Year 5 Curriculum Meeting · 2018-09-24 · Religious Education 2 and half hours of curriculum R.E taught in class per week Child-led collective worships happen twice a week Masses

Year 5 Curriculum Meeting

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Religious Education

R.E Curriculum 2017-2018

Autumn 1- Beginning with God Autumn 2- From Advent to Christmas Spring 1- Being Sacramental People Spring 2- From Lent to Easter Summer 1- From Easter to Pentecost Summer 2- A Virtuous Life

Religious Education

2 and half hours of curriculum R.E taught in class per week

Child-led collective worships happen twice a week

Masses happen often at school and parents you are invited

Class masses take place at the church one Sunday per month apart from Year 3 as they partake in the sacrament of Holy Communion

Wednesday word is given out as a homework task and we ask parents to support us by carrying this out with your child at home.

Numeracy

• Read and write numbers up to 1 000 000 • Place value- count forwards/backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any

given number up to 1,000,000. • Compare and order numbers up to 1,000,000. • Round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 or

100,000. • Add and subtract: Numbers with more than 4-digits using formal written

method. • Multiply: 4-digits by 1-digit/ 2-digit Divide: Up to 4-digits by 1-digit Multiply

& divide: o Whole numbers & decimals by 10, 100 & 1000 • Problem-solving is at centre of our maths lessons. • Fractions- Identify and write equivalent fractions. • read and draw angles • calculate missing angles • Times tables

Literacy

• James and the Giant Peach (In recognition of Roald Dahl Day – 13th Sept) • Building character profiles • Diary entries • Setting descriptions • Descriptive writing • Persuasive writing

• The Princess’ Blankets • Audience and purpose for writing • Predictions and inferences based on the text • Noting and developing initial ideas • Writing instructions narratives, describing settings, characters and

atmosphere. • Integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action. • Writing letters, newspaper articles, class debates, poetry.

A streak of grey cut across her vision, accompanied by a furious, nasal squeal: 'Mmwheeeh!'. Jemmy swerved. In the instant before her body parted company with the white giraffe's, Martine caught a glimpse of a warthog charging from its burrow, yellow tusks thrust forward. Had her arms not been wrapped so tightly around the giraffe's neck, she would have crashed ten feet to the ground. As it was, she just sort of swung under his chest like a human necklace. There she dangled while Jemmy pranced skittishly and the warthog, intent on defending her young, let out enraged squeals from below. Five baby warthogs milled around in bewilderment, spindly tails pointing heavenwards.

5. ...milled around in bewilderment (page 3) Explain what this description suggests about the baby warthogs. 2 marks Award 2 marks for responses that explain both the baby warthogs’ aimless / random movement

and their confusion, e.g. • they had no idea what was happening and just walked around with no purpose • they wandered around slowly in curiosity, they were confused and wondered what was going on. Award 1 mark for responses that explain either the baby warthogs’ aimless / random movement or

their confusion, e.g. • they just roamed around • they didn’t know what was going on.

Science

Earth and Space Identifying the Sun, Earth and Moon as spheres. Naming and describing the features of the planets in our Solar

System. Describing the movements of the Earth and other planets as

well as the describing the Moon’s orbit of the Earth.

Properties and changes of materials Comparing and grouping every day materials according to their

properties and give reasons for their uses. Identifying thermal and electrical conductors and insulators. Planning and carrying out their own investigations. Observing, recording results, coming to conclusions. Looking at reversible and irreversible changes.

Computing

E-Safety

Use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; know a range of ways to report concerns and inappropriate behaviour

Using the internet for research • Rainforest topic • Creating PowerPoints • Study of Deforestation using SCRATCH. (coding)

Topic

Theme: The Tropical Rainforest Geographical location of tropical rainforests using

maps, atlases, globes and computer mapping.

Identify key physical and human characteristics beyond the local area.

Amazon rainforest – human and physical geography of that region…

• Deforestation • Fair Trade

PE

Tag Rugby

• To apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending. Play competitive game.

Invasion games • Football, passing and receiving, team tactics, Small sided

games, team work.

Spanish

Greetings Revise classroom commands and questions Revision of Spanish alphabet Looking at Spanish speaking countries Dates, numbers and seasons

PSHE

Children will learn living in the wider world through the following topics:

Being a responsible citizen linked to the media

Economic well being – making real life decisions

money

Keeping money safe

Wise spending

Music

Children have the opportunity to perform, compose and discuss music in each topic. This term we are looking at African Music.

Children may be selected to perform in the choir. They may bring in their own instruments to perform in

class. Children may have extra keyboard/recorder/violin time in

a group occasionally.

Homework

Homework is always a recap of what we have been learning about, and what the children already know.

It is a chance to consolidate their learning.

Monday – Reading, Spellings and Times Tables. Children write out all spellings and turn 8 into sentences. Encourage sentences to be interesting and well structured.

Tuesday – Reading and Literacy Wednesday – Reading and RE /Topic . Thursday – Reading and Maths Children MUST read their school book Monday – Thursday and have the

option to read over the weekend.

Key dates

Half term – 22nd – 26th October 2018

Inset day – 29th October

5B’s assembly – Friday 9th November 2018

5A’s assembly – 23rd November 2018

5B’s Sunday Mass – Sunday 2nd December 2018

End of Term – 21st December 2018