y5-curriculum-overview-autumn-rainforests

West Town Primary Academy Curriculum Overview Autumn Year 5
Topic The Rainforest
Are Rainforests Important?
Enquiry Question
week
Understanding
English
communication
and languages
Historical,
geographical and
social
understanding
Scientific and
technological
understanding
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Myths and Legends
Poetry – linked with art
Non-chronological
Robin Hood
project
report about the
Build good relationships
rainforest
House Captain manifestos
Countries,
Rainforests – map skills
Features of the Rainforest:
regions and locality in the world, Equator, tropics,
Layers of the rainforest
counties in
climate
Plants and animal life (link with
the UK
What are the similarities and
science)
differences between countries in the
ICT Children research rainforest
tropics?
animals
What is the climate like in the
Rainforest?
- Responsible Dog
Our
Changing
World
Understanding
the Arts: Music
Art and drama
Understanding
physical
development,
health and well
being
Mathematical
understanding
Settlements
and people of
the rainforest
Literacy
Fiction:
The vanishing
Rainforest
Where the
Forest meets
the Sea
How do flowering plants reproduce?
What is a life cycle?
New school
What signs of plant reproduction can What do we know about the life cycle of
growing
we see around school?
birds/mammals/insects
environmen
Are all flowers on all plants the same?
How do they reproduce
t
Do all plants reproduce by producing
RSPCA Visit
seeds?
How can we grow more plants without
using seeds?
Enchanted Woodland Project
2D art
Puppets and shadows
Children’s exhibitions of Art this academic year
Artist tbc
Outdoor and Adventurous
Tag Rugby
Solving problems
Unit 1
Reasoning with large whole numbers
RE
Embedded PSHE black
8
9
Instructions and
Explanations
Unit 2
Problem solving with integer addition
and subtraction
Sikhism – Beliefs
Embedded ICT turquoise
10
11
12
TASC
Stibbington
Presentations for
Y4
Recounts
Stibbington
Stibbington
Recount of new science learning at Stibbington
Environmental issues
Working together
How does a British Forest compare to a rainforest?
Environment Issues:
Deforestation
Endangered animals
Global warming
Sustainable development
Respect for everyone
What do we know about the life cycle of
Why do animals make incredible
amphibians - How do they reproduce?
journeys?
How does the human life cycle compare
with other mammals?
What makes a successful life cycle? How
are humans helping endangered animals
complete their life cycles
Stibbington Residential
Risk taking - Keeping myself safe
How can I help others?
Enchanted Woodland Project
2D art
Puppets and shadows
Handball
Dance - rainforest
Unit 3
Factors
and prime
numbers
Makewaves links orange
Unit 4
Multiplication and
division
Visits and influences
Unit 5
Converting units - weight,
length(perimeter) and time .
Unit 6
Volume and area
Identify own strengths/areas for dev
Christianity – Beliefs
TASC and enterprise dark orange
British Values grey
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