Reading
Revise basic reading skills –retrieval,
inference, use of dictionaries to look
up new words.
Examine how descriptive metaphors
and similes are used in poetry to
appeal to an audience.
Examine how an author uses
language to build tension in critical
scenes. How does language
description effectively focus on
characters, settings and events.
Focus on the features of scripts and
how they can be used to bring a
scene to life through performance!
Grammar- Use of tenses and clauses.
Look at Past, present, future tenses.
Look at subordinate and main clauses
and how they are used/applied in
everyday language use.
Music
Ukulele tuition provided by
Calderdale Music Service
MFL – Food
Listening, responding, reading,
speaking, writing; use a dictionary;
understand basic grammar.
Mathematics – Following Savile Park
numeracy scheme of work for
Autumn. Focus on Fractions,
including conversions, decimals,
equivalents.
X-curricular links:
How are forces measured? Look at
how decibels are used to measure
sound, focus on how equipment can
measure forces.
Writing –
Poetry- Performance poetry, begin with “silly
poems for one week, then explore and examine
Remembrance poetry for two weeks.
Narrative- Classic Literature, read, examine,
perform “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens.
Examine language and literature themes within
the novel, focus on characters, settings, events
and how the author uses language to create
suspense.
Create descriptions of characters and settings,
using the description within the book to support
reasoning. Focus on producing a script to use for
the Christmas performance, based on scenes
from the story.
Speaking and Listening
Revise basic speaking and listening skills
Revise group work speaking and listening skills
Use drama to explore performance poetry. First
look at silly poems, then compare with
Remembrance poems.
Focus on reading aloud their own work, with an
emphasis on intonation and clarity.
Learning which is irresistible,
memorable and meaningful
Science- Can You feel the Force?
Experience Day/Science experiment day.
What are forces? How are they used around
us? The children will design a way to
investigate forces around us in everyday
life. Focus on simple experiments, linked
with fair testing. Create a simple hypothesis
which can then be actively investigated. For
example, taller people will be able to carry
out less bounces on a see-saw. Children will
investigate through a visit to Heath Park.
Computing
Multimedia – Use text, graphics,
sound and video in PPT, blog post;
design, create and evaluate
presentations using appropriate
ICT to present information in
different ways, taking the
audience into consideration.
Investigate different types of forces. How
are forces around us used in everyday life?
Where do they come from?
Geography
Ge2/1.4a Explore and study where
fossil fuels can be found in the
world.
Produce a timeline of when they were
discovered. Produce simple biographies of
key scientific figures, Galileo, Copernicus,
Newton etc.
Look at how different forces are used today,
focus on fossil fuels and their effect on the
environment. How is research into different
types of energy having an impact on our
lives? What will happen in the future? Use
current events such as the Chinese
investment into nuclear power as a talking
point for our research and investigation.
Class 5 Autumn 2
Art & Design
Drawing/Painting- Focus on the works of
Constable and Turner in particular. How did their
works portray a changing world? How are manmade and natural forces captured in their works?
Think about the techniques needed to re-produce
works in their style.
Science
See above, focus on knowledge, fair testing
and investigation work. Produce hypothesis
and conclusions linked with practical
investigation work.
Religious Education
Special Places and Journeys from agreed
scheme of work
Continue with themes linked to esafety.
Design Technology
DT2/1.2a Cooking theme with
Sowerby Bridge. Link with French
food.
Physcical Education
Swimming – provided by Calderdale
Council
Invasion Games
Pass, dribble and shoot with control
in games; identify and use tactics to
help their team keep the ball and
take it towards the opposition’s goal;
mark opponents and help each other
in defence; know and carry out
warm-up activities that use exercises
helpful for invasion games; pick out
things that could be improved in
performances and suggest ideas and
practices to make them better