations by
inputting a series of
steps and instructions.
Scratch – Children to
create their own
animations by
inputting a series of
steps and
instructions.
Kodu – Introduction to
software and basics of
coding.
Kodu – Children to use
coding instructions to
create animations and
games.
PATHS
PATHS
PATHS
PATHS
PATHS
PATHS
PATHS
Making good
decisions – its my
choice.
Identifying problems
– feelings, goals and
solutions.
Consequences – what
might happen next.
Making a good plan
Obstacles – trying again.
Solving problems –
finding and creating
their own strategies for
solving their own and
each others’ problems
French
To learn the
French words for
school subjects.
To be able to
understand the main
points from a text
about school
subjects.
To be able to rearrange
jumbled sentences into
the correct order.
To compare French
and English names.
To be able to ask and
answer questions about
favourite subjects.
To prepare a short
presentation about a
school timetable.
RE
To know that the
Sagrada Familia is
an important
place for
Christians.
To understand the
symbolism of the
Sagrada Familia’s
magic square
To learn about the last
days of Christ and their
representation on the
Sagrada Familia
To explore some
Christian symbols
from the Sagrada
Familia and their
meanings
To extend understanding
of the importance of
Christian symbolism in
the design of Sagrada
Familia
To understand that art
can be a way of
showing faith
Trying your plan and
evaluating what
happens.
Year 5 Spring 1: Half termly planning
Music
Pupils learn the
song ‘I wanna
sing Scat’. They
compose an
alternate ostinato
for the song. They
perform the song
with the new
ostinato.
Pupils discuss the
lyrics of two folk
songs. They explore
how the music
supports the
meaning of the lyrics.
They explore the
relationship between
the lyrics and melody
of ‘Hard Time Blues’
Pupils explore the
musical features of the
Blues. They learn a
blues chord sequence.
They perform using
keyboards and other
instruments to an
audience.
Pupils explore the
structure of a blues
song. They learn a
twelve bar blues
structure and
improvise phrases
using a blues scale.
Pupils invent lyrics for a
blues song. They
compose a melody for
the blues song using the
blues scale and
considering structure and
phrases.
Pupils rehearse and
perform their
compositions from
previous lessons. They
appraise their own and
each other’s work.