Autumn 2
For the love of reading text
The Chronicles of Narnia- The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
“They open the door and enter a magical world. Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia- a world enslaved by the power of the White Witch. When almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change… and a great sacrifice.”
During this half term, the children will be writing to entertain. They will be writing their own narrative based on this story and then writing a play-script which they will be able to perform to the rest of the class.
White Rose Maths
This half term, the children will start by completing a lot of work about fractions. We will be looking at equivalent fractions, converting between proper, improper and mixed number fractions and ordering and comparing fractions. We will then complete another block of learning about Multiplication and Division where we will be using the formal written methods to multiply and divide.
Geography/ History
Our focus this half term will be on History. We will be learning all about The Vikings and specifically be trying to answer the question of ‘Would Vikings do anything for money?’ To answer this, we will be looking at different accounts of raids that took place at Lindesfarme and looking at what life was like for the Vikings in their home land which made them want to leave. This will be followed by studying about when, where and why they decided to settle in Britain. We will then look at Alfred the Great to see if he deserved to be called a great before looking at quality of the evidence we have about the Viking times. We will finish our learning by writing our own Viking Saga.
Science
Our topic for Science this half term will be ‘Animals including Humans.’ In our learning this half term we will be looking at the changes that go through as they grow from babies through to old age. Within this we will be learning about puberty and explaining the different stages of growth and development.
Educational Visit
This half term, we will be having a Viking Workshop. We will be exploring the Vikings through drama and other exciting experiences.
PSHE/RSE/ RE
In PSHE we will looking at what decisions people can make with money. In these lessons, we will be looking at the importance of spending our money wisely and where we can keep our money to ensure it is safe.
In RE will be learning about what it means to be a Muslim in Britain today. To do this we will be looking at Muslim beliefs about the prophet and the Qu’ran and how they put their beliefs in to practice every single day.
Art/ D & T/ Music
In Art, we will be continuing to focus on William Morris, and creating artwork in his style including symmetry and tapestry designs. In D&T we will be creating our own bridges based on the research we have undertaken already this year. We will be seeing who can make the sturdiest bridge. In Music, we will be listening to and appraising different Jazz songs. We will be comparing them to each other and discussing our likes and dislikes.
Spanish
In Spanish, we will be learning about dates. The children should be able to say the days of the week and months of the year. They will then asking and answering questions such as What is the date today?
PE day
PE lesson are on a Thursday.
Spellings/ Reading
In our spellings this half term, we will begin by looking at words with silent letters. We will then be looking at modal verbs and words ending in ‘ment.’ We will then be learning how to spell adverbs of possibility and frequency before revising statutory words for Year 5.
Autumn 1
For the love of reading text
How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell.
Our class text this half tern is How to Train Your Dragon. This story follows a young boy called Hiccup who does not look or act like the other Vikings in his tribe. Nobody expects high expectations from Hiccup until he captures the most deadly and dangerous dragon of them all: the Night Fury.
Poetry: Haiku
White Rose Maths
We will start Year 5 by extending our learning about Place Value. We will then be moving this learning forward to help us with our Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division knowledge where we will be using both metal and written methods to solve given questions.
Geography/ History
Our learning this half term with have a History focus. We will be learning all about The Anglo-Saxons. We will build up our knowledge each week to help us to decide if The Anglo-Saxon age was a dark era or not. We will begin by finding out who The Anglo-Saxons were and why they decided to settle in Britain. We will then use archaeological evidence to help us to understand how they lived whilst here. By looking at the Staffordshire Hoard, we will work out its significance and what it tells us about Anglo-Saxon life before looking at other documents about them and their limitations. This should then allow us to build our own conclusions about if this was a dark age or not.
Science
Our focus in Science is ‘Earth and Space.’ Throughout this topic of learning we will describe the movement of Earth and the other planets in relation to The Sun and describe the movement of The Moon in relation to The Earth. We will look at the shape of the planets and discuss The Earth’s rotation to describe how we get day and night.
Educational Visit
N/A
PSHE/RSE/ RE
In our PSHE lessons we will be finding out about what makes a person’s identity. We will do this by looking at similarities and differences between people and then by looking at what individuality means.
In RE, we will be looking at Christianity and what it means if Christians say that God is holy and loving. We will do this by looking at different biblical texts and linking them to what Christian’s believe.
Art/ D & T/ Music
In Art, we will be focussing on William Morris, and creating artwork in his style including symmetry and tapestry designs. In D&T we will be researching and building our own bridges. We will be finding out what the different types of bridges are, and which style we should adopt to make our bridges the sturdiest. We will compete: who can make the sturdiest bridge to hold a weight? In Music, we will be listening and appraising ‘Livin on a Prayer’ by Bon Jon Jovi.
Spanish
In Spanish, we will be building on our numbers 21 -30 and asking and answering questions linked to presenting myself. We will be able to use Spanish dictionaries in order to enhance our vocabulary.
PE day
Thursday
Spellings/ Reading
Children will be take part in a weekly spelling test where they will be tested on spellings which they have learned over the previous week both in school and at home. We will start by looking at spellings from previous year groups before learning words on the statutory word list. We will then learn to spell words ending in –able and –ably.
Children access a banded reading book, appropriate to their reading ability. They also have the opportunity to choose a new book from our school library each week.