Spring Term - Legacy and Empires

This half term we are starting with a geography focus: What can the census tell us about the local area?  Below is a list of our main focus in some of our curriculum areas:

• In writing: non-fiction discussion writing and creative writing making our own information texts, using our class text Monsterology as a model to base our work on
• Through our reading of Monsterology and Dragonology, we will focus on comprehension skills and expanding our vocabulary
• Maths topics will include decimals; area, perimeter and volume; and statistics
• Our science work will focus on our invesitgations and famous scientists
• DT project entitled Playgrounds:structures
• PSHE focus: Healthy Me
• Computing: Programming - variables in games
• Spanish will link with our PSHE focus and is also about healthy lifestyles
• In preparation for the Easter service, we will be rehearsing our hymns and readings for music
• RE enquiry: Is Christianity still a strong religion over 2000years after Jesus was on Earth?

Autumn 2 - Significant People and Events

This half term we are starting with a geography focus What was the impact of the two World Wars on Britain? Below is a list of our main focus in some of our curriculum areas:

• In writing: persuasive writing, recounts, war poetry (vocabulary building and powerful imagery) using linked texts such as Goodnight Mister Tom
• We will cover our reading domains using our shared class text
• Maths will move through fractions knowledge 
• PSHE focus: Celebrating difference
• Computing: Creating 3D models
• Music: classroom jazz, making use of improv and composition skills

Autumn term 1 topic: Location, Location, Location!

This half term we are starting with the Geography focus:

 Is North America the same all over? 

 Below is a list of our main focus in some of our curriculum areas:

• Writing: fiction genres, recounts, poetry (vocabulary building)
• Reading: prosody, fluency and comprehension
• Grammar: Y5 consolidation 
• Maths: Place Value and Four Operations 
• Science: Biology – living things and habitats
• Art: Is graffiti art or vandalism? 
• PSHE / Jigsaw: Being Me in the World
• RE: Judaism 
• Computing: Creating Media -  web page creation
• Music: Happy - being happy
• PE: X country and Dance

Class text and English focus

We will be using the text The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundall for our shared class read. A pdf copy of the text is available on the Google Classroom, but some children may prefer to have their own copies of the text.