Topic
Subjects
English
Stories from other
culture
Half Term 1
Journey to Jo’Burg
(Fiction)
texts from different
cultures;
identify narrative
viewpoint;
change narrative
viewpoint;
retell from different
point of view;
Letter writing.
Black History month
and it’s importance
Maths
Place value and four
number operations
Southmere Primary School Long Term Plan Year 5 2015 - 2016
Foods from
Victorians
Extreme Earth!
around the world
Half Term 2
Half Term 3
Half Term 4
Granny Torelli
Oliver Twist (Fiction)
War of the world by
makes soup
Diary entries
H.G. Wells (Fiction)
(Fiction)
What does the story/
(Film also based on the
Recipes for
film of Oliver Twist tell
book.)
nutritional foods
us about life in Victorian
(Instructions)
times?
First man on the
moon/Apollo 13
Writing persuasive Character descriptions , Famous astronauts
text (no smoking
Fagin – wanted posters, (biographies)
leaflets)
Settings – workhouse –
London, Dilemmas –
Reports and
Nancy’s dilemma.
newspaper reports on
Compare film to book
natural disasters
and different film/book
around the world
versions.
(report / recount
writing)
Geometry (Shape,
space and
measure)
Statistics (Data
handling)
FDP
Let’s dig!
Half Term 5
Half Term 6
Holes by L.Sachar (Fiction)
Stories with flashbacks, irony, letters.
Compare movie to book
Write a rags to riches type story
Write letter from Stanley (use one from
Holes as a guide)
Measurement
(inc. time)
Place value and
four number
operations
SATS practice
tests
Educational Trips Chester Zoo?
and Visits
Thackray Medical
Museum in Leeds.
Magna (Science
Museum in
Manchester)
Beach?
Science
Living things and
their habitats
ICT
History
Geography
RE
PE
Music
Art
DT
PSHE
Seal
History of “blacks”
and “whites” in the
U.S.A (racism)
Black History Month
in the U.K. is
October
Deserts (African
animals), climate
zone
Properties and
changes of
materials
Animals including
humans
Earth and Space
Forces
Healthy eating
posters
Editing texts (authoring
cycle on the computer)
Recording their own
live report at a natural
disaster
Analysing Data and making graphs on
windows excel
Foods from around
the world
Signs and symbols
Wall/ invasion
Circuit Training
games
(cardiovascular
Teamwork skills
exercises, etc.)
Explore African
music and
instruments
Paintings
Observational
Landscapes/deserts drawings of foods
(still life sketching)
Making soup
(different cultural
foods) – food festival
Citizenship
Drugs
My community
New beginnings
Going for goals
The mountain
environment,
Volcanoes,
earthquakes,
Special People
Baseball / rounders
Dance (space)
Exploring sounds for
effect (crescendo to
descendo)
Developing my skills
Good to be me
Sacred Writing
Space music
3D Moving Toys
Enterprise – create
your own planet!
Relationships
Getting on and falling
out
Investigations
Holes soundtrack
American folk
music
Safety
Challenges
Relationships
Changes