Stramongate Primary School
Year 5 Curriculum Newsletter Autumn 2014
Welcome back to the new school year! We have an exciting time planned.
Many of our subjects will be linked through our cross curricular theme “The Terrible Tudors” and whenever possible we will
try to link subjects.
The information on this sheet will give you a brief overview of some of the activities we will be doing this term.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or can offer any help.
Reading mornings are Tuesdays and Thursdays - doors will open at 8.40am and you are welcome to come into school to
read with your child.
PE days are Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Children will need black shorts, a white t-shirt, black pumps for indoor use, black jogging bottom or leggings, a sweatshirt and trainers, all named and kept in a named PE bag.
English
Non-Fiction:
Mathematics
Instructions: Plaque Recipes.
Non Chronological reports: Komodo Dragons and Children learn to read and write whole and decimal
numbers up to 100,000. They learn to recognise and
Space.
use thousandths and relate them to hundredths,
tenths and decimal
Narrative:
equivalents.
Year 5 will extend number sequences
Iron Man: Children create their own Iron Giant
and learn how to write a story opening in the style including those with multiplication and division
steps. They round decimals with 2 decimal places to
of Ted Hughes.
the nearest whole number and to one decimal place.
Playscripts: Children learn about turning speech Children multiply and divide decimal numbers as well
into a script and write a short play based on Hen- as those by 10, 100 and 1000. We will add and subtract numbers with more than 4 digits and decimals
ry and one of his six wives.
with 2 decimal places using formal written methods
Legends: We read a number of legends from (column addition and subtraction).
around the world. Year 5 then write legend set in
They learn that angles are measured in degrees and
Kendal based on ‘The Wawel Dragon’.
recognise acute, obtuse and reflex angles. They distinguish
Poetry:
between
regular polygons and use the properties of
Children will study the poem, ‘Up In The Attic’.
They will then write a similar poem based on this. rectangles to find missing lengths and angles.
Trips, Visits and Visitors
Orienteering at Grizedale Forest.
Quaker Tapestry visit.
High Borrans Residential.
RE/PSHE
This term we will be learning about the Christianity.
We will look at the Bible and why it is important to
Christians. We will learn about ourselves and what
makes us the person we are.
Computing
Children learn which resources on the Internet they
can download and how to stop their computer from
being harmed.
During the term, Year 5 use a free online computer
program called ‘Scratch’ to learn about Computer Programming. They learn how to use variables and sequence together a set of commands to begin making
games.
As part of our Tudor and Space topic children use
various searches online to research different aspects
of these areas. Then they create multimedia presentations using Powerpoint.
Science
We study two units this term - Lifecycles and
Earth and Beyond. We look at the different stages
in a variety of animals lifecycles as well as a plant
lifecycle. Children are reminded of the various
groups of animals.
Earth and Beyond- We focus on the sun, moon and
earth and their relative sizes. Children research
the other planets in our solar system. As part of
the topic we use a rocket launcher from Queen
Katherine to investigate a fair test.
Additional Activities
Each child will be given a user name and password to access Mathletics online. Homework will be set using Mathletics each week.. The children are reminded to
log on at least twice a week for a duration of about 15 minutes. Children take part in daily guided reading sessions and are encouraged to take more responsibility for their independent reading.
History
Tudors
Children learn how the Tudor period began and
through drama act out ‘The Battle of Bosworth’.
Following this they learn about Henry 7th, the
Tudor Rose and then Henry 8th. The children are
taught about each of his wives, his personality
and how he rules Tudor England using a variety of
different sources.
Music
What sort of person was Henry 8th?
PE
Foundation
Subjects
Linked to Tudor music. This term
children identify instruments used
in Tudor music and use these to
compose their own small pieces of
music, which have a similar style.
Orienteering
Year 5 are taught to orientate a simple map
and use these skills in a familiar and unfamiliar setting when using a variety of maps.
Tudor Dance
The children create their own short sequence of movements based on a traditional
Tudor dance.
Art
Year 5 look at proportion, scale and colour mixing to
produce a variety of portraits culminating in a portrait
of Henry 8th.
They use a range of media to draw their own dragons
linked to Legend writing in Literacy. They use tone and
colour washing techniques.