Year 5 Spring Term Projects
All four corners of the World.
Number of
days/ Focus
Project 1
(4 days)
History with
English
Project 2
(3 days)
Art with
Maths
Project Overview
Life of an Aztec
Focussed study
The children will work as a class in 4 groups to conduct a
marketplace activity focusing on the life of an Aztec.
They will each look at a specific area of Aztec life:
Aztec Warfare – weapons, armour, types of warriors, tribes,
conquests.
Aztec Life - everyday lives of the Aztecs, comparing Aztec
life to how it would be in modern times.
Aztec Beliefs - the belief system of the Aztecs, their
different gods, the need for human, the purpose and layout of
temples and pyramids.
Aztec Food - the different crops and animals that were raised
and eaten for food, traditional Aztec food such as guacamole,
tortillas and hot chocolate made with honey.
Work should be recorded as a focussed study in thematic
workbooks.
Aztec Art
During this project, children will look at examples of Aztec art
and recognise patterns within it.
Direct teaching will look at symmetry, translation and
geometry and use this as a starting point in their work.
Children will be tasked with drawing shapes with increasing
accuracy and using these to produce their own Aztec art.
Individuals will spend time designing, drafting and refining
their art work to then in groups to design and produce a large
piece of Aztec art.
Updated August 2015
Skills Covered
National Curriculum 2014 Link:
KS2 History: a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history
Y5/6 English: noting and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading and research
where necessary.
Core Skills:
Reading: using primary and secondary sources to read about the past
Writing: creating posters and information booklets for the marketplace
activity/report writing/non-fiction
Communication: sharing knowledge and understanding of Aztec life with others
Maths: Timelines/3D shapes/Problem solving
National Curriculum 2014 Link:
KS2 Art and Design: to create sketch books to record their observations and use them
to review and revisit ideas.
Y5/6 Maths: identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following a
reflection or translation, using the appropriate language, and know that the shape has
not changed.
Core Skills:
Reading: researching Aztec art
Writing: Aztec artist studies/evaluation and reflection of own work.
Year 5 Spring Term Projects
All four corners of the World.
Project 3
(6 days)
Geography
with English
Project 4
(3 days)
Geography
with
Computing
Around the World in 6 days
During this project children will be introduces to the book 80
Days Around The World and the adventures of Phileas Fogg.
In 6 groups children will study different aspects of each of
the 6 continents in a series of ‘Round Robin’ activities over a
series of 6 days. The children produce a piece of written work
to accompany their findings:
 Climate – weather report
 Habitats – information text
 Food – recipes
 Popular culture– report
 Holiday destination – page from a holiday brochure
 Traditions – explanation texts
Children will use their written evidence to report back their
different findings about each continent to the rest of the
class.
The project will end in an ‘Around the World Day’ were Year 5
will share their knowledge and understanding of the different
climates with other year groups from the school.
Continent Quizzes
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Children to be allocated mixed ability groups (7 groups). Each
group to be allocated a continent and a set of quiz questions
including geographical facts as well as unusual facts about the
continent.
Updated August 2015
Communication: working as a team to create a collaborative piece of artwork
Maths: 2D shapes – symmetry/ geometry
National Curriculum 2014 Link:
KS1 Geography (revision): name and locate the world’s seven continents and five
oceans.
KS2 Geography: describe and understand key aspects of physical geography and human
geography.
Y5 English: plan their writing by noting and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading
and research where necessary.
Core Skills:
Reading: using primary and secondary sources of evidence to research different
continents.
Writing: producing a range of different writing genres suitable to the subject matter.
Communication: assigning roles within a group, communicating findings and
understanding to different audiences
Maths: Interpreting and recording data relating to weather and climate.
National Curriculum 2014 Link:
KS2 Geography: locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including
the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their
environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major
cities
KS2 Computing: use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are
selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content.
Year 5 Spring Term Projects
All four corners of the World.
Project 5
(5 days)
Music with
Geography
Project 6
(5 days)
Design and
Technology
with Maths
Teach children to be able to refine a search engine to get the
answer to their research questions- how do we ensure that we
have found our answer from a reliable source? What are the
phrases and symbols we can use to refine a search?
Which team will be the champions?
World Music
Children will watch the documentary based on the song ‘Sing’
that Gary Barlow composed for the Jubilee Concert.
From watching this, they will identify and name the musical
instruments from different countries around the world (name
and locate) and explore how sounds are made using them.
Children will be given the opportunity to find out a little more
about these instruments, writing up their findings in the form
of a fact file.
Children will then work as a whole class to learn, and sing well,
‘Sing’. Children will be expected to follow the lead of a
conductor and to be able to sing in tune and in harmony.
Both classes will then take part in a ‘Sing Off’- who will be
victorious?!
Biscuit Factory
During this project, children will become biscuit connoisseurs,
tasting a selection of biscuits from around the world and
commenting on various qualities they have.
Children will rate each biscuit according to a set of agreed
criteria. This data will then be recorded in an agreed format
to determine which is the most popular/preferred world
biscuit.
Children will then make them!
Children will work in groups to write a list of ingredients they
Updated August 2015
Core Skills:
Reading: Research/identifying key words/facts and opinions/question words
Writing: Key words/turning answers into report writing/factfiles
Communication: Search engines/refining searches
Maths: grid references/
National Curriculum 2014 Link:
KS2 Music: play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and
playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression.
KS2 Geography: locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe and North
and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and
human characteristics, countries and major cities.
Core Skills:
Reading: researching musical instruments and their origins
Writing: creating a fact file/definitions/glossaries/recounts
Maths: Compass points/grid references/musical notation/timing
Communication: musical performance/recording music
National Curriculum 2014 Link:
Y5/6 Maths: covert between different units of metric measure.
KS2 Design and Technology: investigate and analyse a range of existing products.
Core Skills:
Reading: reading ingredients, packaging
Writing: instruction writing - recipes
Communication: debating and justifying preferences
Maths: presenting results through various diagrams and graphs/ measure- weight and
scales
Year 5 Spring Term Projects
All four corners of the World.
Project 7
(4 days)
Geography
with English
30 days
need before visiting the supermarket to purchase their
ingredients.
Children will be visited and supported by a baker who will
demonstrate how to make the best biscuit and to share any
tips and advice.
The biscuits will then be put to the true test, how do they
hold up in the staff room at break time??? Teachers will be
expected to share their thoughts on the biscuits after
enjoying one with a cup of tea!
A trip of a lifetime
Drawing upon all of the learning throughout this term, children
will be tasked with planning a trip of a lifetime for one of
their friends.
Children should chat with their partner to find out what their
likes/dislikes are for a holiday, how they enjoy spending their
free time etc. before deciding upon the personalised plan for
the trip of a lifetime.
Children should put together a detailed plan of the trip,
including the continents to be visited and the sights that
might be seen. The trip should exemplify the learning that has
taken place with children being able to explain why they have
chosen to visit each country/continent/landmark.
The focus should be on independent work, with children being
set a task and then mapping their time
Updated August 2015
National Curriculum 2014 Link:
KS2 Geography: describe and understand key aspects of physical geography and human
geography.
KS2 Geography: locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including
the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their
environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major
cities
Y5/6 English: using further organisational and presentational devices to structure text
and to guide the reader.
Core Skills:
Reading: Information texts/tasks/expectations and work to be included
Writing: Extended writing opportunity- whole project
Maths: Money/distance/Time zones/Timetables (flights)
Communication: Research using search engines/word processing