YEAR 5 CURRICULUM MAP

Topic Title

Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

English

Stories with historical settingsFilm and play scriptsClassic narrative poetry

LegendsPersuasion

A Kingdom United

Food, Glorious Food!

Earthlings Inventors and Inventions

Amazon Adventure

Faster, Higher, Stronger

Science fiction storiesInformation bookletsPoems with a structure

Novel as a themeMagazine: information text hybrid

Stories from other culturesDebate

MythsReportsPoems with figurative language

ComputingEmails and internet safety

Espresso coding(Internet safety and digital research ongoing as needed)

Microsoft Word(Internet safety and digital research ongoing as needed)

Microsoft PowerPoint(Internet safety and digital research ongoing as needed)

Microsoft Excel(Internet safety and digital research ongoing as needed)

Microsoft Publisher(Internet safety and digital research ongoing as needed)

Science

Materials – reversible and irreversible changes

Ongoing standalone unit on material properties – comparative / fair tests of everyday materials

Earth and space Forces and falling objects

Life cycle changes in animals and plants; naturalists (e.g. David Attenborough)

Animals including humans – growth and development of humans PLUS exercise and the circulatory system

Art

Drawing and painting developed into abstract textured paintings

Painting developed into printmaking/collage and digital art

Figure drawing developed into 3D sculpture

GeographyWorld food – where does food come from?

UK cities, counties and key features - research

Contrasting region – Amazon Basin, rainforest and biomes

History

Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots (including place names)

Early Islamic civilization – Baghdad c AD900

ncient Greece (including sport)

D.T.

Food – food from another cultures, variety of cooking techniques

Mechanical systems – cams, pulleys and gears

3D Textiles – using gussets, using patterns, joining with seam allowance, combining fabrics

YEAR 5 CURRICULUM MAP

Topic Title

Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

R.E. ChristianityJudaism

A Kingdom United

Food, Glorious Food!

Earthlings Inventors and Inventions

Amazon Adventure

Faster, Higher, Stronger

Islam Hinduism Buddhism Sikhism

P.S.H.E.

P.E.

Unit 9 – Taking partUnit 1 – Core skills

Unit 11 – Being differentUnit 12 - Antibullying

Unit 3 – Economic well-being and financial capability

Unit 5 – Keeping safeUnit 6 – Being a risk taker

Unit 4 – Emotion-al health and well-beingUnit 10 – It’s OK to tell

Unit 7 – Drug, alcohol and tobacco awarenessUnit 8 – Healthy lifestyles

GymnasticsInvasion games: Tag rugby

Invasion games: High 5 - Netball

Clayton Cup preparation: hockey, netball, football, cricket, jogging.

Striking and fielding: Rounders and cricket

Athletics

Keep the Home Fires BurningWinter Wonderland

FireworkThree Little Birds

Kis Nay BanaayaaLife is a Highway

French

Music

Visit/ Visitor/Showcase

Unit 10 – On the way to school

Stephen Mulgrew – Caricature Workshop, Autumn 1Showcase – Christmas, Autumn 2

Jennifer Wright – Managing Money, Spring 1

Jennifer Wright – Managing Money, Spring 1

Unit 12 – Planets Unit 11 – Food and drink