In English this term, we will continue our work using Cosmic by Frank Cotteril Boyce.
This humorous adventure is seen through the eyes of twelve-year-old Liam Digby a ‘gifted and talented’ child whose physical appearance ages him beyond his years.
We will follow Liam and his friend, Florida Kirby on this humorous, action-packed adventure exploring the ups and downs of being a parent and the consequences of a ‘little white lie’ The children will have the opportunity to consider moral dilemmas and the consequences of the choices that can be made.
The children will be writing newspaper reports, persuasion texts, diary entries, emails and narratives. They will develop the reading skills of inference, retrieval, explain and predict and they will have opportunities to learn through drama and role play.
In Maths, we will be continuing to develop our understanding of Measure – perimeter and area, Year 5 pupils will be able to: find the perimeter of rectangles, rectilinear shapes and polygons; calculate the area of rectangles and compound shapes. During unit 11, Year 5 will be developing their knowledge of Graphs and tables. We will draw line graphs, read and interpret line graphs, read and interpret tables. Finally, we will begin the geometry unit– Properties of Shape.
In Science, the children are learning about astronomy. The aim is to give children a basic overview of Earth and its place in our solar system.
The children will learn how night and day occur, explain how the planets orbit the sun and be able to name the planets in our solar system. They will learn about the differing ideas of planetary movement and explain them using evidence. They will learn about our moon and be able to explain that the moon orbits the Earth and not the Sun and discuss how they each move relative to each other. They will use enquiries to report and present findings and identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas.
In Computing, Year 5 will completing the programming unit ‘Micro:bits’. The children will first be given time to tinker with the BBC Micro:bit. They will then be taught how to program an animation, to recognise coding structures, create a program for a pedometer and a scoreboard.
In PSHE, our focus this term will be relationships.
We will learn to:
- have an accurate picture of who I am as a person in terms of my characteristics and personal qualities
- understand that belonging to an online community can have positive and negative consequences
- understand there are rights and responsibilities in an online community or social network
- know there are rights and responsibilities when playing a game online
- recognise when I am spending too much time using devices (screen time)
- explain how to stay safe when using technology to communicate with my friends
In RE this term, we will be considering; ‘What do different people believe about what happens when you die?’ and ‘How might this impact the way they live their life?’
In Geography, we will be starting our Sow, Grow and Farm unit. This unit will carry on into next term too. It will teach the children about the features and characteristics of land use in agricultural regions across the world, including a detailed exploration of significant environmental areas. The children will carry out geographical enquiries as well learning more about different climate zones. They will learn how to use four and six-figure grid references and apply this to our local area. We will be looking at specific case studies of where certain foods are grown and consider the impact that food miles have on our environment.
In Art, children will be studying the work of Georgia O’Keeffe. The children will be developing their skills in line, space and shape and mixing watercolours to create their own floral artwork in the style of O’Keefe.
In French, we will continue to use our Kapow French course to study the unit entitled French Monster Pets and continue to develop the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing:
The expected outcomes are as follows:
- Notice cognates and near cognates in the text.
- Recognise some previously known words.
- Use a dictionary resource to research the meaning of relevant vocabulary.
- Recognise and sort nouns by gender and number, and explain the effect this may have on an adjective.
- Modify sentences to use the correct articles/pronouns (un/une and il/elle) according to gender.
- Unscramble jumbled sentences without any errors in word order.
- Recognise rules of agreement in longer phrases.
Produce a short, structured paragraph using a range of familiar structures, with some manipulation of language and use of a word bank for support.
In PE, the children will be learning about Athletics in their PE lessons. They will develop their running, jumping and throwing techniques across a variety of track and field events over the term. They will also learn how tactics are used within athletic events.
In their second PE lesson, the children will be learning about the sport of cricket. They will be developing their throwing and catching abilities through a range of activities to enable them to play the game. The children will learn a variety of batting strokes, how to bowl and will learn the basics of fielding over the term. The children will also learn about the rules and scoring used in the game.