Tollgate Primary School Subject Overview
Curriculum Year Five
Autumn Term One 2014 - 2015
Week 1
Text/Focus
Grammar
Spelling
Comprehension
Writing
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Narrative
Classic Text
Harry Potter and
the Philosopher’s
Stone
Punctuation
including brackets,
dashes or commas
to indicate
parenthesis.
Adding suffixes
beginning with
vowels to words
ending -fer
AF2
Narrative
Classic Text
Harry Potter and
the Philosopher’s
Stone
Adjectives
Narrative
Classic Text
Harry Potter and
the Philosopher’s
Stone
Verbs and Adverbs
Instructions
Recounts
Space News
Life in Space
Recounts
Space News
Life in Space
Recounts
Space News
Life in Space
Similes and
Metaphors
Vocabulary
appropriate for
formal writing
Bullet points
Assessment
Words with silent
letters
Homophones and
other words that
are often confused
Words ending in –
ant and -ent
Words ending in –
able and -ible
Spelling words
Assessment
AF3
AF4
AF5
AF6
AF6
Understand, describe,
select or retrieve
information, events or
ideas from texts and
use quotation and
reference to text.
Deduce, infer or
interpret information,
events or ideas from
texts.
Identify and comment
on the structure and
organisation of texts
including grammatical
and presentational
features at text level
Explain and comment
on writer’s use of
language, including
grammatical and
literal features at
word and sentence
level
Identify and comment
on writers’ purposes
and viewpoints, and
the overall effect of
the text on the
reader.
Identify and comment
on writers’ purposes
and viewpoints, and
the overall effect of
the text on the
reader.
Assessment which
covers
AF1/AF2/AF3/AF4
/AF5/AF6
Identify the
audience for
purpose of writing.
Describe settings,
character and plot.
Note and develop
initial ideas.
Describe
atmosphere.
Integrate dialogue
Assess
effectiveness of
own writing.
Propose changes to
grammar, vocab and
punctuation.
Identify audience
and purpose,
selecting the
appropriate form
and using similar
writing as models.
Note and develop
initial ideas,
drawing on reading
and research.
Select appropriate
grammar.
Use further
organisational
devices to
structure the text.
Proof read for
spelling and errors
Assessment
Mathematics
Number
To read roman
numerals to 1000
(M) and recognise
years written in
roman numerals.
Read, write, order
and compare
numbers to at least
1’000’000.
Number/Algebra
Round any number
up to 1’000’000 to
the nearest 10, 100
and 1000.
To solve algebraic
equations.
Addition and
Subtraction
To add and
subtract whole
numbers with more
than 4 digits using
the column
method.
To use rounding
and inverse to
check answers.
To understand how
to report a problem
when using the
internet.
Computing
E Safety
Online Identity.
To identify the
dangers of using
the internet.
To recognise cyber
bullying through
social media
networks.
Science
Living Things
and their
habitats
To know that
flowering plants
reproduce.
To know that seeds
can be dispersed in
a variety of ways.
To understand the
term ‘reproduce,
To consider the
conditions that
might affect
germination.
To plan a fair test
of this.
Multiplication and
Division
To identify doubles
and halves of a
number up to 2 d.p.
To multiply an
divide numbers
using the formal
written methods.
Fractions, Decimal
and Percentages
To compare and
order fractions
whose denominator
are all multiples of
the same number.
To find equivalent
fractions, decimals
and percentages.
Fractions, Decimal
and Percentages
To round decimals
with 2d.p to the
nearest whole
number or 1d.p.
To identify, name
and write
equivalent
fractions.
Measures
To convert between
different units of
measure.
To measure and
calculate the
perimeter of
rectangles and
squares using P =
2(A+b)
To select personal
information that
should not be on
the internet.
To explain how to
download safely
from the internet
To create a poster
about E Safety.
To apply these skills
and knowledge when
using the laptop.
To explain how
insect pollinate
plants.
To identify the
male and female
organs of a plant.
To explain how
seeds are formed
after pollination.
To present the life
cycle of a plant
accurately using the
correct vocabulary.
To explain how
seeds are formed
after pollination.