Welcome to Year 5

Cornerstones

Autumn 1st Focus

History – 14th Century England

The Black Death ArrivesENGAGE

DEVELOP

INNOVATE

EXPRESS

The Black Death Spreads!The KnightKings Vs Peasants

Take Action to Prevent a New Plague Outbreak

Historian’s View

Autumn 2nd Focus

Science – Living things and their Habitats

Collecting and IdentifyingENGAGE

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Homes and HabitatsDeadly CrittersLife Cycles

Design a Super-minibeast and Present at a Scientific Convention

Entomologist’s Ending

Spring 1st FocusScience – Earth and Space;

Forces; Working Scientifically

Welcome to the Planets!ENGAGE

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INNOVATE

EXPRESS

The MoonGravityRocket Man

Design and Launch a Rocket

Space Experts

Spring 2nd FocusArt & Design - Photography; Great Artists - Andy Warhol,

Salvador Dali; Collage

All about MeENGAGE

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INNOVATE

EXPRESS

TimeGrowing UpGrowing Older

Build a Time Machine!

Looking Forward

Summer 1st Focus

History – The Tudors

Meet the Tudors!ENGAGE

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INNOVATE

EXPRESS

Courtly CapersCrime and PunishmentHenry’s ‘Great Matter’

The Trial of Anne Boleyn

Strictly Tudor!

Summer 2nd FocusGeography – Land Use; Food Origin; Geographical Skills and Fieldwork; Map Work; Climate

Allotment LifeENGAGE

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INNOVATE

EXPRESS

Let’s get planting!Where does food come from?Plant Reproduction

Stage a Farmer's Market

Green Fingers

Areas in the new curriculum • Number – number and place value • Number – addition and subtraction • Number – multiplication and division

• Number – fractions (including decimals and percentages)

• Measurement • Geometry – properties of shapes • Geometry – position and direction • Statistics

Maths

REFocus for this term is Beginning with the Church:• Elements of sacramental celebrations (e.g. blessing,

exchanging greetings, praise)• Signs and symbols and their significance in liturgy • Celebrations which mark significant events in people’s

lives • Sunday as a significant day in the life of the local Church • Some ways people enter into the communion of the

Church • The rites of Baptism and Confirmation and the response

they invite• The structure of the Eucharist • Respect for celebrations of the Jewish faith and other

religions and appreciation that prayer has a place for their followers.

Homework• Reading journals – weekly task from the list on

our class page. Pupils need to complete one task and hand in on a Monday.

• Reading -Read each day 15 mins. • Mathletics – 20 minutes x 3 per week. • Spellings – test on last Friday of the month on

their spelling list. Class practice every Friday. • Passport/Mental Maths/Times tables – test on

Thursday. • Maths games – changed on Thursday. • We also have subscription to Bug club, all

pupils have their own individual log in.

Math library games

• Changes once a week - Thursday• Bring to school and share with their learning partner what they learnt.

How can you help?

• Continue to support your child at home by reading with them regularly and discussing the book with them• Practicing their time tables• Helping with spellings• Support with their home learning