Year 5 - 2015/16
Term 1
TOPICS
Term 2
ANCIENT
EGYPT
EARTH &
SPACE
Literacy
Fiction: Mystery
Michael Morpurgo –
Why the Whales
Came
Narrative : story
writing.
Non-fiction:
Persuasion
(Holiday
Brochures)
Recounts
(Newspaper
reports)
Poetry:
Conversation
poems
Grammar: parts of
speech, paragraphs
Fiction: Legends
Robin Hood
Non-fiction:
Explanatory
Texts (Space)
Instructions
(How a rocket
works)
Poetry &
performance
poetry
Grammar /
punctuation:
Complex
sentences
Numeracy
Place value
Addition &
Subtraction
Multiplication &
division
Place value
Addition &
Subtraction
Multiplication &
division
MAPS
Fiction:
Playscripts
Shakespeare –
Macbeth, The
Twits
Writing dialogue
Drama
Non-fiction:
Recounts
(Detective crime
scenes/reports)
Poetry:
Narrative poetry
Alfred Noyes –
The Highwayman
Edward Lear –
The Owl and the
Pussycat
Punctuation:
wider range
including
dialogue
Place value
Addition &
Subtraction
Multiplication &
division
Term 3
MAYA
MAYA
CIVILISATION
CIVILISATION
(continued)
RIVERS &
MOUNTAINS
Fiction:
Folktales (Maya)
– The Chocolate
Tree
Historical Fiction
Berlie Doherty –
Street Child
Stories from
other cultures –
Journey to Jo’burg.
A Thief in the
Village
Poetry: Regional
poems
Grammar :
connectives and
adverbial phrases
Non-fiction:
Balanced
argument
Poetry:
Performance
Poetry
W.H.Auden –
Night train
Comprehension
Fiction & nonfiction texts
Grammar &
punctuation:
using quotes
Fiction: Film
narrative The
Piano
Non-fiction:
Broadcast
scripts
Poetry:
Classical poetry
Wordsworth
Grammar and
punctuation :
revision
Place value
Addition &
Subtraction
Multiplication &
division
Place value
Addition &
Subtraction
Multiplication &
division
Place value
Addition &
Subtraction
Multiplication &
division
Area & Perimeter
2D & 3D Shapes
Science
Geography
History
Art
RE
Music
ICT
Life cycles &
Human
Development
Modern Egypt
Fractions
Square & Cube
Numbers
Time
2D & 3D Shapes
Earth & Space
Fractions
Translation,
Reflection &
Rotation
Fractions &
Percentages
Area, Perimeter,
Volume
Angles
Properties/chang Properties/chang
es of materials
es of materials
(continued)
Maps
Central America
Ancient Egypt
Egyptian wall
hangings
(sketching)
Egyptian
sarcophagi (paint)
Why are some
places and journeys
special?
Singing:
Songs from “The
Pyramid” Rounds
Accompanying:
ostinati
Space Race
Sketching
Collage
Programming –
Scratch
Data-handling Spreadsheets
Programming Pro-bots
Online safety
Online safety
Online safety
What do we
know about
Islam?
Singing &
playing:
Christmas
production
Henri Rousseau
study - varied
media
Topographical
maps
Should we
forgive others?
Pentatonic
compositions
Fractions &
Percentages
Translation,
Reflection &
Rotation
Forces
Fractions &
Percentages
Angles
Forces
(continued)
Rivers &
mountains
(including Lake
District)
Maya Civilisation Maya Civilisation
Maya Art
Sketching: rivers Abstract
& mountains
paintings – Piet
Mondrian
(continued from
previous half
term)
Listening – music
from different
cultures / genres
What matters
most to
believers?
Rhythm work
(including
calypso, jazz)
(continued from
previous half
term)
Composition –
using graphic
scores
Multimedia –Stop
Motion
Animation
Online safety
Digital literacy Presentations
Search engine
Online safety
Programming Scratch
Data-handling Databases
Online safety
PSHCE
Building pyramids
Egyptian wall
hangings (sewing)
Egyptian jewellery
New beginnings
PE
Netball
Spanish
All about me
Families
Greetings
DT
Creating rockets
(air-powered)
Getting on and
falling out
Football Rugby
Dance
Christmas
Roundabouts
(mechanisms)
3-D models of
mountains
(landscape)
Going for goals!
Good to be me
Relationships
Changes
Hockey
Team building
games
Food
Telling time
Basketball
Gymnastics
Tennis Cricket
Rounders
Athletics
Days/months
Directions
Directions
Town names
Food Time
Numbers