Year 5 Curriculum Overview

English 

During the spring term in English, we will be looking at flashback and suspense stories for fiction writing and newspaper and letters for non-fiction writing. We will be learning about the features of each genre and using our grammar sessions to apply our knowledge in our writing. We will also complete comprehension work on each genre to ensure we understand what they should look like. 

Maths 

In maths we will be learning about multiplication and division and how they are the inverse of each other. We will be learning about methods which will help us to complete our work and problem solve. We will be learning how to multiply fractions and how to work out fraction of amounts. We will also be learning how to work out decimals and percentages, perimeter and area and statistics. 

Science 

Our science unit is materials and their properties and how they can change. We will be completing experiments and what they tell us. Our other unit is living things in their habitats, we will be learning about life cycles and flowers. 

History 

In history we will be learning about Anglo Saxons and Scots, this will include their everyday life, facts, timelines and artefacts. 

Geography

Our geography unit is the similarities and differences between the UK and Europe. This will include human and physical features. We will be comparing Italy and the UK.  

Music 

In Music, we will be learning about sea shanties. We will find out about the context, history and purpose of sea shanties, create rhythm games and a class arrangement using our voices and different instruments.  

Art 

In art we will be painting mixing and matching colours to create atmosphere and light effects. We will learn how to control the types of marks made and experiment with different effects and textures. We will learn about shades and tones and research the work of an artist or designer and use their work to replicate their style. 

Design and Technology 

Our Design and Technology unit is structures, we will be learning how to make a frame structure and how to make it strong.  

Modern Foreign Languages - Spanish  

In Spanish, we will be learning the vocabulary for the days of the week and recapping our knowledge of numbers. We will start to build vocabulary connections by asking and answering how to describe ourselves and someone else.  

PSHE 

In PSHE we will be learning how friends can communicate safely and becoming independent. We will also find out how to stay safe online. Our other PSHE unit is what decisions people can make about money. We will learn how to make decisions about spending and saving.  

Religious Education 

Our R.E. unit is Religious Diversity (Happiness)We will explore the diversity of a range of religious traditions and identify and reflect on similarities and differences. Our other R.E. unit is Easter, we will learn about suffering and hardship and investigate and reflect on a range of religious responses to suffering and hardship. 

Physical Education 

In P.E. we will continue with our swimming lessons, our indoor P.E. sessions include rounders, we will learn the different skills needed to play these games effectively.