CURRICULUM OVERVIEW 2015-2016
YEAR GROUP: 5
TEACHER: Mr N Annakie
This curriculum plan shows the Creative Curriculum projects which will be covered during the year and how these incorporate different curriculum subjects.
TERM
TOPIC
LITERACY
AUTUMN 1
AUTUMN 2
Saxons and Vikings Our Country We Live In
Myths and Legends
Persuasion
Explanation
Fiction from our heritage
SPRING 1
Ancient Greece
Suspense and
Mystery
Instructions
SPRING 2
Keen To Be Green
Discussions
Vocabulary
building
SUMMER 1
WWII
Recounts
Poetry Appreciation
SUMMER 2
Space
Report Writing
Structure - Poetry
Cinquain Poetry
British Poet
Haiku Poems
Poetry revisiting
WWII poetry
Kenning Poems
Similes, metaphor,
personification and
alliteration
Legends
Language study
Gods and Goddesses
Word appreciation
Poetry appreciation
Vocab building
Learn poems by heart
Drama – play write
Myths – imitate and
innovate
The Iron Man
Recount writing – evacuee
Creative writing
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POETRY UNIT
FICTION UNIT
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Thor and his
Hammer
Beowulf
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Shakespeare
The Tempest
Romeo and Juliet
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Medusa and her Snake
Hair
Icarus and Daedalus
Goodnight Mr Tom
Extracts from Diary of
Anne Frank
Space stories
Dr Who influenced
writing
NON-FICTION
UNIT
Explanation text
Biography writing
Information writing
Persuasive writing
Instructions
Anglo Saxon and Viking
Museum
Shakespeare Study
Guide to Ancient Greece
Environmental issues
How to react in an air raid
Report writing –
Newspaper
Man on the Moon
CLASSIC TEXT
Legend of Beowulf
Discrete book
The Iron Man
Goodnight Mr Tom
Discrete book
SCIENCE
Materials
*Compare and group
together everyday
materials on the basis of
their properties,
including their hardness,
solubility, transparency,
conductivity (electrical
and
thermal), and response to
magnets
*Know that some
materials will dissolve in
liquid to form a solution,
and describe how
to recover a substance
The Tempest – William
Shakespeare
Living things and their habitat
*Describe the differences in the
life cycles of a mammal, an
amphibian, an insect and
a bird
*Describe the life process of
reproduction in some plants and
animals.
Materials (revisited)
*Give reasons, based on
evidence from comparative
and fair tests, for the
particular
uses of everyday materials,
including metals, wood and
plastic
*Demonstrate that
dissolving, mixing and
changes of state are
reversible changes
*Explain that some changes
result in the formation of
new materials, and that this
kind
Animals including
humans
* Describe the changes as
humans develop to old
age.
Forces
*Explain that unsupported
objects fall towards the
Earth because of the force
of
gravity acting between the
Earth and the falling object
*Identify the effects of air
resistance, water resistance
and friction, that act
between
moving surfaces
*Recognise that some
mechanisms, including
levers, pulleys and gears,
allow a
Earth, sun and moon
*Describe the movement
of the Earth, and other
planets, relative to the
Sun in the
solar system
*Describe the movement
of the Moon relative to
the Earth
*Describe the Sun, Earth
and Moon as
approximately spherical
bodies
*Use the idea of the
Earth’s rotation to explain
day and night and the
ICT
from a solution
*Use knowledge of
solids, liquids and gases
to decide how mixtures
might be
separated, including
through filtering, sieving
and evaporating
We are Architects
*Select, use and combine
a variety of software
(including internet
services) on a range of
digital devices to design
and create a range of
programs, systems and
content that
accomplish given goals,
including collecting,
analysing, evaluating and
presenting data
and information
RE
ART
DT
of change is not usually
reversible, including
changes associated with
burning and
the action of acid on
bicarbonate of soda.
We are game Developers
*Use sequence, selection, and
repetition in programs; work with
variables and various
forms of input and output
We are Web Developers
*Use search technologies
effectively, appreciate how
results are selected and
ranked,
and be discerning in
evaluating digital content
We are Artists
* Use sequence,
selection, and repetition
in programs; work with
variables and various
forms of input and output
smaller force to have a
greater effect.
apparent
movement of the sun
across the sky.
We are Bloggers
*Understand computer
networks including the
internet; how they can
provide multiple
services, such as the world
wide web; and the
opportunities they offer for
communication and
collaboration
We are Cryptographers
*Use logical reasoning to
explain how some simple
algorithms work and to
detect and
correct errors in
algorithms and programs
Awaiting plans from Canterbury Diocese
Viking Art
*To create sketch books
to record their
observations and use
them to review and
revisit
ideas
*Viking Shields,
Brooches and model
boats.
Sketches of Viking
artefacts.
Artefact modelling
*Generate, develop,
model and communicate
their ideas through
discussion, annotated
sketches, cross-sectional
Quentin Blake
Study of drawing techniques
* About great artists, architects
and designers in history
Folkestone art – Banksy?
Woodwork (picture frames)
*Select from and use a wider
range of tools and equipment to
perform practical tasks
[for example, cutting, shaping,
joining and finishing], accurately
Patterns
*To improve their mastery
of art and design techniques,
including drawing, painting
and
sculpture with a range of
materials [for example,
pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]
Henri Matisse – The
Lagoon
*About great artists,
architects and designers
in history
Propaganda poster
*To create sketch books to
record their observations
and use them to review and
revisit
ideas
People in action (space)
*To improve their
mastery of art and design
techniques, including
drawing, painting and
sculpture with a range of
materials [for example,
pencil, charcoal, paint,
clay]
Sculptures (Pottery)
*Generate, develop, model
and communicate their ideas
through discussion,
annotated
sketches, cross-sectional
Recycled Materials
* Select from and use a
wider range of tools and
equipment to perform
practical tasks.
Wartime Food
*Prepare and cook a variety
of predominantly savoury
dishes using a range of
cooking
techniques
Computer aided design
*Apply their
understanding of
computing to program,
monitor and control their
products.
HISTORY
and exploded diagrams,
prototypes, pattern pieces
and
computer-aided design
Invasions and
Settlements
*Viking raids and
invasion
*Resistance by Alfred
the Great and Athelstan,
first king of England
*Further Viking
invasions and Danegeld
*Anglo-Saxon laws and
justice
*Edward the Confessor
and his death in 1066
GEOGRAPHY Discrete – Location of
Viking origin and their
voyage around parts of
the world for trade.
Discrete – Chronological historic
timeline of England.
Folkestone study
The country we live in and its
features
*Name and locate counties and
cities of the United Kingdom,
geographical regions and
their identifying human and
physical characteristics, key
topographical features
(including hills, mountains,
coasts and rivers), and land-use
patterns; and understand
how some of these aspects have
changed over time.
Map Reading Studies
* locate the world’s countries,
using maps to focus on Europe
(including the location of
and exploded diagrams,
prototypes, pattern pieces
and
computer-aided design
Ancient Greece
* Ancient Greece – a study
of Greek life and
achievements and their
influence on the
western world
Influence on the Western
World
* Identify the position and
significance of latitude,
longitude, Equator,
Northern
Hemisphere, Southern
Hemisphere, the Tropics of
Cancer and Capricorn,
Arctic and
Antarctic Circle, the
Prime/Greenwich Meridian
and time zones (including
day and
night)
Our Environment – a
fieldwork study
* Use the eight points of a
compass, four and sixfigure grid references,
symbols and key
(including the use of
Ordnance Survey maps)
to build their knowledge
of the United
Kingdom and the wider
world
* Use fieldwork to
observe, measure, record
and present the human
and physical
features in the local area
using a range of methods,
including sketch maps,
plans and
graphs, and digital
technologies.
WWII
* A significant turning point
in British history
*A study of an aspect of
history or a site dating from
a period beyond 1066 that is
significant in the locality.
Discrete – understanding
human exploration and
discovery of other
planets/stars and galaxies.
X
Map Reading Studies
* 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
X
Russia) and North and South
America, concentrating on their
environmental regions,
key physical and human
characteristics, countries, and
major cities
MUSIC
PE
PSHE
MFL
Ukulele
*Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical
instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
*Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related
dimensions of music
*Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
Tag Rugby & Create
Dance & OAA
Dance & Pop Lacrosse
*Take part in outdoor and
*Play competitive games,
and Develop
*Play competitive
adventurous activity challenges
modified where appropriate
games, modified where
both individually and within a
[for example, badminton,
appropriate [for example, team
basketball, cricket, football,
badminton,
*Perform dances using a range of hockey, netball, rounders
basketball, cricket,
movement patterns
and tennis], and apply basic
football, hockey, netball,
principles suitable for
rounders and tennis], and
attacking and defending
apply basic
*Perform dances using a
principles suitable for
range of movement patterns
attacking and defending
*Perform dances using a
range of movement
patterns
New beginnings
Getting on and falling out
Going for goals
*SEAL Scheme
*SEAL Scheme
*SEAL Scheme
Months/seasons
*listen attentively to
spoken language and
show understanding by
joining in and
responding
*explore the patterns and
sounds of language
through songs and
rhymes and link the
spelling, sound and
meaning of words
Celebrations
*engage in conversations; ask
and answer questions; express
opinions and respond to
those of others; seek clarification
and help*
*speak in sentences, using
familiar vocabulary, phrases and
basic language structures
Journey to School
*develop accurate
pronunciation and
intonation so that others
understand when they are
reading aloud or using
familiar words and phrases*
*present ideas and
information orally to a range
of audiences*
Gymnastics &
Badminton
*Develop flexibility,
strength, technique,
control and balance [for
example, through
athletics and gymnastics]
*Play competitive games,
modified where
appropriate [for example,
badminton,
basketball, cricket,
football, hockey, netball,
rounders and tennis]
Gymnastics & Cricket
*Use running, jumping,
throwing and catching in
isolation and in
combination
*Develop flexibility,
strength, technique, control
and balance [for example,
through
athletics and gymnastics]
Gymnastics & Athletics
*Compare their
performances with
previous ones and
demonstrate improvement
to
achieve their personal
best.
*Develop flexibility,
strength, technique,
control and balance [for
example, through
athletics and gymnastics]
Relationships
*SEAL Scheme
Good to be me
*SEAL Scheme
Changes
*SEAL Scheme
Journey to school
*read carefully and show
understanding of words,
phrases and simple
writing
*appreciate stories, songs,
poems and rhymes in the
language
Pictures/Poems
*Write phrases from
memory, and adapt these to
create new sentences, to
express
ideas clearly
*Describe people, places,
things and actions orally*
and in writing
Planets
*Broaden their
vocabulary and develop
their ability to understand
new words that are
introduced into familiar
written material,
including through using a
dictionary