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