Year 5
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 |