Curriculum Overview – Year 5

English

Reading

• Apply knowledge of morphology and etymology when reading new words
• Reading & discuss a broad range of genres and texts
• Identifying & discussing themes
• Make recommendations to others
• Learn poetry by heart
• Draw inference and make predictions
• Discuss authors' use of language
• Retrieve and present information from non-fiction texts.
• Formal presentations and debates

 Writing

• Secure spelling, including homophones, prefixes, silent letters, etc.
• Use a thesaurus
• Legible, fluent handwriting
• Plan writing to suit audience and purpose
• Develop character, setting and atmosphere in narrative
• Use organisational and presentational features
• Use consistent appropriate tense
• Proof-reading
• Perform own compositions

 Grammar

• Use expanded noun phrases
• Use modal & passive verbs
• Use relative clauses
• Use commas for clauses
• Use brackets, dashes and comes for parenthesis

 Speaking and Listening

• Give well-structured explanations
• Command of Standard English
• Consider & evaluate different viewpoints
• Use appropriate register

Mathematics

Number and Calculation

• Secure place value to 1,000,000
• Use negative whole numbers in context
• Use Roman numerals to 1000(M)
• Use standard written methods for all four operations
• Confidently add and subtract mentally
• Use vocabulary of prime, factor and multiple
• Multiply and divide by powers often
• Use square and cube numbers

 Geometry and Measures

 Calculate perimeter of composite shapes and area of rectangles

• Estimate volume & capacity
• Identify 3D shapes
• Measure and identify angles
• Understand regular polygons
• Reflect and translate shapes

 Fractions

• Compare and order fractions
• Add and subtract fractions with common denominators, with mixed numbers
• Multiply fractions by units
• Write decimals as fractions
• Order & round decimal numbers
• Link percentages to fractions and decimals

 Data

• Interpret tables and line graphs
• Solve questions about line graphs

Science

 Biology

• Life cycles of plants and animals (including mammal, insect, bird, amphibian)
• Describe changes as humans develop and mature

 Chemistry

• Classify materials according to a variety of properties
• Understand mixtures & solutions
• Know about reversible changes; identify irreversible

 Physics

• Understand location and interaction of Sun, Earth and Moon
• Introduce gravity, resistance & mechanical forces

History

 British History (taught chronologically)

• Study a theme in British history that extends pupils' chronological knowledge beyond 1066, e.g. the impact of World War Two

 Broader Study

• A study of the achievements of the earliest civilisations - Ancient Egypt
• A local history study focussing on 'change

Art and Design

• Use sketchbooks to collect, record, review, revisit and evaluate ideas
• Improve mastery of techniques such as drawing, painting and sculpture with varied materials
• Learn about a range of artists, craftsmen and designers

Computing

• Design and write computer programs to solve problems
• Use sequences, repetition, inputs, variables and outputs in programs
• Detect and correct errors in programs
• Understand uses of computer networks for collaboration and communication
• Be discerning in evaluating digital content

 Design and Technology

• Use research criteria to develop products which are fit for purpose and aimed at specific groups
• Use annotated sketches, cross-section diagrams and computer-aided design
• Analyse and evaluate existing products and improve own work
• Understand and use mechanical systems in their products, including programming
• Cook savoury dishes for a healthy and varied diet

Modern Languages

• Listen and engage
• Engage in conversations, expressing opinions
• Speak in simple language and be understood
• Develop appropriate pronunciation
• Present ideas and information orally
• Show understanding in simple reading
• Adapt known language to create new ideas
• Describe people, places and things
• Understand basic grammar, e.g. gender

Geography

• Physical geography including climate zones, biomes, vegetation belts, rivers and mountains
• Human geography including types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
• Use maps and atlases, globes and digital computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
• Locate the world’s countries concentrating on key physical and human characteristics
• Identify the position and significance of longitude and latitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones

 Music

• Perform with control and expression both solo and in ensembles
• Improvise and compose using dimensions of music
• Use and understand the basics of staff notation
• Develop an understanding of the history of music, including great musicians and composers

Physical Education

• Use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
• Play competitive games, applying basic principles
• Develop flexibility and control in gym, dance and athletics
• Take part in outdoor and adventurous activities
• Compare performances to achieve personal bests

Religious Education

• Continue to follow the locally-agreed syllabus for RE