Year 5 Curriculum

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Topic driver

The Romans

Space

North America

Magnificent Mountains

Anglo Saxons & Vikings

Anglo Saxons & Vikings

English

• Diary entries and recounts
• Newspaper reports
• Travel writing
   

• Biography/Auto-biographies
• Argument & Debate
• Reading and learning poems

• Romeo and Juliet
• Macbeth

Drama – Shakespeare
Radio/tv reports
 

Stimulus author: Michael Morpurgo

Kenzuke’s Kingdom

short stories

• Image Poetry

• Letters & correspondence
• Instructions & explanations

• The Hobbit

Fantasy fiction

Debate poem

Maths

Place Value

Addition and subtraction
Statistics

Multiplication and Division

Perimeter and Area

Multiplication and Division

Fractions

Division

Decimals

Decimals and Percentages

Properties of Shape

Position and Direction

Measure (converting units)
Measure (volume)

PE

Gymnastics

Athletics

Basketball

Hockey

Dance

Tennis

Computing

Scratch controlling devices

Internet Research & webpage

Online safety

3D modelling sketch up

Radio Station

Using and applying skills

Science

Animals including humans (Missed Y4 topic)

Earth & Space

Animals & Humans

Living things and their Habitats

Forces

Properties and Changes of Materials

Art

Roman mosaics 

Moon chalk

Peter Thorpe Artist

Charcoal drawing- Alaskan landscape

Day of the dead

Artist: Albert Bierstadt

Artist – Nicholas Roerich

Anglo Saxon Brooches 

Viking patterns

Viking animal artwork

Portraits

DT

Materials for a purpose-
shields

Food-Traditional
N. American

Mechanisms-CAMs- moving toy on Invaders theme

or Textiles
Viking runic pouch  

Topic

(Geography or History based)

Location of Italy in relation to the rest of Europe and the expansion and location of the Roman empire. Locate European countries using maps – features of Italy and Rome.

Roman impact on Britain – roman soldier formation, Boudicca’s rebellion, how the Romans transformed British life

History of space exploration

North America
-Black civil rights
-Martin Luther King

Map and locate countries – focussing on North America – Major cities

- Time Zones

-Latitude & longitude
-Polar regions
- Climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers and mountains

Settlement and land use

Anglo-Saxons & Vikings
-Invasion of the Scots & Anglo-Saxons
-Key features of Anglo-Saxon life

Vikings
- Raiders and settlers
-Viking way of life
-Longships

MFL (French)

Revision-age, the date,

Birthdays,1- to 31

Numbers to 50, tens to 100

Where do you live?

Weather, clothes

Likes and dislikes-leisure

Likes and dislikes-food

Music

Specialist teacher

Performing

Specialist teacher

Performing, composing

Specialist teacher

Performing composing

Specialist teacher

Metre (drumming)

Specialist teacher

Performing composing

Specialist teacher

singing

PSHCE

Recovery Curriculum

Mental Health

Self Reflection and wellbeing

Strong Emotions

Identify Society Equality

Being different and being the same

Physical Health

Feeling good about myself

Careers

Life Changes

Keeping Safe

Solving problems

Friends and Family

RE

What kind of world did Jesus want?

(preparation for harvest service)

What does it mean if God is holy and loving?

Creation and science?

What did Jesus do to save human beings?

How can following God bring freedom and justice?

What does it mean for a Muslim to follow God?