Year 5 AUTUMN 2010 Curriculum Newsletter
Welcome back to all parents and children in Year 5! What a fantastic
class...and what an exciting plan we have for the term. Here is a taste of
what we shall be working on ...
AMERICAN INDIAN and AZTEC
HISTORY AND CULTURE
HUMANITIES:
American Indians
Where is America? The continents &
countries of N & S America State names &
research Native Americans - The first
North Americans
The first explorers & what they found
The main tribes and their different
cultures/ lifestyles Maps
A closer look at the tribes Research some
tribes
Native American legends, Stars,
Communicating: Story sticks, Talking
feathers, smoke signals, powwows
Warring tribes. War dances.
Different homes. Reasons for types.
Some Native American games – stick dice
& throw sticks stick game, Cat’s Cradle
Today - the Reservations/ Reserves
Mayas & Aztecs
Where & when were the Mayas & Aztecs?
Maps Early tribes Timeline Research
Mayan cities
Tenochtitlan Lake Texcoco Chinampas
Templo Mayan pyramids
Religious sacrifices & offerings to gods
Education & punishments
Mayan glyphs – syllabograms & logograms,
Aztec glyphs & tributes Mayan & Aztec
maths with base 20
Chocolate myth History & production now
Mayan & Aztec clothing
Aztec Emperor - Moctezuma Spaniard
Cortés invasion in 1519
End of Aztec Empire Clues about
disappearance of Mayas from their cities.
Aztecs & Mayas today.
MUSIC
Singing and composition with Team
Theme instuctors
LITERACY
Poetic style: study of the
poetry of Pie Corbett and
Valerie Bloom.
Novels by significant authors.
Myths, legends and fables.
Native American legends Stars
Communicating: Story sticks,
Talking feathers, smoke
signals, powwows
Instructions
Use of complex sentences
Understanding of punctuation
use: ( , ; : - … ( ) “ ‘ )
Spelling strategies for
personal words.
Using textual evidence to
support opinions in reading.
CLASS NOVEL:
The Indian in the Cupboard
by Lynne Reid Banks
MATHS
Multiplication and division
facts, Understanding and
ordering 4, 5 and 6 digit
numbers.
X 2 and 3 digit numbers by 1
digit.
Fractions.
Mental and written addition
and subtraction.
2 D shape and triangles.
Drawing and measuring lines
to nearest mm.
Finding areas and perimeters.
Using bar charts and
pictograms.
SCIENCE
Healthy living
Earth, Sun and Moon
Mayan & Aztec solar &
ART /DT
sacred calendars Make
North American
calendars Day & night
Petroglyphs
Close observational drawing: Changing sounds
Gases around us
feathers and natural
objects
3D -Totem poles – identify
figures Design & make class
totem pole.
Clay workshop: making
Storytellers.
Weaving - friendship
bracelets (finger weaving)
Food technology: Design and
Make tortillas & taste
other foods
RE
ICT
Personal safety, safety on the
internet, relationships, sexual
intercourse and conception, safe
sexual relationships.
Using the internet to search.
Multi-media presentations
Using spreadsheets and
databases
Exploring the Bible
Jesus as a teacher
Matthew and Lukes Gospels:
exploring the Christmas story>
PE
Wednesday: Games and
Athletics with Team
Themecoaches.
Friday: Gymnastics
PSHE/SRE