Year 5 – Curriculum T3&4

Year 5 – Term 3 and 4 Resources Sow, Grow and Farm Sow, Grow and Farm Knowledge Organiser Sow, Grow and Farm Home Learning Tasks Sow, Grow and Farm Vocabulary Mat English, Reading, Writing and Spelling Holmes Sequential Reading Curriculum Holmes Sequential Writing Curriculum Spelling Word List for Year 5 & 6 Maths Our Calculation […]

We are delighted to continue our French lessons with Mrs Cackett, our resident native French speaker.  Over the course of the Spring term, we will be learning about:  Different foods  Food likes and dislikes  Food for celebrations  Recipes  Throughout these lessons, we will practise speaking, listening, reading and writing in French. 

Our music lessons this year will follow the Sing Up sequential scheme of learning and for Term 3 and 4 we will have a percussion unit called ‘Rosewood Gratitude’.  Percussion Unit: Rosewood Gratitude:  This unit is inspired by the balafon music of West Africa. The objective of the unit is for the children to be

Following the GetSet4PE scheme of learning, our Physical Education (PE) lessons for term 3 will focus on hockey and gymnastics. Our PE lessons for term 4 will focus on indoor tennis and gymnastics. Our PE lessons will be on Tuesdays and Friday; children can wear their PE into school on both of these days.  Term

Over the course of term 3 and 4, we will follow our Jigsaw PSHE scheme of learning. Jigsaw, the mindful approach to PSHE, is a progressive and spiral scheme of learning. In planning the lessons, Jigsaw PSHE ensures that learning from previous years is revisited and extended, adding new concepts, knowledge and skills, year on

Our Religious Education lessons will continue to be based upon our “Love to Celebrate” projects. Basing the “Love to Celebrate” projects around festivals, gives a real-life context to the children’s learning and a structure to the projects. However, the celebration itself is only a small part of each “Love to Celebrate” project. Each set of

Databases In term 3, we will be focussing upon databases. We will learn about: How to use different methods search for information in a database. How to design an avatar for a class database. How to enter information into a class database. How to create their own database on a chosen topic How to add

Art: Line, Light and Shadows  Our first art topic is ‘Line, Light and Shadows’. This will teach the children about the visual qualities of line, light and shadow. We will explore the work of Pablo Picasso and Rembrandt and are introduced to a range of shading techniques. We will take black and white photographs and

In term 3 and 4, our topic is “Human Reproduction and Ageing”. In this topic, we will learn about animal life cycles, including the human life cycle. We will explore human growth and development to old age, including changes experienced during puberty and human reproduction.   To find out more, view our Human Reproduction and Ageing

Maths area of learning Block Small Learning Steps Number Multiplication and division Multiply up to a 4-digit number by a 1-digit number; multiply a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number (area model); multiply a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number; multiply a 3-digit number by a 3-digit number; multiply a 4-digit number by a 3-digit