Year 5
Autumn Term
Year 5 Curriculum content
Topic for the Autumn Term is ‘SPACE’.
Mathematics
We will be following the Primary framework which comprises of a daily maths lesson covering mental and written maths. A variety of areas will be covered and revisited each term such as fractions, data handling, percentages, ratio and proportion and decimals. Also children’s timetables knowledge will be reinforced. The focus will be on talk ensuring understanding and application of mathematical vocabulary.
Language
We will be focusing on the Literacy hour and children will be writing and reading for a variety of purposes and audiences. We will be concentrating on vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation. They will be encouraged to be confident speakers and attentive listeners. Language work will include revision of capital letters and full stops, work on speech marks and commas, paragraphs, handwriting and spelling. The children will study, recount films, poetry and explanation linked to the space topic.
Science
The children will be learning about the Sun, Earth and Moon about how they relate to one another, their sizes and how they revolve to create days, months, years, seasons etc. This will be covered as part of the topic work on space. We shall be investing sound and making up space music to go with animations.
Science and Technology
Firstly the children will study the design, elements of rockets and will design and make their own and evaluate their flight performance.
We shall be extending our study of sound by making musical instruments, learning techniques of joining and shaping wood.
R.E.
We will be focusing on Buddhism and the teachings of Buddha, linking them to our society.
Also we will be looking at elements of the Christian religion to link in with the carol concert.
Art
The children will be given the opportunity to explore a range of materials and techniques in order to create various articles relating to our topic, creating models and pastel drawings of planets. Various art projects will take place during “Black History Month”.
P.E. and Games
They will be looking at areas of shooting and keeping in relation to a variety of team games linked to our space topic, the children will be refining gymnastic techniques to do with hight and landings.
Music
The children will be composing short pieces of music in response to space stimuli.
To finish the term we will be learning carols for our Christmas concert and adding instruments where appropriate.
I.C.T.
We will be looking at different ways of presenting information, such as publishing newspapers, using digital camera and interactive games in Maths. We will also be using the Internet to research information for our topic on Space. A draw programme will be used to design and manipulate space stations.
Homework
A minimum of two pieces of homework will be set each week one of which will be maths and the other literacy spellings are to be learnt weekly. Sometimes the children will be asked to do research for topic. It will be given out on a Friday. Work expected will be clearly outlined in Homework Books.
Please check your child’s book and sign on completion of the work. We appreciate your involvement in this. Reading books are to be changed weekly as specified by the teacher.