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Class 5 Autumn Term (2) 2015 Curriculum Brochure
Dear Parents,
Topic
This half term our topic is ‘In the Movies,’ focussing specifically on ‘The Lion King’, following
on from our previous Africa topic.
Helping your child at home
Children benefit greatly from regular reading. Please listen to your child read as much as
possible or ask them questions about what they have been reading to themselves.
Spellings folders will be completed in school, based on mistakes in their written work. These
will also be available for the children to take home if you wish to practise with them too. In
addition, children will also be improving their mental maths skills in their maths folders.
Children have Education City and Purple Mash passwords. If you have any problems with
these, please let us know.
Other Information
Please bring in P.E. kits on a Monday so that the children have their kit if the day changes.
Please make sure all clothes / shoes are named. Class 5 are swimming on a Monday
afternoon for the Autumn Term.
It is useful for your child to bring a named water bottle to school (no juice please).
Diary Dates
Parent’s Evening
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Weds 4th Nov
Tues 10th Nov
We have such a lovely class – they are a credit to you.
If you have any worries at all, please come and see us after 4:30pm. Our door is always
open!
Karen Morley and Alison Chapman
D.T. – Shadow Puppets
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Design and make shadow puppets with
ICT - Animations
 Use sequence, selection and repetition in
programs; work with variables and
various forms of input and output
 Select, use and combine a variety of
software to design and create a range of
programs that accomplish given goals
moving parts
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Design background scenery
French
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Feminine nouns
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Christmas vocab and songs
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French Christmas traditions
Geography - Fairtrade
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Fairtrade in Africa
The importance of water and the
impact of water scarcity in Africa
In the Movies
Art - Animations
Sketching storyboards
Improve their mastery of art and
design techniques, including sculpture
with papier mache based on the
creatures in the Lion King
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Investigate why shadows change angle and
size during the day
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Explain how light can be reflected
Swimming (Monday)
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Dance based around The Lion
Music - Film
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shape as the objects cast by them
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Look at light used with different
celebrations around the world
What does Christianity say about
friendship and relationships?
Science – Light
lines to explain why shadows have the same
Invasion games (Wednesday)
RE – Light
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Use the idea that light travels in straight
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King
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P.E
Listen to sound effects and
create own compositions to
perform to the class
Comment on the impact of music
within film and the effect it has
on atmosphere
History- Moving Pictures
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Research the history of cinemas and
moving pictures
The Core Subjects: Maths and English
Maths
 use simple formulae
 generate and describe linear number sequences
 express missing number problems algebraically
 draw 2-D shapes using given dimensions and angles
 recognise, describe and build simple 3-D shapes,
including making nets
 compare and classify geometric shapes based on their
properties and sizes
 solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of
units of measure, using decimal notation up to three
decimal places where appropriate
 use, read, write and convert between standard units,
converting measurements of length, mass, volume and
time from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit, and
vice versa, using decimal notation to up to three decimal
places
 convert between miles and kilometres
 describe positions on the full coordinate grid (all four
quadrants)
 draw and translate simple shapes on the coordinate plane,
and reflect them in the axes.
English
We will continue reading ‘The White Giraffe’ by Lauren St John as
well as an in depth study of the Lion King.
Reading
 ask questions to improve their understanding
 draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings,
thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying
inferences with evidence
Writing
 select appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understand
how such choices can change and enhance meaning
 in narratives, describing settings, characters and
atmosphere and integrating dialogue to convey character
and advance the action
 Comparison of Hamlet v’s The Lion King, analyse the
characters and plot
 Write own playscript based on The Lion King
Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
 using expanded noun phrases to convey complicated
information concisely
 begin sentences with fronted adverbials