Year 5
Autumn Term
Dynamic Dynasties
This term we delve into the distant past and learn about the history of ancient China, focusing on the legacies of the five first dynasties including the Shang, whose existence was only recently confirmed.
In Maths, we revise our knowledge and understanding of place value, focusing on numbers up to one million, revisit the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) and fractions. We also learn about negative numbers.
English takes us into space with the brilliant novel, Cosmic by Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce. As well as writing diaries and character descriptions, we also write information texts on our own newly-discovered planets!
Spring Term
The spring term takes us to the farm and we learn what is needed land-wise for successful food production. This geography-led project explores how far our food travels, from coffee farming in Peru to potato growing in Jersey.
Mastering the written methods for division and multiplication are served up in Maths, as well as further portions of fractions, decimals and percentages. This work is key for a great understanding of concepts in Year 6.
The British classic, The Secret Garden, provides us with a stimulus for English in the Spring. We also are inspired by the Four Seasons by Vivaldi to write poetry and our project learning to discuss whether importing food is really worth the damage to the planet.
Summer Term
Groundbreaking Greeks lead us into the summer, where we focus on the city state of Athens during the classical age and the enduring legacy of ancient Greece. Appropriately, our science links to the great findings of the Greek scholars along with more modern discoveries within states of matter.
In Maths, we learn about angles (which also links to our study of architecture), measurement and shape. We will be adding and subtracting with money as well as revisiting area and perimeter.
The Greek myths provide a rich canvas for our writing this term and, as well as devising our own stories, we will be creating information texts about the Olympics and discussing democracy. Who Let the Gods Out? is our hilarious driver text.