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Year Five

On this page you will be able to find the overview for our Year 5 classes. The overviews shows what will be taught in each subject over the course of the school year. For more information about any of these subjects, go to the curriculum by subject section of the website.  There you will find further details of the subject specific curriculum: 

  • the rationale 
  • the overview for the whole school
  • progression of skills

 

If you would like to know any more details about the curriculum being taught, contact either your child's class teacher or the subject lead through the school office. Details are under the contact us page.

Curriculum Overview Year 5

Locking Primary School Curriculum Overview- Year 5

 

Term 1

 

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

English

Text: ‘Armstrong’ Torben Kuhlmann

Genre: longer narrative picture book  (7S)

Written Outcome: memoir (7S)

Additional Writing Opportunities: summary; presentation; diary (recount); explanation; letter; oral debate

 

Term 2

Text: ‘Escape from Pompeii’ Christina Balit

Genre: picture book (historical)

Written Outcome: journalistic writing

Additional Writing Opportunities: letter (recount)

Text: ‘Beowulf’ Kevin Crossley Holland (retelling) illustrated by Charles Keeping

Genre: Legend

Written Outcome: narrative (overcoming the monster)

Additional Writing Opportunities: Kennings, diary (recount), description

 

Text: ‘Everest’ Alexandra Stewart, illustrated by Joe Todd Stanton

Genre: non-fiction (biography)

Written Outcome: persuasion (have as little impact as possible on the environment)

Additional Writing Opportunities: oral presentation, diary (recount)

Text: ‘The Lady of Shallot’ Alfred, Lord Tennyson, illustrated by Geneviève Côté

Arthurian legends

Genre: narrative poetry (rebirth)

Written Outcome: performance poetry, narrative (alternative outcome)

Additional Writing Opportunities: character description, back story, setting description

 

Text: ‘A Child’s Introduction to Norse Mythology’ Heather Alexander, illustrated by Meredith Hamilton

‘Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki’ by Kevin Crossley-Holland, illustrated by Jeffrey Alan Love

Genre: myths

Written Outcome:  narrative (voyage and return)

Additional Writing Opportunities: presentation, diary entry (recount), improved section of narrative, setting description

 

Maths

Count forwards or backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1000 000

Count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero

Read write (order and compare) numbers to at least 1000 000 and determine the value of each digit

Read Roman numerals to 1000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals

Interpret negative numbers in context

Round any number up to 1000 000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10 000 and 100 000

Solve number problems and practical problems that involve all of the above

Uses rounding to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, levels of accuracy

Add and subtract whole numbers with more than four digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction)

Add and subtract mentally with increasingly large numbers

Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these, including understanding the meaning of the equals sign

Solve problems involving multiplication and division including using their knowledge of factors and multiples, squares and cubes

Solve problems involving multiplication and division, including scaling by simple fractions and problems involving simple rates

Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these including understanding the meaning of the equals sign

Identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of two numbers

Know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) numbers

Establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19

Recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (2) and cubed (3)

Multiply numbers to 4 digits by a one-digit or two-digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers

Multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts

Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context

Multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1000

Identify, name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction, represented visually, including tenths and hundredths

Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical statements ≥ 1 as a mixed number for example, two fifths + four fifths = six fifths = 1 and one fifth

Compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number

Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number

Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers, supported by materials and diagrams

 

Multiply numbers to 4 digits by a one-digit or two-digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers

Multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing upon known facts

Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit number using the formal written method of short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context

Multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1000

Identify, name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction, represented visually, including tenths and hundredths

Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical statements ≥ 1 as a mixed number for example, two fifths + four fifths = six fifths = 1 and one fifth

Compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number

Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number

Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers, supported by materials and diagrams

 

Recognise the percent symbol (%) and understand that the percent relates to “ number of parts per hundred”, and write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100, and as a decimal

Solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of half, quarter, a fifth, two fifths , four fifths and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25

Solve problems involving number up to three decimal places

Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number

Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers, supported by materials and diagrams

Read and write decimal numbers as fractions (for example, 0.71=71over 100)

Recognise and use thousandths and relate them to tenths, hundredths and decimal equivalents

Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number and to one decimal place

Read, write, order and compare numbers with up to three decimal places

Use all four operations to solve problems involving measure (for example, money)

 

Convert between different units of metric units of metric measure (for example, kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre; centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre)

Understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units such as inches, pounds and pints

Use all four operations to solve problems involving measure (for example, length, mass, volume, money) using decimal notation, including scaling

Solve problems involving converting between units of time

Measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres

Calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares), and including using standard units, square centimetres (cm2) and square metres (m2) and estimate the area of irregular shapes

Estimate volume (for example, using 1cm3 blocks to build cuboids (including cubes) and capacity (for example, using water)

Complete read and interpret information in tables, including timetables

Solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph

 

Uses rounding to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, levels of accuracy

Add and subtract whole numbers with more than four digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction)

Add and subtract mentally with increasingly large numbers

Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these, including understanding the meaning of the equals sign

Identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number, and common factors of two numbers

Know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) numbers

Establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19

Recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (2) and cubed (3)

Use all four operations to solve problems involving measure (for example, money)

Distinguish between regular and irregular polygons based on reasoning about equal sides and angles

Use the properties of rectangles to deduce related facts and find missing lengths and angles

Identify 3-D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2-D representations

Know angles are measured in degrees: estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles

Draw given angles, and measure them in degrees

Identify:

  • Angles at a point and one whole turn (total 360 degrees)
  • Angles at a point on a straight line and half a turn (total 180 degrees)
  • Other multiples of 90 degrees

Identify, describe and represent the position of a shape following a reflection or translation, using the appropriate language, and know that the shape has not changed

 

Identify, name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction, represented visually, including tenths and hundredths

Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one form to the other and write mathematical statements ≥ 1 as a mixed number for example, two fifths + four fifths = six fifths = 1 and one fifth

Compare and order fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number

Recognise the percent symbol (%) and understand that the percent relates to “ number of parts per hundred”, and write percentages as a fraction with denominator 100, and as a decimal

Solve problems which require knowing percentage and decimal equivalents of half, quarter, a fifth, two fifths , four fifths and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25

Solve problems involving number up to three decimal places

Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and denominators that are multiples of the same number

Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers, supported by materials and diagrams

Read and write decimal numbers as fractions (for example, 0.71=71over 100)

Recognise and use thousandths and relate them to tenths, hundredths and decimal equivalents

Round decimals with two decimal places to the nearest whole number and to one decimal place

Read, write, order and compare numbers with up to three decimal places

Convert between different units of metric units of metric measure (for example, kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre; centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre)

Understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units such as inches, pounds and pints

Use all four operations to solve problems involving measure (for example, length, mass, volume, money) using decimal notation, including scaling

 

 

 

Science

Earth and space

Properties and changes of materials

 

Animals including humans

Living things and their habitats

Forces

History

 

 

Scot and Pics

Anglo Saxons

Vikings

Industrial Revolution

 

Geography

Life in Europe

Climate zones and biomes

 

 

 

Natural Resources of the world

Religions Education

Unit 11: What do Christians believe about God & Incarnation? (Links with Christmas)

Unit 7: What do Jewish people believe about God and the Covenant and Torah? (Links with Passover)

Unit 8: What do Muslim people believe about Islam and Iman?

Design and Technology

 

Fashion and textile

 

Bread and seasonal food

 

Fairground ride

Art and design

Supersized jewellery

 

Can sculptures really be flat?

 

Communal projects: picnics & wave bowls

 

Music

Livin’ on a prayer

Classroom Jazz 1.

Make you feel my love

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Dancing in the Street

Reflect, Rewind and Replay

 

Physical Education

Skills

Personal Skills

Social Skills

Cognitive and Creative Skills

Cognitive and creative skills

Health and Fitness

Physical Skills

PSHE

Being in my world

Celebrating difference

Dreams and Goals

Healthy me

Relationships

Changing me

Computing

Sharing Information

Video Editing

Vector Drawing

Flat-file Databases

Selection in Physical Computing

Selection in Quizzes

Spanish

Greetings

Numbers

Classroom instructions

Ask for and give name

Colours

Colours and verbs

Names of fruit

Food items

Days of the week

Months of the year

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