Following the White Rose Maths scheme, year 5 will cover six main blocks of learning over the course of the summer term: shape; position and direction; decimals; negative numbers; converting units and volume. As part of the White Rose Maths scheme, each block is broken down into a series of small learning steps. Combined, these small learning steps then cover all the curriculum content your child needs to know in small, related chunks.
This term’s small learning steps for each block
| Maths area of learning | Block | Small Learning Steps |
| Number | Place Value | Represent numbers to 1000; partition numbers to 1000, number line to 1000, thousands; represent numbers to 10,000; partition numbers to 10,000; flexible partitioning of numbers to 10,000; find 1, 10, 100, 100, 1000 more or less; number line to 10,000; estimate on a number line to 10,000; compare numbers to 10,000; order numbers to 10,000; Roman numerals; round to the nearest 10, round to the nearest 100; round to the nearest 1000 and round to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000. |
| Number | Addition and subtraction | Add and subtract 1s, 10s, 100s and 1000s; add up to two 4-digit numbers – no exchange; ass two 4-digit numbers – one exchange; add two 4-digit numbers – more than one exchange; subtract two 4 – digit numbers – no exchange; subtract two 4 – digit numbers – one exchange; subtract two 4 – digit numbers – more than one exchange; efficient subtraction; estimate answers and checking strategies |
| Measurement | Area | What is area; count squares; makes shapes and compare areas. |
| Number | Multiplication and division A | Multiples of 3; multiply and divide by 6; 6 times-table division facts; multiply and divide by 9; 9 times-table division facts; the 3, 6 and 9 times-tables; multiply and divide by 7; 7 times-table and division facts; 11 times-table and division facts; 12 times-table and division facts; multiply by 1 and 0; divide a number by 1 and itself and multiply three numbers |
One of the most important things for your child to have mastered and maintain is their knowledge of times tables. For an overview of our weekly times tables focus, please view our Term 1 and Term 2 Homework Grid. To complement their work in lessons reinforcing their fluency, recall and commutativity of these timetables, your child will be set a weekly activity to complete as part of their homework on Sumdog.
Our Calculation Policy: addition and subtraction
Our Calculation Policy: multiplication and division