Year 5 Group Overview
Timetables
Curriculum overview for Year 5
| Autumn | Spring | Summer | ||||
| I | II | I | II | I | II | |
| English | It’s Me, Hi
Writing: Transactional Style Models *Baseline autobiographic piece* |
Once Upon a Time
Reading: Narrative Forms Fiction Extract The Viewer – Gary Crew |
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Reading: Novel Study Writing: Creative The Boy at the Back of the Class – Onjali Q Rauf |
Poet’s Corner
Reading: Poetry Poetry Anthology |
Telling Tales
Writing/ Speaking and listening: Creative Style Models |
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| Maths | Place value
Addition and subtraction Multiplication and divsion Fractions |
Multiplication and division Fractions Decimals and percentages
Perimeter and area Statistics |
Shape Position and Direction Decimals
Negative Numbers Coverting units Volume |
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| Science | Forces | Earth and Space | Properties and changes of materials | Living things and their habitats | Animals, including humans | |
| History | Who were the Mayans? | How did the Ancient Greeks influence the way we live today? | Why are the Tudors so important? | How did people live in Victoria’s reign? | ||
| Geography | What is geography? | How does the weather affect us? | What are mountains and how are they formed? | What makes Africa unique? | What is life like in Kenya? | How are coasts formed? |
| PSHE | Self-identity, Respect & Aspiration | Physical & Mental Wellbeing | Relationships & Online Safety | Media, Safety & Careers | Health Education & Puberty | Relationships & RSE |
| RE | How is God described? | How is light used in religion? | Earth: Creation and Science – conflicting or complimentary. | What does following God mean to people of faith? | ||
| Music | Learning an instrument – djembe drums | |||||
| French | Saying my name
Asking how you are Using the alphabet and French phonics Using numbers 1-20 Saying what is in your school bag Using colours |
Using masculine, feminine and plural colours
Days of the week Months of the year Saying when my birthday is Saying what is in my classroom |
Using extra vocabulary for brothers and sisters
Using possessive adjectives to describe my family To ask and answer if I have a pet Describing my height and personality |
Using masculine, feminine, singular and plural with animals
Describing physical appearance Using ‘avoir’ (to have) and ‘être’ (to be) Describing another person |
Talking about where people live using ‘je’ (I) and ‘tu’ (you)
Describing what my home is like Using ‘habiter’ (to live) Learning bedroom items vocabulary Using prepositions to say where things are |
Describing my bedroom
Saying what I do in the evening Using ‘on’ (we) to say what we do Learning to tell the time in French |
| Computing | Systems and searching | Programming – selection in physical computing | Programming – Selection in quizzes | Vector drawing | Video Production | Data and information – Flat file databases |
| DT | Moving mechanisms – pneumatics | Eat the Seasons | Architecture – design and building a building linked to Greeks | |||
| PE | Baseline testing
Netball Indoor games Basketball Tag Rugby |
Gymnastics
Hockey Football Dance Pop Lacrosse |
Athletics
Handball Rounders Cricket OAA |
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| Art | Introduction to art | Understanding colour | Observational drawing
Still life |
Landscape Botanical art | Ceramics – Containers | Aboriginal Art |
Curriculum Enrichment in Year 5
- 18th October – House Cross Country Competition
- 13th November – House Football Tournament
- 19th November – House Cross Country Competition
- 16th December – Pantomime
- 16th December – Christmas Jumper Day and Enterprise Fair
- 18th December – Christmas Jumper Day Christmas Lunch
- 19th January – Jamie Knight – Freestyle Football Assembly and Workshops
- 6th February – Whole School Trip to Cinema
- 9th – 13th February – Mental Health Week
- 10th February – Trip to STEM Discovery Centre, Stevenage
- 3rd March – Science Fair
- 14th March – House Netball Competition
- 19th June 2025 – House Athletics Competition
- 2nd July – Sports’ Day
Hours dedicated to each subject
