Year 5

Mrs Weeks & Miss Wilkinson

Art and Design – As artists we will:

• Develop painting techniques using different types of paint and implements.
• Explore the work of artists: Derain and Matisse.
• Explore Fauvism.
• Explore the artwork of Chris Ofili.
• Explore layering techniques.
• Apply painting skills and techniques to our own portraits.

Computing – We will…

• Explore spreadsheets by creating, debugging and analyzing them.
• Explore databases by inputting and analysing data.

Design Technology – As designers we will:

• Be looking at electrical circuits with more complex switches and circuits (including programming, monitoring and control).

English – As writers and communicators we will:

• Explore the novel ‘Street Child’.
• Write character and setting descriptions.
• Write a narrative to retell the story.
• Have debates to inform a persuasive text.

French - As linguists we will:

• Describe our route to school.
• Describe the features of the beach.

Geography – As geographers we will:

• Know and can describe the effect of biomes and climate zones on settlements and land use.
• Know and understand how food production is influenced by biomes and climate.
• Know foods that are transported across the globe.
• Know and understand the different climate zones and biomes of the world.
• Know and understand how climate and vegetation are connected in biomes.

History – As historians we will:

• Know about the battle to become king in 1066.
• Know about the life and death of Thomas Beckett.
• Know about Richard the first and his brother John.
• Know that Henry VIII  reformed the church.
• Know about the monarchs who succeeded King Henry VIII.

Mathematics – As mathematicians we will:

• Be continuing to use different methods for addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. We will also be revising our basic skills and place value. Problem solving will be ongoing throughout the term.
• Identify, name and write equivalent fractions of a given fraction.
• Read, write, order and round decimals.
• Compare fractions (including improper fractions and mixed numbers).
• Calculate fractions of amounts.
• Add, subtract and multiply fractions.
• Explore equivalence of fractions, decimals and percentages.
• Write coordinates in all four quadrants.
• Translate and reflect shapes.

Music : As musicians we will:

• Explore how music makes the world a better place.
• Look at how music teaches us about our community.
• Learn the songs ‘Freedom is coming’, ‘All over again’, ‘Heroes and happy to be me’ and ‘Do you ever wonder?’

P.E. – As athletes we will:

• Develop our balance, coordination, agility and stamina.
• We be developing our throwing, catching and teamwork skills through dodgeball.
• On Fridays, we will also be going to Batley Sports & Tennis Centre for swimming lessons.

PSHE: As caring citizens we will:

• Explore the meaning of cyber-crime and crime prevention.
• Learn how to help in an accident or emergency.
• Learn basic first aid.

Reading / Comprehension :

• To read and search text precisely to locate evidence.
• To select detail to answer specific questions.
• To draw evidence from specific parts of the story ’Street Child’.
• To clarify what certain words mean using their root words, the context and dictionaries.
• To be able to recognise the impact of certain words.

R.E. – As theologians we will:

Inspirational People :

• Reflect on what it means to be an inspirational person.
• Reflect on what it means to be a follower of Jesus.
• Know the story of a person who showed great love for others.
• Know how Jesus described a true disciple.
• Reflect on the life of a person who showed great love for those rejected by society.

Reconciliation :

• Understand the sacrament of reconciliation.
• Reflect on wrong choices.
• Reflect on the consequences of our actions.
• Know than sin hurts us, others and our relationships with God.
• Know and understand the story of ‘The Lost Son’.
• Understand that God loves us and forgives us if we are truly
  sorry.

Science – As scientists we will study materials and their properties where we will:

• Compare and group materials based on their properties.
• Discuss and explore why particular materials are used for different jobs.
• Investigate materials that can dissolve.
• Investigate reversible and irreversible materials.