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Year 5

AUTUMN TERM IN YEAR 5

Numeracy

  • Place value (numbers up to 1,000,000) and addition and subtraction (whole number);
  • Multiplication and division (whole number) and fractions

Literacy

  • Epic Stories 
  • Odes
  • Narrative Sequel 
  • Poetry Mood

Science

  • Materials - Mixtures and Separating 
  • Materials - Properties and Changing 

Geography

  • Would you like to live in the desert?

History

  • What did the Greeks ever do for us?

DT

  • Pop-up Books
  • Developing a Recipe 

Art & Design

  • Installation Art 

Computing

  • Online Safety 
  • Search Engines 

RE

  • Why do people have to stand up for what they believe?

PSHE

  • Relationships 
  • Understanding the Law

PE

  • Orienterring and football
  • Hockey and Netball 

SPAG

  • Sentence types 
  • Direct speech
  • Apostrophes (contracted form and possession);
  • Relative clauses
  • Adverbs and modal verbs

For more information on objectives covered in these topics please download the curriculum document below.

Autumn Topic Knowledge Organisers

SPRING TERM IN YEAR 5

Numeracy

  • Multiplication and division, and fractions
  • Decimals and percentages, perimeter and area, statistics

Literacy

  • Expanded Explanations
  • Using Figurative Language 
  • Science Fiction Narratives 
  • Free Verse Poetry 

Science

  • Space
  • Forces 

Geography

  • What is life like in the Alps?

History

  • How did the shape of England change between AD600 and AD886

DT

  • Monitoring Devices 
  • Electrical Systems - Doodlers

Art & Design

  • Drawing: I need Space
  • Craft and Design: Architecture 

Computing

  • Data Handling 
  • Programming Micro:bit

RE

  • Why doesn't Christianity always look the same?

PSHE

  • Well-being 
  • Celebrating Difference 

PE

  • Tag Rugby and Dance 
  • Athletcis and Gymnastics 

SPAG

  • Types of punctuation
  • Fronted adverbials
  • Noun phrases
  • Prepositional phrases

Music

  • Composition Notation
  • Composition to Represent Holi

For more information on objectives covered in these topics please download the curriculum document below.

Spring Topic Knowledge Organisers

SUMMER TERM IN YEAR 5

Numeracy

  • Shape and position
  • Converting units, negative numbers, volume

Literacy

  • Biographies
  • Concrete Poetry
  • Narrative 
  • Performance Poetry 

Science

  • Animals, including humans
  • Life Cycles and Reproduction

Geography

  • What is Greece like?

History

  • How have black people supported Britain?

DT

  • Stuffed Toys
  • Bridges

Art & Design

  • Painting and Mixed Media: Portraits 

Computing

  • Programming Music
  • Creating Media: Stop Motion

RE

  • Why are some places in the world significant to believers? 

PSHE

  • Keeping Safe
  • Changing Me

PE

  • Swimming, rounders and tennis 

SPAG

  • Verb tenses
  • Formal and informal language
  • Synonyms and antonyms  

Music

  • Looping and Remixing 
  • Musical Theatre

For more information on objectives covered in these topics please download the curriculum document below. 

Summer Term Knowledge Organisers

End of Year Expectations