Year 5

Welcome to Year 5!

Our Year 5 classes are Puffins, Gannetts and Guillemots taught by Miss Conway, Mr Smith and Mrs Robinson.

Articles 28 and 29 (United Nation’s Children’s Rights Charter)

Every child has the right to a good quality education where they can develop their personality, talents and abilities to the full.

We will be scouring the Earth this year, from Ancient Greece to Outer Space and back down to Earth to investigate the early Islamic history of the Middle East. Not to mention having a daily diet of mathematics, reading and writing!

Our curriculum is always centred around a key text in English which links to our topics. Our engaging, vocabulary-rich key texts will include a range of non-fiction and fiction. The children will have the opportunity to write reports, diary entries, missing chapters, letters, descriptions, instructions and more! Each week, they will have a clear purpose in writing and learn new skills – such as adverbial phrases, inverted commas and expanded noun phrases – which will enable them to become amazing writers who wow their readers!

With our exciting variety of texts, we encourage a love of reading in class and enjoy hearing about the children’s adventures in reading at home. The children currently choose one library book and one reading book to take home each week.

In Year 5, we love taking our learning outside. As well as all the learning in school, our fun-filled Year 5 curriculum includes swimming at Huddersfield Leisure Centre. There is so much to do, the time will fly by!

With all this going on it is clear to see why being in Year 5 is so much fun.

YEAR 5 OVERVIEW
Year Group 5	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1		Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
English Texts	Dr Maggie’s Grand Tour of the Solar System by Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock Hidden Figures By Margot Lee Shetterly	Oliver Twist – Usborne young reading Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine by Gloria Whelan	A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park		The Golden Horsemen of Baghdad by Saviour Pirotta 1001 facts about the Ancient Islamic Civilisation	King of the Cloud Forests by Michael Morpurgo Everest by Sangma Francis	A Visitors Guide to Ancient Greece The Iliad and the Odyssey by Marcia Williams
Writing Knowledge	Revision of 3/4 Use of appropriate adjectives and nouns Conjunctions Causal conjunction Identifying who and what is being said Putting in inverted commas - dialogue Using adverbs of time to organise events Paragraphing Key events Including the dialogue Adverbs of time and range of adverbs 1st person Cohesion and sentence structure Adjectives Expanding range of adverbs Specific nouns Expanded noun phrases Cohesion Organisational features Use of prepositions /prepositional phrases Understanding the purpose Use of a range conjunctions Clauses Adverbial phrases Cohesion of sentences Flow between paragraphs Sentence building Perfect form Verbs for description Adverbials			Relative pronoun Relative clauses Modal verbs Cohesive devices – in and across paragraphs using topic sentences and adverbials Relative pronoun Relative clauses Modal verbs Cohesive devices – in and across paragraphs using topic sentences and adverbials Parenthesis, bracket, dash		Structure of paragraphs Use of synonyms to repeat key ideas Range of punctuation Range of clauses
Outcome	Fact sheet Non-chronlogical report Persuasive argument Biography	Retell the story from another point of view Newspaper article Letter – retell to another character Instructions	Persuasive speech Narrative Diary entry Adverts		Eyewitness report Narrative – missing chapter Setting Description Persuasive letter Non-chronological report	Poem (Kennings) Narrative – sequel Recount Newspaper	Persuasive travel brochure Retell a myth Comic strip
History		The Victorians			Ancient Islamic Civilisation		Ancient Greece
Geography	Canada compare and contrast local study		Deserts			Mountains
Science	Earth and Space	Forces	Animals including Humans (reproduction, changes, puberty)		Real life case study Significant person within STEM	Properties of materials	Living thing and their habitats (life cycles)
RE	What values are shown in codes for living?		What do Christians believe about old and new covenants?				Why are some places and journeys special?
Art DT	Art Typography & Maps Exploring how we can create typography through drawing and design, and use our skills to create personal and highly visual maps.	Art Making Monotypes Combine the monotype process with painting and collage to make visual poetry zines.	DT Food – Savoury Scones		DT Electrical – Design a Game	DT Frame Structure - Tents	Art Mixed Media Land & Cityscapes Explore how artists use a variety of media to capture spirit of the place.
PSHE	SCARF Scheme
Computing	Data handling: Mars Rover	Programming: Music – Sonic Pi	Computing systems and networks: search engines			Creating Media: Animations
MFL	French monster pets	Space exploration	Shopping in France		French speaking world	Verbs in a French week	Meet my French family
Music	Charanga Scheme
PE See SOW and progression map	Athletics Swimming	Gymnastics Swimming	Dance Swimming		Tennis/OAA Swimming	Cricket Swimming	Rugby Swimming

Year 5 Overview