Please note topics may change
Curriculum Overview
Year 5 Summer 2- The Impact of Victorians on Southend-On-Sea
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English | Focus Text - The fairground ride Genre - Non-Fiction Information Text |
Maths | Volume Roman Numerals |
Science | Animals including humans - Describing the changes as humans develop to old age RSE |
Art & Design | Landscape art –sketching and pastels Local artist study |
Computing | Selection in quizzes |
Geography | Climate Change Sustaining Environments |
History | The Impact of Victorians on Southend-On-Sea |
PE | Netball Swimming Cricket |
PSHE | RSE |
RE | What difference does it make to believe in ahimsa? |
Curriculum Overview
Year 5 Summer 1 – The Victorians
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English | Focus Text - Portal Story Genre - Fiction Focus Text - Should Pluto be reinstated as a planet? Genre - Non-fiction Discussion |
Maths | Geometry - Position and movement Measurement - Area and perimeter |
Science | Levers, pulleys and gears |
Art & Design | Architect focus - design a building |
Computing | Selection in physical computing |
Design & Technology | Mechanical Systems (levers and cams) |
French | En Classe |
History | The Victorians |
Music | Motown |
PE | Athletics Gymnastics Swimming |
PSHE | Medicines RSE |
RE | What do religions say when life gets hard? |
Curriculum Overview
Year 5 Spring 2 – Life cycles (Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals)
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English | Focus Text - The lost happy endings Genre - Fiction Focus Text - Crime scene report Genre - Non-fiction report |
Maths | Decimals Percentages |
Science | All living things Living things and their habitat Life Cycles in animals |
Art & Design | Artist Focus: Andy Warhol (Animal pop art) Print |
Computing | Flat file databases |
Design and Technology | Cooking |
French | Les vetements |
Geography | World Weather Patterns |
Music | Rap |
PE | Table Tennis Hockey/Swimming |
PSHE | Mental health |
RE | What would Jesus do? Values |
Curriculum Overview
Year 5 Spring 1 – Extraordinary Earth and Space
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English | Focus Text - Smile Genre - Fiction Focus Text - The Hoover Snake Genre Non-fiction Explanation |
Maths | Graphs Fractions |
Science | Earth and Space |
Art & Design | Artist Focus: Peter Thorpe Brusho Rockets |
Computing | Video editing |
French | Les Planetes |
Geography | Longitude and latitude
Time zones |
Music | Glockenspiels |
PE | Table tennis Gymnastics Swimming |
PSHE | Managing money |
RE | What does it mean to be a Muslim today? |
Curriculum Overview
Year 5 Autumn 2 - Christmas Production | |
English | Focus Text - The Man between the Towers Genre - Fiction Focus Text - Extreme Sports Genre - Non-fiction Persuasion |
Maths | Multiplication Division Word problems
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Science | Forces Gravity, air resistance, water resistance, friction |
Art & Design | Christmas production programmes |
Computing | Vector drawings |
French | Les Olympiques |
Geography | Comparing the UK and modern Greece
OS Maps |
Music | Christmas production |
PE | Dance Hockey Swimming |
PSHE | Working together |
RE | Why do some people believe in God |
Curriculum Overview
Year 5 Autumn 1- The Ancient Greeks
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English | Focus Text - Jumanji Genre - Fiction Focus Text - Jumanji Genre - Non-fiction instruction text |
Maths | Numbers to 1 000 000 Addition Subtraction |
Science | Change of state Materials and their properties Separating solids liquids and gases Dissolving Recovering substances from solutions |
Art & Design | Clay - Mythical monsters |
Computing | Sharing information |
French | La date |
History | Ancient Greece |
Music | Samba drumming |
PE | Netball, Swimming, Gymnastics |
PSHE | Growth, mindset |
RE | Places of worship |