Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary School - Curriculum Information for Parents in Year 5
In Year 5 this is what your child will be learning
(The different needs of your child will be addressed through differentiation and/or extra support for access)
Subject
Curriculum
Topic
English
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
River Explorers
Forces
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece
Victorians
Earth and Space
Odysseus
Greek Myths
Non-fiction Texts
The Highwayman
London Eye
Tales of Wisdom &
Wonder
English: cover-word
reading, comprehension, English: cover-word
spelling, handwriting
reading, comprehension,
VGP
spelling, handwriting
VGP
Power of Reading
Power of Reading
 To write a character
study
 To write at greater
length
 To read “between the
lines” and to find
 To use an ever
evidence in the text
increasing vocab
 To write explanatory
text (Rivers)
 To empathise with
character
 Draft and select
appropriate vocab
 To read aloud with
increasing fluency and
expression
French
Rigolo unit7 Encore
Rigolo unit7 Encore
Geography
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Rivers
Enquiry – river
formation
Key features of rivers
Famous rivers around
the world
UK rivers
English: cover-word reading, English: cover-word
English: cover-word
comprehension, spelling,
reading, comprehension, reading, comprehension,
handwriting VGP
spelling, handwriting
spelling, handwriting
VGP
VGP
 Write in mini-journal in role of
Odysseus
 To write in role
 Non-fiction texts
English: cover-word
reading, comprehension,
spelling, handwriting
VGP
 Participate in discussions
 Explanatory
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Poetry
 Research
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Compose common
theme presented in
poetry, prose and other
media
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Language for dramatic
effect.
 Use text as model for their
own writing
 Consider others views and
debate
 To explore a story in
depth
 To evaluate and edit
 Apply growing
knowledge of root
words, prefixes and
suffixes (see Grammar)
Power of Reading
 Know features of a nonfictional text
 Reading and writing
poems
 Listen and respond
appropriately
Rigolo unit8 Quelle heure estil?
Rigolo unit8 Quelle heure
est-il?
Rigolo unit9 Les Fete’s
1)
2)
Rigolo unit9 Les Fete’s
Using primary and
1) Enquiry – Identify the
secondary resources
position and
and evidence.
significance of Latitude,
Events / life of children
Longitude, the
in Victorian times.
Prime/Greenwich
Meridian and time
zones (including day
and night).
2) The Solar system.
3) Study of the local area
– measure, record and
present the human and
physical features using
a range of methods,
including sketch maps,
plans and graphs. Use
Subject
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
digital technology to
carryout traffic surveys,
noise pollution and
building use.
1) How the River Thames 1) Enquiry – Ancient Greece –
has been used over the
a study of Greek life and
years for trade.
their achievements and
2) ‘Frost Fairs’, first bridges
influence on the western
and early settlements.
world.
2) First Olympic games.
History
PE
Science
Team Games
Forces
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Measure force
using a newton
meter
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Investigate air and
water resistance
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Discuss Newton’s
work on gravity
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Investigate friction
on different
surfaces
MUSIC
Forces
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Children will take
measurements and
repeat some
measures
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Children will identify
surfaces with low –
high friction
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Children will use
levers to show that
a small force can
have a great effort
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Children will write
an explanation text
about forces
 Drawing
 Mother and child for
Christmas.
 To explore different
materials for drawing:
pencil, charcoal, pastel,
graphite. To draw using
proportion.
Art
DT
Dance
Workshop from outside
specialist. Linked with
Geography
Refer to NC objectives
Refer to NC objectives
Gymnastics
1) Great Greek
philosophers,
mathematicians and
scientists.
2) Greek architecture,
society and democracy.
Dance
Properties and changes in
Animals, including
materials
humans
• Compare and group
• Describe the changes as
materials- hardness,
humans develop from birth
solubility, transparency,
to old age
conductivity, magnetic/ non- • SF – observe, compare,
magnetic.
asking
• Understand that some
questions, explain
materials dissolve in liquid to
a form a solution, describe
how to recover a substance
from a solution.
• Use of Solids, liquids and
gases to decide how
mixtures might be separated
including through filtering,
sieving and evaporating
• Give reasons, based on
evidence from comparative
and fair tests, for the
particular uses of everyday
materials
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Collage – Mythical Beasts
To use sketching
techniques.
To explore different
materials of drawing.
Refer to NC objectives
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Team games
Living things and their
Earth and Space
habitat
• movement of the Earth
• differences in life cycles
and other planets,
relative to the Sun
of a mammal, an
• movement of the Moon
amphibian, an insect
relative to the Earth
and a bird
• spherical bodies
• describe the life
processes of reproduction • day and night
• SF – compare, explain
in some plants and
animals
• David Attenborough &
Jane Goodall
Painting
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To respond to literacy
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book or topic.
To explore colour wheel
ans mix complementary
colours. (use water
colour)
Refer to NC objectives
Athletics
Sculpture
To respond to literacy
book or topic. To
explore use of either
clay or wire to represent
figures or body parts.
Arty Party workshop
Refer to NC objectives
Refer to NC objectives
Subject
Educational
visits
Horton Kirby – Rivers
RE
Gifts from God
COMPUTING
PSHE
Autumn 1
Internet safety / Cyber
Bullying
Productivity
Values: Peace & Love
SEAL: New Beginnings/
Saying No to
Bullies
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
British Museum – Ancient
Greece
The Commandments
(WTL)
Internet
Values: Simplicity &
Tolerance
SEAL: Getting On/
Inspirational people
(WTL)
Image & Sound
Values: Unity & Co-operation
SEAL: Going for Goals/Good
to be Me
Reconciliation (WTL)
Code
Values: Co-operation &
Honesty
SEAL: Good to be Me
Life in the Risen
Lord (WTL)
Visual
Values: Humility &
Responsibility
SEAL: Relationships
People of Other Faiths
(WTL)
Control
Values: Freedom &
Respect
SEAL: Changes
Literacy
The children will have access to a variety of activities to help them:
 use language precisely and selectively in relation to different text forms (i.e. story, report, instructions., information)
 use appropriate words in sentences to create interest and increase precision
 adapt and rearrange sentences depending on the text type ,using subordinates ( i.e. while, though) and clauses to give reasons, to explain and give
information
 punctuate sentences they write using capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, and to create effects
 use commas to separate phrases in sentences
 use speech marks, with a new line for the speaker and correct punctuation
 spell more complicated words correctly
 use the apostrophe correctly
 continue to develop strategies to make their reading more fluent and to broaden their comprehension skills
MATHEMATICS
A child will have met the Year 5 ‘standard’ by successfully achieving each of these statements
Position and Direction
I can identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following a reflection or a translation. I can explain if the shape has changed or not.
Statistics
I can solve comparison, sum and difference problems including presenting a line graph. I can complete, read and interpret information in tables including
timetables
Fractions
I can find, write and name equivalent fractions including 10ths and 100ths. I can recognise mixed number from improper fractions and convert from one to
another. I can add/subtract fractions whose denominators are all fractions of the same number I can multiply fractions by whole numbers using objects and
pictures. I can read and write decimal numbers as fractions I can identify and use 1000ths and how they relate to 10ths and 100ths. I can round numbers
with 2 decimal places I can read, write and order numbers with up to three decimal places I can solve problems with numbers up to 3 decimal places I can
recognise the % symbol and know how it relates to parts per 100, 100ths and decimals. I can solve fraction problems that involve knowing percentage and
decimal equivalents ½, ¼, 1/5, 2/5, 4/5, and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25
Properties of Shape
I can identify 3-D shapes from 2-D representations. I can estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles. I can draw given angles and then measure
them in degrees I can identify angles at a point on a straight line and ½ a turn. Then moving to whole turns I can recognise other multiples of 90 degrees I
can use the properties of rectangles to find related facts, missing lengths and missing angles. I can tell the difference between regular and irregular polygons.
I can do this using reasoning about equal sides and angles
Measurement
I can convert a range of different metric measurements I can understand and compare the equivalences between metric and imperial units. I can calculate
the perimeter of composite shapes using cm and m I can calculate and compare the area of rectangles using standard units as well as estimate the area of
irregular shapes
I can estimate volume by using 1cm3 blocks to build cuboids and capacity by using water and different containers. I can solve problems when I need to
convert units of time. I can use all four operations to solve problems involving measure such as money, length, mass, time etc
Multiplication and division
I can use the vocab relating to prime numbers, composite numbers, prime numbers and prime factors. I can find multiples and factors of a number and
identify factors common to two numbers I can work out if any given number up to 100 is a prime number and recall prime numbers up to 19. I can use times
tables and multiplication facts to multiply and divide mentally I can multiply and divide whole and decimal numbers by 10, 100 and 1000. I can solve
multiplication and division problems including using factors, multiples, squares and cubes I can multiply 4 digit numbers by a one digit/two digit number using
a formal written method.
Addition and Subtraction
I can add/subtract four digit numbers using written methods I can add/subtract two/three digit numbers in my head I can use rounding to check the accuracy
of given answers
I can solve addition and subtraction problems needing more than one step using the most suitable method
Place Value and Number
I can read, write, order and compare numbers up to at least 1 000 000 I can keep multiplying a number by 10 and 100 up to 1 000 000 and count back I can
use negative numbers in context when looking at money and temperature
I round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 or 100, 1000, 10 000, 100 000
I can solve number and practical problems that involve ordering and comparing numbers to 1 000 000 counting forwards or backwards in steps, negative
numbers and rounding I can read Roman numerals to 1000 and recognise years written in these
RE
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Sign of the Cross
Our Father
Hail Mary
Grace before Meals - KS2
Morning Offertory
Home Time Prayer - KS2
Prayer for the Dead
Glory Be to the Father
Act of Sorrow
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Life of St Elizabeth