HUTTOFT PRIMARY SCHOOL (Academy)

AUTUMN TERM CURRICULUM

YEAR 5 LITERACY

Reading – four daily lesson of 35 – 40 minutes Novels, stories, poems, playscripts, accounts, reports, instructional texts. Written and oral comprehension work. Weekly access to the school library. Small group reading activities i.e., Guided Reading. Class stories – The Naming of William Rutherford and Journey to Jo’Burg. This term we are focusing on quiet reading to develop stamina and the opportunity for children to immerse themselves in a book! There will also be a minimum of two sessions per week for everyone to enjoy hearing a class story read by the teacher. We aim to develop reading stamina and enjoyment in reading

Extended Writing – weekly lesson approximately 90 minutes writing for a range of purposes

Handwriting – approximately 20 minutes per week regular practising of ‘joined up’ writing. Fluent, consistently joined up writing will be considered by Mrs. Hurrell for progression to writing in pen

Speaking and Listening – approximately 15 minutes per week weekly activity – the theme is ‘A New Greek God’. Drama – weekly 25 minute lesson to develop communication, organisation and presentation skills with an emphasis on the use of Standard English

Spellings – approximately 30 minutes per week weekly list tested on Fridays, High Frequency Words and the teaching of spelling patterns and rules including homophones and ‘-cious’/’-tious’ and ‘-cial’/’-tial’ words

Grammar and Punctuation – 30 minutes per week

This term our work includes prefixes, modal verbs, determiners, commas, direct and reported speech and conjunctions.

MATHS – daily lesson of 45 - 50 minutes

Year 5 programme of study includes:

o Number (place value, four operations, fractions, decimals, percentages)

o Measure (working with real life problems – scales, money, time etc, approximate conversions – metric and imperial)

o Geometry – properties and classification of shapes

There is a weekly Mental Arithmetic test and a focused session to develop mental arithmetic skills. SCIENCE – one weekly lesson of 90 minutes

Through the two topics – Earth and Space and Properties and Changes of Materials – children will be taught to use scientific vocabulary, plan and carry out investigations and write conclusions about what they have learned. They will be encouraged to discuss scientific developments and how these affect them and to use their maths and IT skills. Whole School Investigation Week takes place after half term. RE – weekly lesson of 50 - 60 minutes

The Bible and its importance to Christians

COMPUTING – weekly lesson of 50 minutes

Spreadsheets

E-Safety

Coding HISTORY – weekly lesson of 55 – 60 minutes

The Ancient Greeks GEOGRAPHY – weekly lesson of 55 – 60 minutes

Water

Local field trip

Russia MFL (French) – approximately 35 minutes per week

Greeting people, asking and talking about families

School subjects, likes and dislikes

Writing (in French)

PSHE – weekly lesson of 25 minutes

Themes including kindness, anti-bullying and keeping safe

BRITISHNESS: Fundamental British Values (FBV) are promoted in many ways throughout the school and forms an integral part of the school’s approach to our pupils spiritual, moral, social and cultural development (SMSC). PE – 180 minutes per week Monday Dance Wednesday Gym Thursday Hockey Friday Swimming and Athletics

Plimsolls and PE kit should be in School everyday

PE kit includes the school’s black sweatshirt and jogging bottoms

Trainers are essential for outdoor lessons

Spare socks are needed when tights are worn as tights should not be worn for PE

ART and DESIGN – 75 - 80 minutes per week

Colour mixing and painting techniques, Art from other cultures including Batik, printing, the Natural World, use of ICT, seasonal work, observational drawings, clay coil pots, embroidery, Van Gogh MUSIC – 40 minutes per week

BBC Materials Singing Session COOKERY – 95 minutes per week in the second half of the term

Food preparation, hygiene and cookery activities in the classroom and/or Servery. Home Learning:

Maths Activity to share with the family - issued on Tuesday for return by Thursday morning

Spelling list - issued Friday for a test the following Friday

Writing spelling sentences to practise the new spellings on A4 paper and return by Monday morning

Further information about the School’s Curriculum can be found on our website within the School Prospectus.